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Who funds The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc
EIN 87-1435083 · New York, NY
The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc of New York, NY (EIN 87-1435083) was named as a grant recipient by 24 funders in 44 grants paid totaling $3,128,130 in tax years 2022–2025, as reported on the funders' Forms 990-PF and 990 Schedule I. Each edge was resolved to this EIN at the match tier shown. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants received
$3,128,130
44 grants paid
Funders
24
distinct grantmakers
Tax years
2022–2025
as reported by funders
Approved for future payment
$1,000,000
not included in grants received
Funders
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Grants
The 46 most recent grants naming this organization.
| Tax year | Funder | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jewish Communal Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $38,000 | paid | IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202640629349300234 |
| 2025 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $32,300 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202601389349301700 |
| 2025 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $25,500 | paid | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202621329349306657 |
| 2025 | The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM GRANT | 202631209349101233 |
| 2025 | American Online Giving Foundation Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $5,318 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202641969349302754 |
| 2025 | American Online Giving Foundation Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $5,318 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202533509349301608 |
| 2025 | Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Co Herrick Feinstein Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $5,000 | paid | SEE ATTACHED RIDER | 202631599349100013 |
| 2025 | Tzp Cares Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $4,000 | paid | FREE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH AIMS TO MAKE BALLET MORE ACCESSIBLE AND FUN FOR 8 TO 10 YEAR OLD CHILDREN IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. | 202641319349101839 |
| 2025 | Dv Foundation | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL USE OF CHARITY | 202641359349101719 |
| 2024 | The Ford Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $1,000,000 | paid | CORE SUPPORT FOR BE BOLD (BALLET EXPLORATIONS-BALLET OFFERS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT), A COMMUNITY-BASED, DEI-FOCUSED APPROACH TO DANCE EDUCATION | 202513219349106006 |
| 2024 | The Heckscher Foundation for Children | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $70,000 | paid | ARTS EDUCATION | 202542759349100909 |
| 2024 | Arnhold Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202523189349103522 |
| 2024 | Arison Arts Foundation C/O Richard Kohan Afo LLC | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202503189349104055 |
| 2024 | Jewish Communal Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $25,000 | paid | IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202500369349300210 |
| 2024 | The Laurie M Tisch Foundation Inc | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | TO FURTHER EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, MEDICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES. | 202503109349100340 |
| 2024 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York City, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202511349349313096 |
| 2024 | The David Robinson Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | TO FUND OPERATIONS | 202501919349101210 |
| 2024 | The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM GRANT | 202531229349102348 |
| 2024 | The Shs Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | THE ARTS | 202503009349101050 |
| 2024 | Turn 2 Foundation Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202533089349302743 |
| 2024 | The Hyde and Watson Foundation | Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $6,500 | paid | PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. | 202502759349100910 |
| 2024 | Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Co Herrick Feinstein Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $5,000 | paid | SEE ATTACHED RIDER | 202531349349103213 |
| 2023 | The Ford Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | CORE SUPPORT FOR BE BOLD (BALLET EXPLORATIONS-BALLET OFFERS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT), A COMMUNITY-BASED, DEI-FOCUSED APPROACH TO DANCE EDUCATION | 202423199349105557 |
| 2023 | The Ford Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $500,000 | approved, future | CORE SUPPORT FOR BE BOLD (BALLET EXPLORATIONS-BALLET OFFERS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT), A COMMUNITY-BASED, DEI-FOCUSED APPROACH TO DANCE EDUCATION | 202423199349105557 |
| 2023 | New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $296,000 | paid | FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS | 202411369349309251 |
| 2023 | The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT BE BOLD'S TEACHING ARTIST FEES AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT | 202413199349106571 |
| 2023 | The Heckscher Foundation for Children | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $70,000 | paid | DANCE ARTS EDUCATION | 202402559349101070 |
| 2023 | The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation | D | $65,000 | paid | 202413209349312466 | |
| 2023 | Arnhold Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202433199349105608 |
| 2023 | Pinkerton Foundation | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | After School & Summer Learning | 202500419349101020 |
| 2023 | Arison Arts Foundation C/O Richard Kohan Afo LLC | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $35,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202403209349105420 |
| 2023 | Jewish Communal Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $25,000 | paid | IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202410969349301036 |
| 2023 | American Online Giving Foundation Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $15,847 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202410469349300741 |
| 2023 | The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM GRANT | 202421349349101017 |
| 2023 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $5,250 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202441369349301334 |
| 2023 | Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Co Herrick Feinstein Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $5,000 | paid | SEE ATTACHED RIDER | 202421349349101212 |
| 2022 | The Ford Foundation | Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | C | $500,000 | approved, future | CORE SUPPORT FOR BE BOLD (BALLET EXPLORATIONS-BALLET OFFERS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT), A COMMUNITY-BASED, DEI-FOCUSED APPROACH TO DANCE EDUCATION | 202343199349104934 |
| 2022 | New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc New York, NY | A | $200,597 | paid | FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS | 202311339349301466 |
| 2022 | The Heckscher Foundation for Children | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $70,000 | paid | ARTS EDUCATION | 202332639349100008 |
| 2022 | The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund | The Misty Copeland Foundation | D | $60,000 | paid | 202333199349318433 | |
| 2022 | Arnhold Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL FUND | 202333189349102853 |
| 2022 | Arison Arts Foundation C/O Richard Kohan Afo LLC | The Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202343199349102079 |
| 2022 | The Wendy E Scripps Foundation | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202330629349100118 |
| 2022 | Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Co Herrick Feinstein Llp | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $5,000 | paid | SEE ATTACHED RIDER | 202341439349101069 |
| 2022 | Sharecare Foundation Inc | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | DONATION TO TOP FLIGHT CELEBRITIES THAT ANNOUNCE FINALISTS IN THE SHARECARE FOUNDATION'S AWARDS | 202333189349102168 |
| 2022 | Valerie & Charles Diker Fund Inc | Misty Copeland Foundation New York, NY | C | $2,500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202322859349100017 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are inferred and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF and Form 990 Schedule I e-file XML filed by the funders shown; this organization's identity from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The rows as Parquet: manifest.
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