Four-Four Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send a cold application; the filing sets out no public application route, and its only stated route is being preselected by the foundation.
- Its grants go to education, arts and cultural, environmental, health, youth and community organisations, so a charity can check whether its own work matches those kinds of recipient, though the filing states no geographic focus and most grants are in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
- About 8 in 10 of its 273 grants fall between $2,000 and $69,000, and half are $10,000 or less, so a modest request is the realistic size; that band is typical, not a limit, as its largest grant was about $16,000,000.
- Most of its grant dollars went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so it is largely relationship-led, and the filing gives no deadlines to aim for.
Overview
Four-Four Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
All reported organisation grants are recorded for general exempt purposes, rather than for named funding fields. The recipients span educational institutions, arts and cultural organisations, environmental and land-conservation groups, health and family-service charities, youth organisations and community-serving bodies. This includes museums, schools, performing arts organisations, conservation groups, health providers and local community organisations. The grant record is weighted towards organisations in Wisconsin and New Hampshire, while recipients in other states also appear. The foundation's stated approach is to make contributions to preselected charitable organisations and not to accept unsolicited requests. The filings do not set out a public application route or more specific eligibility criteria.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
How to apply
Contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 273 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 40% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations Four-Four Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 89 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Versiti Blood Research Institute · General exempt purpose$267,0002025 tax year
- Highlands Center for Natural History · General exempt purpose$187,0002025 tax year
- Arizona Community Foundation · General exempt purpose$175,0002025 tax year
- Milwaukee Art Museum · General exempt purpose$156,0002025 tax year
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · General exempt purpose$135,0002025 tax year
- Milwaukee Repertory Theatre · General exempt purpose$85,0002025 tax year
- Artists Working in Education · General exempt purpose$77,0002025 tax year
- All Hands Boatworks · General exempt purpose$77,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Lynn M Rix — Secretary, Director
- Joan M Dukes — Director
- Katherine M Biersach — Vice President, Director
- Robert H Manegold — President, Treasurer, Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $4,814,394 | $4,510,000 | $41,719,422 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $34,227,162 | $34,044,340 | $32,960,737 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $2,645,764 | $2,300,000 | $35,015,413 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- New York, NY