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A J Spiegel Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

A J Spiegel Foundation

$8k
Granted FY2018
15
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Community Improvement$8kHealth$5kEmployment$2kCivil Rights$1kEducation$1kYouth Development$600Arts & Culture$550International$400Other$0
02FY2018 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Friends of Soroka Medical$1,800
Alpha Workshops$1,500
Helen Keller Services$1,350
STRIVE$600
Nontraditional Employment for Women$600
Ronald McDonald House NY$350
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$250
Women for Women International$200
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation$200
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am$200
Doctors Without Borders USA Inc$200
Asia Society and Museum$125
Whitney Museum of American Art$100
Dorot Inc$100
Friends of the High Line Inc$75
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Helen Keller Services: $1k → 20%Women's eNews: $295 → 17%Dorot Inc: $100 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12k · 3 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
10

Total granted

$12k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+133%

Still filing today

67%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18
EmploymentEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    THE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue -56%
  • AF
    American Friends of Soroka Medical
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k
  • NE
    NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +608%
  • CM
    CREATIVE MINDS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $789 · revenue +133%
  • TQ
    THE QUAD PREPARATORY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +668%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Wpti's mission is to build the capacities of people, programs, and organizations that provide job training, placement, and career guidance for individuals and to advocate for policies that promote economic opportunities for all.

Employment
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
4
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
5
Women in Cable Telecommunications

The wict network develops women leaders who transform our industry.

Community Improvement
6
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
7
Womens Campaign International

Women's campaign international (wci) empowers girls and women around the world to actively participate and fill leadership roles in the economy, community development, civil society, and pacebuilding efforts.

International
8
The Conversationalist
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9
International Youth Foundation

Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.

International
10
Women Achieving Success
Employment
11
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

—
12
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ms Foundation for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is Creative Minds International Public Charter School. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INC: $7,500 · EmploymentTHE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INCNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $1,200 · EmploymentNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMENSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $300 · EmploymentAmerican Friends of Soroka Medical: $3,360 · OtherAmerican Friends of Soroka Medi…STRIVE: $600 · OtherSTRIVEIndividual grant recipient: $395 · OtherIndividual grant recipientREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $200 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 · OtherWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $200 · Other+4 more: $430 · Other+4 moreHelen Keller Services: $1,350 · Human ServicesHelen Kell…WOMEN'S E-NEWS: $295 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S E-…DOROT INC: $100 · Human ServicesDOROT INCCREATIVE MINDS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $789 · EducationTHE QUAD PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $500 · Education+1 more: $30 · EducationMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $1,250 · Civil RightsRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $350 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $200 · HealthMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $250 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $75 · Arts & Culture
Employment$9,000Other$5,385Human Services$1,745Education$1,319Civil Rights$1,250Health$550Arts & Culture$425

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHelen Keller Services: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE MINDS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $789 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIVE: $600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE QUAD PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S E-NEWS: $295 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization A J Spiegel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A J Spiegel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to A J Spiegel Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to A J Spiegel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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