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Abettor Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$332k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
59
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 48
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Abettor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving58$332k43%
FY202344$447k34%
FY202248$383k52%
FY202127$321k15%
FY202017$344k0%
FY201935$449k54%
FY201826$371kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.1MEducation$430kInternational$361kArts & Culture$255kHealth$242kFood & Nutrition$39kCrime & Legal$38kCivil Rights$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 59 grantees
All grantees of Abettor Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,142,50070%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$180,00050%
United Nations Watch - USA$107,00063%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$71,00040%
Central Synagogue$50,4006n/a
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$50,25060%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$50,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$38,00040%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$30,00030%
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Inc$22,25041%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$21,00030%
American Jewish Committee$19,28060%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$15,00030%
The Jewish Museum$14,50050%
Urbanglass New York Contemporary Glass Center Inc$12,50050%
Spca of Westchester Inc$12,50030%
The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc$10,00050%
Birthright Israel Foundation$8,00030%
Israel 21c$6,90030%
Student Advocacy Inc$6,00030%
Lumen Productions Inc$5,000150%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$4,25050%
The Barack Obama Foundation$4,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00030%
Anti-Defamation League$3,00010%
New York University$2,50010%
Northern Westchester Hospital Association$2,5001n/a
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$2,00020%
Jewish Book Council Inc$1,80010%
Morselife Foundation Inc$1,50010%
American Museum of Natural History$1,30020%
Food Bank for New York City$1,00010%
Fresh Air Fund$1,00030%
Deborah Hospital Foundation$1,00030%
Mercy Ships International$1,00030%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$85020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$75020%
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$75010%
Feeding America$52530%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$50010%
The Salvation Army$4502n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$40020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$34710%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$25010%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$25010%
Algemeiner Inc$25010%
Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc$15010%
National Wildlife Federation$10010%
American Humane Association$10010%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$10010%
Public Citizen Inc$10010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10010%
Consumer Reports Inc$10010%
Pro English$8520%
American Immigration Control Foundation Inc$5510%
City Harvest Inc$5010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$4010%
Volunteer Firefighter Alliance Inc$2510%
Paws of Honor Inc$1510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($739k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Abettor Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,142,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $180,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Watch - USA: $107,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $71,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $50,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRichard Tucker Music Foundation Inc: $22,250 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $19,280 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUrbanglass New York Contemporary Glass Center Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSpca of Westchester Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael 21c: $6,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetStudent Advocacy Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLumen Productions Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Book Council Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMorselife Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDeborah Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $347 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlgemeiner Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Abettor Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Abettor 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.

About Abettor Foundation

How much does Abettor Foundation give?
Abettor Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $332,240 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Abettor Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), Education (16%), International (14%).
Who are Abettor Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($1.1M), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($180k), United Nations Watch - USA ($107k).
Does Abettor Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Abettor Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Abettor Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is Abettor Foundation based?
Abettor Foundation is based in NY.

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 115 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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