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Ackerman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ackerman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$233k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$209kAnimals$94kEnvironment$70kYouth Development$65kEducation$59kHealth$52kPhilanthropy$33kCommunity Improvement$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$2,320
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CHESTNUT RESTORATION$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
JUNGLEKEEPERS$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT$25,000
INTERVOL$20,000
BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE$15,000
BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$5,000
ALLEGANY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$5,000
SHIKAR-SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL$2,320
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ELBOW REEF FOUNDATION$1,500
PAN MASS CHALLENGE$1,027
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,000
FRIENDSHIP FREE LIBRARY$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PAN MASS CHALLENGE: $1k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY: $50k → 8%BOTTOM LINEORG: $10k → 16%ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE: $15k → 16%THE HOUNDS FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%GNFC-BSA: $75k → 13%AMERICAN CHESTNUT RESTORATION: $50k → 13%GOLISONO CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $10k → 14%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $10k → 17%BELMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT: $2k → 19%SHIKAR-SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL: $18k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: $25k → 11%COLONIAL WILLAMSBURG FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ELBOW REEF FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADAMY: $50k → 8%GNFC-BSA: $75k → 13%GOLISONO CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $10k → 14%ALLEGANY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5k → 19%SHIKAR-SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: $25k → 11%ELBOW REEF FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADAMY: $30k → 8%GNFC-BSA: $50k → 13%GOLISANO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $6k → 14%STUDENT AGENCIES FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%SHIKAR-SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 16%BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $75k → 13%INTERVOL: $20k → 14%STUDENT RUN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 16%SHIKAR-SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 16%BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $75k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2k → 14%BETA DELTA FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $50k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2k → 14%BETA DELTA FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $5k → 13%AMAZON RESEARCH CONSERVATION COLLAB: $10k → 16%ORCHARD PARK SYMPHONY: $10k → 13%BETA DELTA FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICINE HOME CARE: $5k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICINE HOME CARE: $2k → 14%MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICINE HOME CARE: $2k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
KY
VA
NC
TX
FL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$778k · 17 repeat orgs$317k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
25

Total granted

$778k
$227k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

53%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • BS
    BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
    4× · 2019–2025 · $205k · revenue +41%
  • BD
    BETA DELTA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue ×27
  • SC
    Shikar-Safari Club International
    4× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • VF
    VIPS FOR KIDS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MM
    MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • SB
    STUDENT-RUN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
Foundation for Research of the New York Academy of Osteopathy Inc
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4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
7
American Academy of Sciences and Letters Inc

The American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL) promotes scholarship and honors outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences, and learned professions. It encourages the fruitful exchange of ideas within academia and society at large…

Education
8
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
9
Wilderness Conservation Foundation
Environment
10
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
11
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
12
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Sheep Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Student Agencies Foundation Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJUNGLEKEEPERS: $125,048 · OtherJUNGLEKEEPERSIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVIPS FOR KIDS ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherVIPS FOR KIDS ASSOCIATIONMASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY: $50,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMYBETA DELTA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Other+29 more: $144,277 · Other+29 moreBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $205,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATUR…InterVol Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureInterVol Inc+2 more: $9,846 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF T…American Chestnut Restoration Inc: $50,000 · EnvironmentAmerican Che…BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentBLACKFOOT CH…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FO…Shikar-Safari Club International: $24,757 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $6,000 · EducationCornell University: $4,100 · EducationKENMORE WEST ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Other$679,325Arts & Culture$234,846Environment$125,000Recreation & Sports$24,757Education$11,100Animals$10,000Civil Rights$10,000

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 budgetBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $205,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetAmerican Chestnut Restoration Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetBETA DELTA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetShikar-Safari Club International: $24,757 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetInterVol Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSTUDENT AGENCIES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $5,117 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELBOW REEF FOUNDATION INC CO CHAMBERLIN OWEN & CO INC: $4,846 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCornell University: $4,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOUNDS FOUNDATION: $1,210 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEND OVERDOSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENMORE WEST ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ABILITY EXPERIENCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHFL YOUTH LACROSSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $100 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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ackerman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ackerman Family Foundation Inc 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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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