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Arnold Bortman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$42k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$99kHealth$77kCivil Rights$28kScience & Tech$24kInternational$15kAnimals$13kHuman Services$11kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$850k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME$12,500
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$2,500
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$2,500
WEST CHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES$2,000
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$2,000
THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET$1,500
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$1,500
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL - SUSAN AND LEONARD FEINSTEIN IBD CLINICAL CENTER$1,500
POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL$1,500
CAMP SUNSHINE$1,500
92ND STREET Y$1,500
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$1,500
NO KID HUNGRY$1,500
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 10%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $8k → 14%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME: $18k → 11%NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10k → 16%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $3k → 9%CAMP SUNSHINE: $2k → 7%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME: $13k → 11%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $3k → 14%CAMP SUNSHINE: $2k → 7%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME: $13k → 11%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $2k → 14%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME: $13k → 11%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $2k → 14%92ND STREET Y: $3k → 17%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME: $13k → 11%92ND STREET Y: $3k → 17%NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME: $5k → 11%WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $3k → 9%92ND STREET Y: $2k → 17%WEST CHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 9%WEST CHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 9%FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%WEST CHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 9%NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $5k → 14%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $5k → 17%NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $5k → 14%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $5k → 17%NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4k → 14%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4k → 14%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%SAVE THE CHILDREN: $3k → 14%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $4k → 17%NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3k → 14%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $3k → 17%SAVE THE CHILDREN: $3k → 14%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $3k → 17%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $3k → 17%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $3k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL - SUSAN AND LEONARD FEINSTEIN IBD CLINICAL CENTER: $3k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL - SUSAN AND LEONARD FEINSTEIN IBD CLINICAL CENTER: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
DC
OK
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$258k · 19 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$258k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+47%

Still filing today

95%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $73k · revenue +159%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $28k · revenue +47%
  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +168%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +81%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +48%
  • TB
    THE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +82%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
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 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
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
7
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
10
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
11
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
12
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Happy Trails Childrens Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $73,064 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL O…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memori…NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $22,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS S…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,800 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION …WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $11,000 · HealthWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY …SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $7,500 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTEFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $6,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF KAREN INC+5 more: $9,000 · Health+5 moreAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $23,500 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMI…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE…Save The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Child…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $27,500 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL COWBOY …MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL - SUSAN AND LEONARD FEINSTEIN IBD CLINICAL CENTER: $6,000 · OtherMOUNT SINAI HOSP…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FO…FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITAL: $2,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF ALYN …SHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,500 · OtherSAAM: $1,500 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $8,500 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE AT…NO WARRIOR LEFT BEHIND INC: $5,000 · OtherNO WARRIOR LEFT …ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,500 · OtherICAHN SCHOOL OF …+3 more: $2,250 · OtherPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 · AnimalsDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC: $3,000 · AnimalsPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $8,500 · Religion
Arts & Culture$89,064Health$76,800International$38,500Civil Rights$27,500Other$42,750Animals$13,000Religion$8,500

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 budgetNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $73,064 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $23,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNO WARRIOR LEFT BEHIND INC: $5,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHappy Trails Childrens Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 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.

Alan and Nadine Levin…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Alan and Nadine Levin Foundation IncMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Arnold Bortman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arnold Bortman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–40%
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 Arnold Bortman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Arnold Bortman 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 34 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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