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Barbara Lehmann Siegel Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Barbara Lehmann Siegel Charitable 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.

$154k
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$47k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$140kEducation$133kHealth$43kInternational$15kHuman Services$14kArts & Culture$1kPhilanthropy$480Animals$365Other$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k51 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORTHODOX UNION$47,100
GATEWAYS$19,650
MACHON$10,000
CHABAD OF LAKE NORMAN$8,400
Individual grant recipient$6,000
SHALOM TASK FORCE$5,000
YOUNG ISRAEL DEERFIELD BEACH$4,988
YAYOE$4,800
KEREN OR$4,600
CHAI LIFELINE$4,100
CONSORTIUM OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS$3,600
AHAVAS YISRAEL$3,600
LANDER COLLEGE FOR WOMEN$3,000
MESORAH$2,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATERET COHANIM$1,800
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHALOM TASK FORCE: $5k → 17%OORAH: $720 → 11%SULAM: $1k → 8%SHALOM TASK FORCE: $2k → 17%BONEI OLAM: $360 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $250 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $250 → 20%BOBBIES PLACE: $750 → 20%BOBBIES PLACE: $500 → 20%BOBBIES PLACE: $500 → 20%SHALOM TASK FORCE: $2k → 17%SHALOM TASK FORCE: $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

IL
NY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
OK
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$296k · 36 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
43

Total granted

$296k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+16%

Still filing today

39%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • BC
    BIKUR CHOLIM OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $17k · revenue +71%
  • ST
    SHALOM TASK FORCE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $11k · revenue +17%
  • KO
    KEREN OR INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • JH
    JEWISH HERITAGE CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
3
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
—
6
University of Judaism Foundation
—
7
Vaad Hapula Inc

Support jewry in Israel

Religion
8
The Keren Rachaim Fund
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9
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
10
Bronfman Youth Fellowships to Israel in Inc
Youth Development
11
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
12
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is One Israel Fund Ltd; the most unlike its peers is Cornerstone Montgomery. 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

38 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. 38 of the 107 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ORTHODOX UNION: $86,830 · OtherORTHODOX UNIONGATEWAYS: $38,300 · OtherGATEWAYSCHABAD OF LAKE NORMAN: $14,760 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,360 · OtherLANDER COLLEGE FOR WOMEN: $10,150 · OtherMACHON: $10,000 · OtherTOURO UNIVERSITY: $9,600 · Other+72 more: $104,884 · Other+72 moreMELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY: $8,400 · ReligionMESORAH INC: $7,500 · ReligionCONSORTIUM OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS INC: $3,600 · ReligionPARTNERS IN TORAH: $1,000 · Religion+1 more: $180 · ReligionBIKUR CHOLIM OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $17,100 · Community ImprovementSHALOM TASK FORCE INC: $11,100 · Human ServicesBOBBIES PLACE INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesSulam Inc: $1,360 · Human ServicesBonei Olam Inc: $860 · Human ServicesOORAH INC: $720 · Human Services+1 more: $180 · Human ServicesKEREN OR INC: $9,300 · EducationTHE TIKVAH FUND: $854 · EducationSHIRAS RUCHAMA INC: $600 · EducationAmerican Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah: $500 · Education+2 more: $720 · EducationCHAI LIFELINE INC: $6,400 · HealthI WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BABY INC: $1,800 · HealthFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $1,100 · HealthBIKUR CHOLIM: $500 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATERET COHANIM INC: $2,800 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $1,800 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,680 · InternationalONE ISRAEL FUND LTD: $860 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $360 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $360 · International
Other$287,884Religion$20,680Community Improvement$17,100Human Services$15,970Education$11,974Health$9,800International$7,860

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 budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $17,100 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSHALOM TASK FORCE INC: $11,100 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKEREN OR INC: $9,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY: $8,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMESORAH INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $6,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeachers On Fire: $5,800 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetBETTER FUTURE FOR ISRAEL: $4,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCONSORTIUM OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATERET COHANIM INC: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetI WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BABY INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOBBIES PLACE INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSulam Inc: $1,360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN TORAH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEYLIM LEV LACHIM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $860 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE ISRAEL FUND LTD: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TIKVAH FUND: $854 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOORAH INC: $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHIRAS RUCHAMA INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMET OUTREACH: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL ISRAEL ALLIANCE: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVKAH LAUFER BIKUR CHOLIM: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MATAN INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE MONTGOMERY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT INSPIRE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $180 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.

  • Who funds BIKUR CHOLIM OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds KEREN OR INC ↗
  • Who funds MELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MESORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Teachers On Fire ↗
  • Who funds BETTER FUTURE FOR ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds CONSORTIUM OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATERET COHANIM INC ↗
  • Who funds I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BABY INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds BOBBIES PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗

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 FundThe Ojc FundBrian and Dafna Berma…The Siegel Family Cha…Jsw FoundationAviv Foundation IncAllen I Gross Charita…Mayberg Foundation IncThe Dennis Berman Fam…Cross River Community…Associated Jewish Cha…Jewish Community Foun…
Jewish Communal FundNY30.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · Brian and Dafna Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Siegel Family Charitable Foundation · Jsw Foundation · Aviv Foundation Inc · Allen I Gross Charitable Foundation · Mayberg Foundation Inc · The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · Cross River Community Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

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 Barbara Lehmann Siegel Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara Lehmann Siegel Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd: 28% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Montgomery: 3% of income from government
  • Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy: 2% of income from government
  • Oorah Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 107 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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