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Barrie & Mark Handelman Family Foundation at a glance

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Barrie & Mark Handelman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2020
9
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$17kReligion$15kHealth$3kYouth Development$2kArts & Culture$2kEducation$2kHuman Services$1kEnvironment$300Other$0
02FY2020 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
2
States reached
$670k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NENY$5,200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MOHAWK HUDSON$500
CONGREGATION AGUDAT ACHIM$150
FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE ACADEMY OF$100
UCONN FOUNDATION$100
DAUGHTERS OF SARAH FOUNDATION$100
LAKE GEORGE ASSOCIATION$100
WILDWOOD FOUNDATION$50
MASORTI FOUNDATION$36
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 (FY17–19, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $100 → 11%SCHENECTADY DAY NURSERY: $300 → 12%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41k · 22 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2020, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
18

Total granted

$41k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+18%

Still filing today

50%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $2k · revenue +2%
  • DO
    DAUGHTERS OF SARAH JEWISH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $960 · revenue +75%
  • W
    WAMC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $625 · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • AA
    AGUDAT ACHIM CHARITY FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • UC
    UNION COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $400
  • HH
    HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $300 · revenue -96%
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
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
10
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
11
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wildwood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis 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

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 42 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF NENY: $15,300 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF NENYCONGREGATION AGUDAT ACHIM: $13,594 · OtherCONGREGATION AGUDAT ACHIMSCHENECTADY FOUNDATION: $1,700 · OtherMISCI: $1,500 · Other+27 more: $6,764 · Other+27 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAMC: $625 · Arts & CultureSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $300 · Arts & CultureThe Lake George Association Inc: $200 · Arts & CultureELLIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC THE FOUNDATION FOR ELLIS MEDICINE: $600 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $336 · HealthHUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $300 · PhilanthropyTHE WILDWOOD FOUNDATION: $100 · PhilanthropySCHENECTADY DAY NURSERY INC: $300 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Human ServicesREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $225 · Food & Nutrition
Other$38,858Youth Development$2,000Arts & Culture$1,125Health$936Philanthropy$400Human Services$400Food & Nutrition$225

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MOHAWK HUDSON INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAUGHTERS OF SARAH JEWISH FOUNDATION INC: $960 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWAMC: $625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELLIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC THE FOUNDATION FOR ELLIS MEDICINE: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $336 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHENECTADY DAY NURSERY INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $230 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lake George Association Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHENECTADY INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDWOOD FOUNDATION: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $25 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.

Neil Jane William Est…Ge Aerospace Foundati…JM McDonald Foundatio…Price Chopper's Golub…The Schenectady Found…The Community Foundat…Wright Family Foundat…United Way of the Gre…William Gundry Brough…Pioneer Bank Charitab…Rose & Kiernan Charit…Mvp Health Plan Inc
Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation IncNY26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Schenectady Foundation · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Wright Family Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Rose & Kiernan Charitable Foundation Inc · Mvp Health Plan Inc

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 Barrie & Mark Handelman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barrie & Mark Handelman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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 · 0–10%
    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

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    How do I get to Barrie & Mark Handelman Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Barrie & Mark Handelman Family 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 42 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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