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Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inc

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.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$55kEmployment$30kHousing & Shelter$22kCrime & Legal$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$14kHealth$13kInternational$10kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$632k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Women's Animal Center$10,000
Washington University$10,000
Tech Impact$10,000
Small Business Mentorship Initiativ$5,000
Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation Educat$5,000
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 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation Educat: $5k → 6%Opportunity House: $6k → 11%Tech Impact: $10k → 22%Brooksy's Mission Inc: $5k → 7%Metropolitan Opera: $1k → 17%World Central Kitchen: $4k → 14%Prison Education Project: $10k → 11%Planned Parenthood of St Louis: $3k → 21%Samaritan's Purse: $10k → 21%Habitat for Humanity: $10k → 14%Small Business Mentorship Initiativ: $5k → 7%Trenton Area Soup Kitchen: $2k → 11%Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation: $5k → 6%Brooks Mission: $5k → 7%World Central Kitchen: $10k → 14%The Prison Education Project: $10k → 11%Metro High PTO Panther Pride: $3k → 21%Habitat for Humanity of Chicago: $6k → 14%Greenwood House: $3k → 11%ARK Wildlife Rehabiliation: $2k → 6%Washington University: $10k → 11%Prison Performing Arts: $500 → 21%In These Times: $3k → 14%Women's Animal Center: $10k → 6%Womens Humane Society: $10k → 6%Womens Humane Society: $10k → 6%Women's Animal Center: $10k → 6%Humane Society: $10k → 6%Womens Animal Center: $10k → 6%Brookline Lab Rescue Inc: $5k → 6%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 95% of Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 3% of the giving stays in NJ; by stated purpose, 0%.

Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$134k · 5 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$134k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+20%

Still filing today

60%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsHealthPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalOther
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

  • WH
    WOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $50k · revenue +92%
  • TI
    TECH IMPACT
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +13%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $14k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • HS
    Humane Society
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -12%
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
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
2
Temple University Hospital Inc

See Schedule OOur mission is to support Temple University and its Health Sciences Center academic programs by providing the clinical environment and service to support the highest quality teaching and training programs for health care…

Health
3
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission

A living legacy of john wanamaker, philly house's mission is to open their doors every day with a welcoming spirit of christian compassion, walking alongside the homeless, hungry, and hurting of philadelphia so that they may experience the…

Human Services
4
City Rescue Mission Inc

Our mission is to lead our community by serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness with help, hope, and healing, in the spirit of excellence, under the call of christ.

Human Services
5
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
6
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
7
The Career Wardrobe

To provide high-quality clothing to those experiencing clothing insecurity in a respectful manner, aiding their stability and financial independence. by combining clothing with educational and coaching opportunities, we help individuals…

Employment
8
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
9
Washington City Mission

The city mission exists to share christ, to shelter, to heal and to restore the homeless to independent living without discrimination. our life transforming rehabilitative programming effects lasting change and empowers the homeless to be…

Human Services
10
Homeless Solutions Inc

Homeless solutions provides a hand up, not a handout. we empower those who are homeless and at risk of homelessness in morris county to attain housing stability. through comprehensive support, including shelter, affordable housing, and a…

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11
Good Samaritan Mission Inc

To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.

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12
Habitat for Humanity International Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity House; the most unlike its peers is Brookys Mission Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Prison Education Project: $20,000 · OtherPrison Education ProjectHabitat for Humanity: $10,000 · OtherHabitat for HumanityHumane Society: $10,000 · OtherHumane SocietyIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAark Wildlife Rehabilitation Educat: $5,000 · OtherAark Wildlife Rehabilitation EducatBrookline Lab Rescue Inc: $5,000 · OtherBrookline Lab Rescue IncMetro High PTO Panther Pride: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherSMALL BUSINESS MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 · OtherSMALL BUSINESS MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE IN…+6 more: $10,900 · Other+6 moreWOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $50,000 · AnimalsWOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FO…TECH IMPACT: $40,000 · EducationTECH IMPACTWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $13,600 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterBROOKYS MISSION LTD: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · Religion
Other$76,900Animals$50,000Education$50,000International$13,600Housing & Shelter$12,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Religion$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTECH IMPACT: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $13,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKYS MISSION LTD: $10,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSMALL BUSINESS MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetGREENWOOD HOUSE HOME FOR THE JEWISH AGED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $2,400 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 Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bella S & Benjamin H Garb Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 23 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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