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Belsky Family 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.

$363k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 25
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$266k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Belsky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthEmploymentEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$361k52%
FY202315$276k27%
FY202215$233k47%
FY202125$330k56%
FY202024$268kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$535kReligion$414kArts & Culture$190kPhilanthropy$107kHealth$82kFood & Nutrition$68kSocial Science$35kCrime & Legal$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
CA
CO
AZ
SC
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Belsky Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Spence School$267,70050%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$189,6393n/a
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$135,00050%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$100,00020%
Museum of Modern Art$100,00010%
Cornell University$90,11030%
Amber Waves Farm Inc$61,00051%
Collegiate School Inc$55,00020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$50,00020%
Smithsonian Institution$22,50020%
Equal Justice Initiative$14,02410%
Bard College$10,00010%
Belev Echad Inc$7,20010%
City Harvest Inc$7,00020%
Fifth Avenue Synagogue$6,0001n/a
School of American Ballet Inc$6,00020%
Center for Group Studies$5,00012%
American Friends of Chabad Cabo Jewish Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$3,50030%
Artsconnection Inc$3,50020%
Danny & Rons Rescue$2,00010%
Jewish Center of the Hamptons$1,8001n/a
Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok$1,80010%
At the Well Project Inc$1,80010%
East River Development Alliance Inc$1,57520%
The Books for Kids Foundation$1,500221%
New Story Inc$1,50010%
Intersection for the Arts$1,01010%
Learningspring School$1,00010%
The American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training$1,00010%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$1,00010%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$1,00010%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$1,00010%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$1,00010%
Henry Street Settlement$1,00010%
Independence Pass Foundation$95030%
Every Org$75010%
Summer Search$50010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$50010%
Opencollective Foundation$50010%
Adventure Cycling Association$50010%
Accountability Counsel$50010%
Children's Museum of the East End I$50010%
The Fessenden School$25010%
East Hampton Meals on Wheels Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($304k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Belsky Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Spence School: $267,700 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $90,110 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmber Waves Farm Inc: $61,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCollegiate School Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $14,024 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBard College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelev Echad Inc: $7,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSchool of American Ballet Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Group Studies: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArtsconnection Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDanny & Rons Rescue: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYeshiva Ohr Yitzchok: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAt the Well Project Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEast River Development Alliance Inc: $1,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Books for Kids Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 21% of budgetNew Story Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $1,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearningspring School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBillion Oyster Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenry Street Settlement: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndependence Pass Foundation: $950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEvery Org: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSummer Search: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpencollective Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdventure Cycling Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAccountability Counsel: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of the East End I: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fessenden School: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Hampton Meals on Wheels Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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 FundNY21.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

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About Belsky Family Foundation

How much does Belsky Family Foundation give?
Belsky Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $362,805 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Belsky Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Religion (28%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Belsky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Spence School ($268k), Park Avenue Synagogue Inc ($190k), The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association ($135k).
Does Belsky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Belsky Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Belsky Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Belsky Family Foundation based?
Belsky Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 65 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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