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Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
213
Grants FY2024
166
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000,000
Organizations funded a year
159 to 174
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
20
Total assets, FY2024
$327M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsHealthPublic BenefitOther
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 arriving204$52M28%
FY2023166$36M24%
FY2022159$38M25%
FY2021174$38M25%
FY2020159$38M25%
FY2019162$36Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$77MPublic Benefit$42MPhilanthropy$31MCivil Rights$25MEducation$22MHealth$13MCrime & Legal$11MInternational$10MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
NEO Philanthropy Inc$10,500,00062%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$10,066,00069%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$6,501,00044%
Climateworks Foundation$6,357,00061%
The Breakthrough Institute$4,800,000628%
Third Way Institute$4,465,00067%
Protect Democracy Project$3,900,00064%
National Health Law Program Inc$3,895,00059%
American Museum of Natural History$3,570,00031%
New York University$3,562,50060%
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All grantees of Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
NEO Philanthropy Inc$10,500,00062%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$10,066,00069%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$6,501,00044%
Climateworks Foundation$6,357,00061%
The Breakthrough Institute$4,800,000628%
Third Way Institute$4,465,00067%
Protect Democracy Project$3,900,00064%
National Health Law Program Inc$3,895,00059%
American Museum of Natural History$3,570,00031%
New York University$3,562,50060%
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Inc$3,540,000617%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$3,475,00063%
Constitutional Accountability Center$3,300,000627%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$3,250,00069%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$3,150,00054%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$3,050,00062%
Prime Coalition Inc$3,000,000313%
Multiplier$3,000,00022%
World Resources Institute$2,862,50060%
Nuclear Innovation Alliance$2,850,000551%
National Immigration Law Center$2,751,00044%
Economic Policy Institute$2,625,00048%
Common Cause Education Fund$2,600,00054%
Earthjustice$2,550,00051%
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$2,400,00069%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$2,400,00048%
Mdrc$2,350,00032%
Community Catalyst Inc$2,311,50036%
American Oversight Inc$2,250,00058%
The Energy for Growth Hub Inc$2,000,000428%
Resources for the Future Inc$2,000,00053%
National Employment Law Project$2,000,00038%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$1,950,00042%
National Security Archive Fund Inc$1,900,000527%
States United Democracy Center Inc$1,900,00034%
The Urban Institute$1,780,00030%
Center for Carbon Removal$1,750,00069%
Activate Global Inc$1,750,00068%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,750,00040%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$1,700,00046%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$1,600,00037%
Kellermann Foundation$1,552,266628%
Reprieve (Us)$1,545,000636%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$1,500,00053%
Energy Innovation Reform Project$1,500,000344%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$1,500,000517%
New York Shakespeare Festival$1,500,00052%
Georgetown University$1,490,00060%
American Flood Coalition Inc$1,420,000327%
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation$1,405,921312%
All Voting Is Local$1,300,00024%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$1,250,00033%
National Women's Law Center$1,205,00032%
Ocean Visions Inc$1,050,000311%
Silverlining$1,050,000311%
Grand Street Settlement Inc$1,000,00051%
Voter Registration Project$1,000,00012%
The Educational Alliance Inc$1,000,00012%
Project Innerspace Inc$1,000,00027%
Energy Options Network Inc$1,000,000245%
Alliance for Justice$1,000,00064%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$900,00025%
The Center for Election Innovation & Research$900,000429%
Center for American Progress$900,00031%
Breakthrough T1d$900,00030%
Pine Plains Memorial Hall Inc$850,000628%
Good Energy Collective Inc$815,500320%
Democracy Forward Foundation$800,00023%
Institute for Nonprofit News$800,00036%
Spark Climate Solutions$750,00025%
Center for Civic Design Inc$700,000414%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$680,00013%
The Trustees of Princeton University$675,00020%
Towards Justice of Colorado$600,000321%
Arc Foundation of Rockland Inc$600,000446%
Union Settlement Association Inc$575,00041%
Resources Legacy Fund$570,00021%
Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us$550,00024%
Keystone Research Center Inc$550,000321%
Public Rights Project$500,00024%
Michigan League for Public Policy$500,00037%
Cascade Climate Inc$500,00019%
Carbon Containment Lab Inc$500,00018%
United Nations Foundation Inc$500,00020%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$500,00023%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$451,00021%
Contina Impact$400,00012%
National Conference on Citizenship$400,000124%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$400,00020%
Public Private Strategies Institute$400,00023%
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc$375,00027%
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc$300,000111%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$295,50060%
Free and Fair Litigation Group Inc$250,000111%
Mercy Corps$250,00010%
Digital Harbor Foundation$250,00010%
Another Step Inc$250,00051%
Regents of the University of California$225,0001n/a
Code for America Labs Inc$225,00010%
Chai Lifeline Inc$216,00060%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$210,00061%
Riverdale Friends of Hatzalah Inc$200,000216%
First Draft News Inc$200,00015%
Bobbies Place Inc$200,000210%
Bread for the City Inc$200,00060%
Momsrising Education Fund$200,00012%
DC Affordable Law Firm$200,000122%
Tomche Shabbos of Rockland County Inc$190,00022%
Scenic Hudson Inc$175,00060%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$170,00060%
Volunteers of Legal Service Inc$155,00044%
Martha's Table Inc$150,00060%
Results Educational Fund Inc$150,00013%
US Africa Childrens Fellowship Inc$150,000626%
Center for Economic and Policy Research$150,00013%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$150,00060%
Jcc Rockland Inc$143,00060%
Montefiore Nyack Hospital Foundation Inc$140,00064%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$130,00060%
World Central Kitchen Inc$129,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$126,00050%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$125,00060%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$125,00050%
The Richardson Center for Global Engagement$120,00053%
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School$118,0002n/a
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$110,00060%
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Inc$110,0005n/a
Bennington College Corporation$110,00020%
Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic$106,00040%
Violence Policy Center$105,00052%
Lifebox Foundation Inc$100,00022%
Greentown Collaborative Inc$100,00011%
Our American Future Foundation$95,00021%
Penguin Players Ltd$95,00065%
Reform Temple of Rockland$93,0006n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$85,00060%
Earthwatch Institute Inc$80,00060%
Lawyers Alliance for New York$80,00060%
Next for Autism Inc$75,00041%
Rhino Conservation Botswana Trust USA$75,000220%
Safe Passage Project Corporation$75,00012%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$70,00060%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$70,00060%
Legal Aid Chicago$65,00030%
Ocean Conservancy$60,00060%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$60,00050%
Legal Action Chicago LLC$60,00033%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$55,00030%
Furnishhopedc Inc$55,000325%
Washington Business Alliance Fund$50,00010%
Human Rights First$50,00050%
Medicare Rights Center Inc$50,00011%
Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda$48,00021%
Akashinga Inc$45,00050%
Washington Humane Society$40,00060%
The Lunchbox Fund$40,00041%
Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation$40,00060%
Teens for Food Justice Inc$40,00012%
Special Olympics Inc$40,00040%
Keep Rockland Beautiful Inc$39,50065%
Tzedek DC Inc$36,00041%
Sierra Club Foundation$35,00040%
Elephant Cooperation$35,00051%
The Ocean Foundation$35,00060%
Harlem Valley Rail Trail Associatio$35,00027%
Princeton Reachout 56-81-06 Inc$35,000222%
The Coral Reef Alliance$33,50050%
School Year Abroad Inc$30,00030%
Kent School Inc$30,00011%
Sarara Institute$30,00041%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$30,00030%
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc$30,00030%
New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Inc$30,00031%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$30,00030%
Danbury Railway Museum Inc$30,00027%
Equal Justice Works$30,00030%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$28,50030%
Friends of Stissing Landmarks Inc$26,000246%
Make the Road New York$26,00010%
Jawonio Foundation Inc$25,80061%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$25,60010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$25,00010%
New York City Police Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Conservation International Foundation$25,00030%
The American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training$25,00031%
United Hospice Inc$25,00020%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$25,00030%
The Uli Foundation$25,00020%
Johns Hopkins University$25,00010%
Citydance Ensemble Inc$25,00012%
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc$25,00010%
Washington Monthly Institute$25,00021%
National Network of Abortion Funds$25,00012%
Piermont Public Library$25,00015%
Pine Plains Local Journalism Projec$25,000117%
African Services Committee Inc$20,00010%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$20,00020%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$20,00020%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$20,00010%
Panthera Corporation$20,00040%
Samaritan Daytop Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$20,00040%
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative$20,00032%
Interim House Inc$19,50060%
Churches United for Fair Housing Inc$17,50040%
Mesivta of Clifton Inc$16,00010%
Challenged Athletes Inc$15,25010%
Brooklyn Service Association Inc$15,0001n/a
National Geographic Society$15,00030%
Commission Shift$15,00012%
Play Groundnyc Inc$15,00013%
Venture Foundation Ltd$15,00034%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$15,00030%
Farm Arts Collective Inc$15,00015%
Kipp New York Inc$12,50010%
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service$12,00020%
The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation Inc$12,00030%
Neighbors Allied for Good Growth In$11,00028%
Education Bridge$10,20032%
Transformative Justice Coalition$10,00010%
DC Abortion Fund$10,00021%
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation$10,00010%
Help From People to People Inc$10,00010%
Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic Inc$10,00016%
Special Olympics New York Inc$10,00010%
Marist University$10,00010%
Pal-Pet Alive Laredo$9,0001n/a
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$9,00010%
Manna Food Bank Inc$7,50010%
Documentary Educational Resources Inc$7,00010%
Community Help in Park Slope Inc$6,00030%
Laredo Animal Protective Society$6,00012%
Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising$6,00010%
Amateur Astronomers Association$6,00019%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$6,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,50010%
Prep for Prep$5,00010%
Isles Inc$5,00010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$5,00010%
Camba Inc$5,00010%
United Hospital Fund of New York$5,00020%
Global Coral Reef Alliance Inc$5,0001n/a
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Greenwich House Inc$4,50010%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$4,50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$4,50010%
National Women's Health Network$3,0001n/a
Arlington Food Assistance Center$3,00020%
Alexandria Country Day School Inc$3,00010%
Delaware Riverkeeper Network$3,00010%
Hias Inc$3,00010%
Fresh Air Fund$3,00010%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$3,00010%
The Campaign Against Hunger Inc$3,00010%
Anjellicle Cats Rescue Inc$3,00011%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$3,00010%
American Camping Association Inc$2,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50010%
FRIENDS of POOL INC$2,50010%
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park Inc$2,50013%
Minkwon Center for Community Action Inc$2,00010%
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services$2,00010%
Abortion Care Network$1,50010%
Reproductive Health Access Project Inc$1,50010%
The Octavia Project Inc$1,00011%
Prospect Park Alliance Inc$1,00010%
The Phillips Collection$1,00010%
Dog Tag Inc$1,00010%
Outmemphis$1,00010%
The Center for Architecture Inc$1,00010%
New York Public Radio$1,00010%
Vassar College$1,00010%
First Book$1,00010%
Covenant House$1,00010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$1,00010%
The River Fund New York Inc$1,00010%
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc$1,00010%
Pratt Area Community Council Inc$1,00010%
Asian American Federation Inc$1,00010%
Ps 132 Pa$1,0001n/a
Parentchild Inc$1,0001n/a
Sunflower of Peace Foundation Inc$1,00010%
California Budget & Policy Center$1,00010%
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$1,00010%
Black Girls Code Inc$60010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($50M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $10,500,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $10,066,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $6,501,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetClimateworks Foundation: $6,357,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Breakthrough Institute: $4,800,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetThird Way Institute: $4,465,000 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $3,900,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetNational Health Law Program Inc: $3,895,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,570,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNew York University: $3,562,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Climate and Energy Solutions Inc: $3,540,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetBipartisan Policy Center Inc: $3,475,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetConstitutional Accountability Center: $3,300,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetAmerican Constitution Society for Law & Policy: $3,250,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $3,150,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetThe German Marshall Fund of the United States: $3,050,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetPrime Coalition Inc: $3,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMultiplier: $3,000,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $2,862,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNuclear Innovation Alliance: $2,850,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $2,751,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetEconomic Policy Institute: $2,625,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $2,600,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $2,550,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSouthern Coalition for Social Justice: $2,400,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetProject on Government Oversight Inc: $2,400,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetMdrc: $2,350,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCommunity Catalyst Inc: $2,311,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetAmerican Oversight Inc: $2,250,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetThe Energy for Growth Hub Inc: $2,000,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetResources for the Future Inc: $2,000,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetNational Employment Law Project: $2,000,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $1,950,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetNational Security Archive Fund Inc: $1,900,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetStates United Democracy Center Inc: $1,900,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $1,780,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $1,750,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetActivate Global Inc: $1,750,000 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,750,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLeague of Women Voters Education Fund: $1,700,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetImmigrant Justice Corps Inc: $1,600,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetKellermann Foundation: $1,552,266 over 6y, 28% of budgetReprieve (Us): $1,545,000 over 6y, 36% of budgetThe Campaign Legal Center Inc: $1,500,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetEnergy Innovation Reform Project: $1,500,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetEnvironmental and Energy Study Institute: $1,500,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $1,500,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetGeorgetown University: $1,490,000 over 6y, 0.0% 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 200.

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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.

The Ford FoundationNY44.4× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Hopewell Fund · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health 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 Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

How much does Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust give?
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust reported 213 grants totaling $55,583,747 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 159 and 174 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (29%), Public Benefit (16%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: NEO Philanthropy Inc ($11M), Clean Air Task Force Inc ($10M), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ($6.5M).
Does Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Hopewell Fund, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Where is Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust based?
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust 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 395 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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