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Blitzer 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.

$5.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.0M
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 2024.

Education$2.8MRecreation & Sports$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MInternational$814kYouth Development$685kReligion$522kCivil Rights$510kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $106k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.0M
$100,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL - HARLEM RBI DBA DREAM$1,000,000
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FOUNDATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NY INC$750,000
FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI SEMITISM INC$500,000
RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL$300,000
THE BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$250,000
LOST TRIBE$250,000
REUT USA$200,000
MACCABI WORLD UNION INC (MACCABIAH)$200,000
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$200,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH$192,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION AIEF$175,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$150,000
PROJECT MORRY$145,000
CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC$100,000
UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC$100,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $100k → 11%FRIENDS OF EARL MONROE NEW RENNISANCE BASKETBALL CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $30k → 28%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 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
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 13 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
28

Total granted

$5.1M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+15%

Still filing today

77%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsEducationArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $900k · revenue +46%
  • DC
    DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $540k · revenue +100%
  • RC
    RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $450k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FUNDS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • FI
    FAO ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
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.

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Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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7
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
8
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
9
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
10
Fuchs Mizrachi Schools

The mission of fuchs mizrachi school is to educate each child in the orthodox jewish religious zionist tradition, imbued with the love of g-d, torah, people and the land of israel.

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11
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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12
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uncommon Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the City of New York. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 56 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL - HARLEM RBI DBA DREAM: $1,000,000 · OtherDREAM CHARTER SCHOOL - HARLEM RBI DBA DR…PROJECT MORRY: $745,000 · OtherPROJECT MORRYCOMMUNITY FUNDS INC: $250,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FUNDS INCUNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $250,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEALFAO ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT: $250,000 · OtherFAO ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNTMACCABI WORLD UNION INC (MACCABIAH): $200,000 · OtherMACCABI WORLD UNION INC (MACCABIAH)AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION AIEF: $175,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $126,000 · Other+24 more: $717,500 · Other+24 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $641,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVE…DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL: $540,000 · EducationDREAM CHARTER SCHOOLRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $450,000 · EducationRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCH…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $200,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDIC…UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $100,000 · Education+1 more: $50,000 · EducationPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $400,000 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHIA Y…4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe: $350,000 · Recreation & Sports4G44 ESports I…MORRY'S CAMP INC: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsMORRY'S CAMP I…UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES …Metropolitan Oval Foundation Inc: $110,000 · Recreation & SportsMetropolitan O…MACCABI USA INC: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsMACCABI USA IN…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,042,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UN…REUT USA: $200,000 · Arts & CultureREUT USA+2 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $900,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWIS…HARLEM RBI INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI I…+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $500,000 · Civil RightsBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $250,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · International+1 more: $10,000 · International
Other$3,713,500Education$1,981,000Recreation & Sports$1,285,000Arts & Culture$1,262,000Philanthropy$1,175,000Civil Rights$500,000International$410,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,042,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $900,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $641,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDREAM CHARTER SCHOOL: $540,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $450,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $400,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budget4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe: $350,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMORRY'S CAMP INC: $200,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREUT USA: $200,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Oval Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetROOM TO READ: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF EARL MONROE NEW RENAISSANCE BASKETBALL CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND GUARDIANS CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT LYME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA ISRAEL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Lori & Michael Nash F…FjcMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Lori & Michael Nash Foundation · Fjc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Blitzer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blitzer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–90%
    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 Blitzer Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Blitzer 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 56 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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