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Borstein 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$6.1MEducation$900kHuman Services$490kHousing & Shelter$220kPhilanthropy$217kCrime & Legal$195kFood & Nutrition$195kSocial Science$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $255k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $463k
  • $250k+1 grant · $800k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT JOHNS HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION$800,000
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$150,000
CITY OF HOPE$100,000
CITY OF HOPE$100,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$62,500
CEDARS SINAI$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$32,500
THE UCLA FOUNDATION (STUART HOUSE)$30,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOODBANK$25,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
MILKEN SCHOOL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN (EAST CAMPUS)$25,000
TEAM PHENOMENAL HOPE$25,000
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$20,000
PS SCIENCE$20,000
USC LUSK BOARD MEMBERSHIP$12,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UC BERKELEY: $50k → 10%THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $110k → 9%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $150k → 12%UC BERKELEY - ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH: $50k → 10%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $150k → 12%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH DENVER CO: $50k → 12%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH DENVER CO: $50k → 12%UCLA FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $200k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $200k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $150k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $75k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $75k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $50k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $50k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $50k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $50k → 14%LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $110k → 14%LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $110k → 14%SAINT JOHNS HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $800k → 14%SAINT JOHNS HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $800k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $800k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $150k → 14%CITY OF HOPE: $100k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $100k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $75k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $75k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $75k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $75k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $75k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $63k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $63k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $63k → 14%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 35 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
4

Total granted

$7.6M
$89k

Still filing today

43%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +18%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +48%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    2× · 2023–2024 · $300k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • UB
    UC BERKELEY - ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • TR
    THE RAPE FOUNDATION (STUART HOUSE)
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • OM
    OPERATION MEND
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
5
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
6
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
7
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
10
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
11
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
12
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Jewish Health. 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

18 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. 18 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $1,760,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPERONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $437,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSELEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $222,400 · OtherLEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETYLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $195,000 · OtherTHE RAPE FOUNDATION-FBO STUART HOUS: $165,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY: $150,000 · Other+23 more: $952,500 · Other+23 moreSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,600,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATIONSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $1,050,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTENATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $300,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTHCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $275,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $132,000 · Health+4 more: $95,000 · HealthUCLA FOUNDATION: $520,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDA…CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $275,000 · EducationCROSSROADS …PS Science: $40,000 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $132,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC: $24,000 · PhilanthropyOPERATION SMILE INC: $80,000 · International
Other$3,882,400Health$3,452,000Education$835,000Philanthropy$156,500International$80,000

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 budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,600,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $1,050,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $520,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $275,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $275,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $195,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $132,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $132,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPS Science: $40,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTEAM PHENOMENAL HOPE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PS Science ↗
  • Who funds TEAM PHENOMENAL HOPE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds MORE THAN WORDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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 Community Foun…California Community …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Borstein Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Borstein Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 44 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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