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Charles & Rene Lipshitz Family Foundation at a glance

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Charles & Rene Lipshitz 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.

$755k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$915kHealth$534kReligion$123kPhilanthropy$85kFood & Nutrition$9kHuman Services$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kEducation$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $5k
  • $250k+1 grant · $750k
$1,770
Median grant
2
States reached
$337k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS$750,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MATAN$2,000
WEST SIDE INSTITUTIONAL SYNAGOGUE$1,770
INITED HATZALAH OF WEST SIDE$500
ISRAEL SELECT CHARITY FUND$500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF PARDES$250
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 (FY17–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 6%ISRAEL SELECT CHARITY FUND: $500 → 13%CHASDEI NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $360 → 16%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $180 → 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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$704k · 11 repeat orgs$971k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
29

Total granted

$704k
$220k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+19%

Still filing today

64%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $751k 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
InternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationHealthReligionOther
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

  • BT
    BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    2× · 2018–2023 · $80k · revenue +28%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +64%
  • RC
    ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $25k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $58k · revenue -51%
  • FO
    Friends of Rachashei Lev Whispers of The Heartgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +198%
  • EO
    EMUNAH OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -29%
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
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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2
Sherit Isroel
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3
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
4
American Friends of Tzir Hemed
Philanthropy
5
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
6
American Friends of Kehillas Shivtei Yeshurun Inc

Assistance to establish a community in ramat beit shemesh, israel, founded upon torah principles, prayer, justice, charity and kindness to all peoples. to encourage and promote jewish religious activities.

Religion
7
Zichron Chaim Avraham Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Chesed Aharon
Philanthropy
9
American Friends Tomchai Shabat Foundation
—
10
American Friends of Ohel Bas Zion Inc
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11
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
12
The Keren Rachaim Fund
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emunah of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Torah Academy of Buffalo Grove. 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

25 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. 25 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $750,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC+19 more: $71,124 · Other+19 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $465,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $57,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM+2 more: $27,000 · InternationalBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $80,000 · PhilanthropyROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MATAN INC: $11,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $9,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICA GIVES INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of Rachashei Lev Whispers of The Heart: $50,000 · EducationTORAH ACADEMY OF BUFFALO GROVE: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationBIKUR CHOLIM OF MANHATTAN INC: $11,500 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC: $10,000 · HealthAMUDIM COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $5,000 · HealthWest Side Hatzoloh: $1,000 · HealthCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $5,000 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KEREN ACHIM: $4,500 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC: $900 · ReligionACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesIsrael Select Charity Fund Inc: $500 · Human ServicesCHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $360 · Human Services+1 more: $180 · Human Services
Other$821,124International$624,500Philanthropy$130,500Education$60,500Health$27,500Religion$10,400Human Services$6,040

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $750,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $465,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $80,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INC: $75,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $57,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Rachashei Lev Whispers of The Heart: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMUNAH OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MATAN INC: $11,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF MANHATTAN INC: $11,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMUDIM COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Side Hatzoloh: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN OR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Select Charity Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $180 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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish Community Foun…Jewish Federation of …FjcThe Lyons Family Foun…Crain-Maling Foundati…Bitton Family Foundat…The Ojc FundThe Ohr Hakotel Found…Aj & Sl Stern Family …Walder FoundationAssociated Jewish Cha…
Jewish Communal FundNY26.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Fjc · The Lyons Family Foundation · Crain-Maling Foundation · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · The Ojc Fund · The Ohr Hakotel Foundation · Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Walder Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore

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 Charles & Rene Lipshitz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles & Rene Lipshitz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 Charles & Rene Lipshitz Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Charles & Rene Lipshitz 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 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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