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Crystal Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
88
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.6MInternational$1.5MHealth$1.1MPhilanthropy$897kEducation$715kReligion$632kYouth Development$466kSocial Science$400kOther$0
02FY2025 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k60 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $462k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$2,500
Median grant
18
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND$300,000
LITTLE KIDS ROCK - MUSIC WILL$100,000
ARIZONA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$50,000
TEMPLE EMANU-EL$26,800
RAMBAN DAY SCHOOL$25,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$25,000
SALK INSTITUTE$25,000
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ATTN KELLY STAZI$25,000
UNR FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF BUSINESS$25,000
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR WEIZMANN INS$25,000
ADL- ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$25,000
SAMARITAN INN$25,000
MAYO CLINIC$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE$25,000
HONOR HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $149k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 10%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $3k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 10%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $2k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%WASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY: $500 → 10%WASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY: $250 → 10%WASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY: $250 → 10%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 128 repeat orgs$189k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

128 repeat relationships: 77 still active in FY2025, 51 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

128
26

Total granted

$6.6M
$146k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+28%

Still filing today

52%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST
    7× · 2017–2025 · $552k · revenue +9%
  • MW
    MUSIC WILL INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $545k · revenue +4%
  • NW
    NEW WAY ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $357k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • LK
    LITTLE KIDS ROCK ATTN HOWARD KERBEL
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • TM
    THE MAYOR FAMILY RENAL TRANSPLANT E
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • PL
    PRIDE & LESS PREJUDICE FOUNDATION ATTN LISA FORMAN
    one grant, 2023 · $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
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
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

The alliance for regenerative medicine (arm) is the preeminent global advocate for regenerative and advanced therapies. arm fosters research, development, investment and commercialization of transformational treatments and cures for…

Health
4
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
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
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
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
9
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
10
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ace Hardware Foundation. 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

78 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. 78 of the 164 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/78
Grantees still filing
60/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW WAY ACADEMY: $356,800 · OtherNEW WAY ACADEMYTEMPLE EMANU-EL: $251,800 · OtherTEMPLE EMANU-ELSALK INSTITUTE: $225,000 · OtherSALK INSTITUTELITTLE KIDS ROCK - MUSIC WILL: $165,000 · OtherAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR WEIZMANN INS: $150,000 · OtherUNR FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $150,000 · OtherLEHIGH UNIVERSITY ATTN KELLY STAZI: $135,000 · OtherCALVARY CHURCH: $135,000 · Other+115 more: $2,248,780 · Other+115 moreJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,051,800 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $250,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL …JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $225,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF …BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $125,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUN…+5 more: $133,300 · International+5 moreJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $1,050,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNA…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $95,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOU…BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $45,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $551,800 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWI…MUSIC WILL INC: $545,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC WILL INCWNET: $46,500 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of Art: $41,800 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $12,350 · Arts & CultureHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $225,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $80,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $25,000 · HealthPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $22,500 · Health+10 more: $77,500 · HealthWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $175,000 · ReligionJEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA INC: $35,000 · ReligionLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $21,100 · ReligionSAMARITAN INN INC: $210,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,817,380International$1,785,100Philanthropy$1,200,000Arts & Culture$1,197,450Health$655,000Religion$231,100Housing & Shelter$210,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,051,800 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $1,050,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $551,800 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $545,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetNEW WAY ACADEMY: $356,800 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $250,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $225,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $225,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC: $210,000 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $105,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $80,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $46,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $44,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $41,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $35,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRAMBAM DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $25,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTahoe Rim Trail Association: $23,600 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $22,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $21,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yashar L'Chayal Inc: $16,900 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $16,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $16,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $16,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $16,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $16,200 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $16,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $15,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $14,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA LAND TRUST: $13,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $10,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Center for Responsible Gaming: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC WILL INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW WAY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN INN INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Renown Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Jewish Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗

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.

NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The E L Cord Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc · Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation · The Nell J Redfield 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 Crystal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crystal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Samaritan Inn Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 164 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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