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Curtis 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.

$236k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$55,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 30
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$390k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Curtis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $276k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving23$236k22%
FY202430$736k30%
FY202324$163k38%
FY202229$1.3M34%
FY202127$608k100%
FY20201$610kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.1MHealth$615kPublic Benefit$579kInternational$276kCivil Rights$186kArts & Culture$65kSocial Science$63kHousing & Shelter$61kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Curtis Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$856,00046%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$250,00010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$220,00050%
Anti-Defamation League$180,00040%
Harbor House$55,0001n/a
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$50,00040%
The Brookings Institution$50,00050%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$50,00050%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$25,00052%
Rocking the Boat Inc$22,50040%
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Inc$20,00010%
Design Trust for Public Space Inc$15,50050%
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc$14,00051%
Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education$13,50010%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$6,00020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$6,00020%
The Children's Home Society of Florida$5,50040%
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc$5,00050%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$5,00020%
Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc$5,00050%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$5,00010%
The Legal Aid Society$4,00040%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$3,75050%
Adopt a Family Inc$3,500211%
Pratt Area Community Council Inc$3,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$2,50010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2,5001n/a
Chicago Abortion Fund$2,50010%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,5001n/a
National Alliance for Eating Disorders Inc$2,00020%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$2,00020%
Israel Cancer Association (Usa) Corp$2,00020%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$1,50030%
Lafayette College$1,00010%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$1,00020%
Northwell Health Foundation$1,0001n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
South Florida Pbs Inc$1,00020%
Real Art Ways Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Morselife Foundation Inc$50010%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$14510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Curtis Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $856,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $180,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetRocking the Boat Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDesign Trust for Public Space Inc: $15,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPalm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetVentura Charter School of Arts and Global Education: $13,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Home Society of Florida: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRaymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt a Family Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetPratt Area Community Council Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Abortion Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Alliance for Eating Disorders Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Cancer Association (Usa) Corp: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Florida Pbs Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReal Art Ways Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorselife Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $145 over 1y, 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 38.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to Curtis Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Curtis 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.

About Curtis Family Foundation

How much does Curtis Family Foundation give?
Curtis Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $235,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Curtis Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Health (17%), Public Benefit (16%).
Who are Curtis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ($856k), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($250k), Birthright Israel Foundation ($220k).
Does Curtis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Curtis Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Curtis Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Curtis Family Foundation based?
Curtis Family Foundation 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 62 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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