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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 FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $160k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$390k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$55,000
HARBOR HOUSE$55,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$50,000
VENTURA CHARTER SCHOOL$13,500
THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY$12,500
THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$10,000
BROOKINGS INSTITUTE$10,000
ROCKING THE BOAT$5,000
RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION$5,000
DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$2,500
PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$2,000
THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY$1,500
REHABILITATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS$1,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $3k → 13%HARBOR HOUSE: $55k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $1k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $1k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $1k → 11%MORSE LIFE FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
DC
GA
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 30 repeat orgs$996k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
26

Total granted

$2.7M
$925k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
0%

Still filing today

80%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • TO
    Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $856k · revenue +54%
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $220k · revenue +67%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $180k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • DA
    DETAILS ARE VOLUMINOUS & AVAILABLE AT B STRAUSS ASSOC LTD
    one grant, 2020 · $610k
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue -28%
  • CI
    CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +98%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
10
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
11
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. 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

42 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. 42 of the 62 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DETAILS ARE VOLUMINOUS & AVAILABLE AT B STRAUSS ASSOC LTD: $609,795 · OtherDETAILS ARE VOLUMINOUS & AVAILABLE AT B STRAUSS ASSOC LTDUJAFEDERATION: $576,500 · OtherUJAFEDERATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $540,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD+40 more: $210,750 · Other+40 moreTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $856,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way IncUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF…+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $220,000 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $50,000 · International+2 more: $5,500 · InternationalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $180,000 · Civil RightsThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $6,000 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $3,645 · Arts & CultureHARBOR HOUSE: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $5,500 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $50,000 · Social Science
Other$1,937,045Philanthropy$1,106,500International$275,500Civil Rights$180,000Arts & Culture$64,645Human Services$61,000Social Science$50,000

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

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY 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
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 FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Curtis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Curtis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Real Art Ways Inc: 38% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
10report 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 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.

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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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