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David & Esther Muschel Foundation at a glance

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David & Esther Muschel 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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$297kEducation$103kHealth$102kArts & Culture$57kInternational$52kHousing & Shelter$17kPhilanthropy$10kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION AHAVATH TORAH$17,743
BOCA JEWISH CENTER$5,581
CAMP MOSHAVA$3,642
Individual grant recipient$2,995
UJA Federation of NY Israel Emergency Day After Fu$2,500
RAMAZ SCHOOL$2,500
HEBREW CHARTER SCHOOLS$2,500
Iyun Haparsha$2,360
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT ERETZ HATZVI$2,276
OUR PLACE$2,018
Individual grant recipient$2,000
PROJECT EXTREME$2,000
CONGREGATION BNAI YESH NAIYESHURUN$2,000
YAD ELIEZER$1,800
FRIENDS OF BET SABAH ELAZRAKI$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%one family: $1k → 16%one family: $500 → 16%Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County: $860 → 7%Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County: $180 → 7%ASHREINU: $3k → 20%A Torah Infertility Medium of Exchange: $1k → 20%Atime: $610 → 20%A-TIME: $500 → 20%Atime: $360 → 20%Ahavat Yisrael Humanity: $360 → 20%A TIME: $200 → 20%PROJECT EZRAH: $1k → 17%PROJECT EZRAH: $500 → 17%PROJECT EZRAH: $500 → 17%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
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
NE
MO
VA
MD
SC
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$656k · 77 repeat orgs$133k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

77 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
124

Total granted

$656k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+18%

Still filing today

40%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
InternationalPhilanthropyReligionHealthEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SI
    Sharsheret Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $78k · revenue +187%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $51k · revenue +274%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    3× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue -6%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
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 Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
2
Sherit Isroel
—
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

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

Religion
5
Friends of Yeshiva Beer Abraham

Furtherance of jewish education

Religion
6
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
7
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
8
American Friends of Yeshiva High School of Kiryat Arba Inc

Raise funds for religious and educational institutions in the state of israel, and to provide educational and social improvement for the children of kiryat arba, israel.

Philanthropy
9
American Friends of Neveh Zion

To voluntarily assist the house of religious learning known as yeshiva neveh zion in israel

Religion
10
Yeshivah Beth Israel Tifereth Menachem Foundation

To provide support to jewish religious education in israel and around the world, and provide financial assistance to and on behalf of yeshivah beth israel tifereth menachem.

Education
11
American Friends of Daas Aharon Inc

To promote, assist, and sponsor the spreading of Jewish religious education in Israel. The organization will also organize inspirational gatherings in the USA to enhance the participants' Torah knowledge.

Education
12
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emunah of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Extreme D/B/a Project Extreme. 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

70 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. 70 of the 226 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/70
Grantees still filing
47/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION AHAVATH TORAH: $124,430 · OtherCONGREGATION AHAVATH TORAHRAMAZ SCHOOL: $36,790 · OtherRAMAZ SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $32,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYAD ELIEZER: $28,020 · OtherSINAI SCHOOLS: $24,473 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $19,300 · Other+146 more: $288,020 · Other+146 moreSharsheret Inc: $78,273 · HealthSharsheret …+5 more: $3,670 · HealthFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $51,105 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $700 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $17,674 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $7,460 · InternationalEMUNAH OF AMERICA INC: $5,600 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $3,110 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT ERETZ HATZVI: $2,276 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,980 · InternationalEZER MIZION: $1,800 · International+8 more: $6,224 · InternationalIYUN HAPARSHA INC: $9,781 · ReligionBRIS AVROHOM INC: $7,027 · ReligionRav Moshe Feinstein Foundation Inc: $3,500 · ReligionJEWISH BOOK TRUST INC: $1,000 · Religion+3 more: $1,110 · ReligionProject Ezrah Needs Inc: $4,550 · PhilanthropyYeshivat Ashreinu Inc: $4,300 · PhilanthropyBETTER FUTURE FOR ISRAEL: $2,500 · PhilanthropyHEBRON FUND INC: $2,360 · PhilanthropyTORAT CHESED TRUST: $1,430 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $1,220 · PhilanthropyDANIELLA MOFFSON FOUNDATION INC: $860 · Philanthropy+3 more: $1,195 · PhilanthropyMORIAH SCHOOL OF ENGLEWOOD: $5,300 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF DBI INC: $1,000 · EducationYESHIVA OF CENTRAL QUEENS: $758 · EducationBEN PORAT YOSEF INC: $500 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC: $500 · Education+1 more: $180 · Education
Other$553,633Health$81,943Arts & Culture$51,805International$46,124Religion$22,418Philanthropy$18,415Education$11,238

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSharsheret Inc: $78,273 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $51,105 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $17,674 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC: $11,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIYUN HAPARSHA INC: $9,781 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $7,460 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRIS AVROHOM INC: $7,027 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $5,860 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEMUNAH OF AMERICA INC: $5,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYAD YISROEL: $5,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMORIAH SCHOOL OF ENGLEWOOD: $5,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezrah Needs Inc: $4,550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYeshivat Ashreinu Inc: $4,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRav Moshe Feinstein Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $3,110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAshreinu Inc: $2,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $2,670 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $2,610 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER FUTURE FOR ISRAEL: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHEBRA AGUDAS ACHIM CHESED SHEL EMETH HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATIONINC: $2,480 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $2,360 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT ERETZ HATZVI: $2,276 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOUR PLACE INC: $2,018 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetProject Ezra: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP EXTREME D/B/A PROJECT EXTREME: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,980 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEZER MIZION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE FAMILY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTORAT CHESED TRUST: $1,430 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYESHIVA DERECH CHAIM: $1,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $1,220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $1,040 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BOOK TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARIDY GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE FEUERSTEIN INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ERETZ HEMDAH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF DBI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASBIA: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDANIELLA MOFFSON FOUNDATION INC: $860 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYESHIVA OF CENTRAL QUEENS: $758 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKOL HANEARIM INC: $742 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $517 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.

  • Who funds Sharsheret Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds BL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds IYUN HAPARSHA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIS AVROHOM INC ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Migdal OHR ↗
  • Who funds EMUNAH OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds YAD YISROEL ↗
  • Who funds MORIAH SCHOOL OF ENGLEWOOD ↗
  • Who funds Project Ezrah Needs Inc ↗
  • Who funds Yeshivat Ashreinu Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Rav Moshe Feinstein Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗

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 FundFjcCross River Community…The Blumenfeld Family…Jewish Federation of …The Daniel E and Joyc…M D Katz Foundation I…Jewish Federation of …The Alan and Elisa Pi…The Arthur & Joyce Fe…The Ojc FundAssociated Jewish Cha…
Jewish Communal FundNY54.8× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Cross River Community Foundation · The Blumenfeld Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Daniel E and Joyce G Straus Family Foundation · M D Katz Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · The Alan and Elisa Pines Family Foundation Inc · The Arthur & Joyce Fein Family Foundation · The Ojc Fund · 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 David & Esther Muschel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David & Esther Muschel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
8report 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 226 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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By state
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