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Eberstadt Family Foundation at a glance

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Eberstadt 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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$63kReligion$26kEducation$21kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$6kHousing & Shelter$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kHealth$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$254k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUSABLE CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$7,500
D Stewart$6,500
O Gayle$6,500
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY$5,000
MILLBROOK SCHOOL$2,500
UNIVERSITY IMPACT$1,000
UKRAINE AID INTERNATIONAL$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%SKYS THE LIMIT FUND: $2k → 8%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $200 → 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

WA
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$110k · 10 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
39

Total granted

$110k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+23%

Still filing today

90%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AC
    AUSABLE CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +88%
  • TA
    THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +36%
  • Fairfield University
    3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • CI
    CATHEDRAL IN THE NIGHT MINISTRY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • MS
    M Stewart
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • RC
    R Camp
    one grant, 2020 · $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
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
2
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
3
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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4
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
5
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Ie New York College

(see schedule o)

Education
9
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
12
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenwich Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. 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

40 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. 40 of the 54 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
28/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUSABLE CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $49,500 · Arts & CultureAUSABLE CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATIONTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC+5 more: $2,300 · Arts & CultureANAM CARA INC: $15,000 · OtherANAM CARA INCCATHEDRAL IN THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL IN THE NIGHT MINISTRYD Stewart: $6,500 · OtherD StewartM Stewart: $6,500 · OtherM StewartO Gayle: $6,500 · OtherO GayleR Camp: $5,000 · OtherR CampL Levine: $5,000 · OtherL LevineK Gifford: $3,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,500 · Other+20 more: $13,100 · Other+20 moreFairfield University: $11,000 · EducationFairfield Univers…MILLBROOK SCHOOL: $7,500 · EducationMILLBROOK SCHOOLGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $2,500 · EducationGREENWICH ACADEMY…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF M…LITTLE PEAKS INC: $1,000 · EducationSTOKED MENTORING INC: $1,000 · EducationUniversity Impact: $1,000 · EducationABC INC OF NEW CANAAN: $1,000 · EducationPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,000 · Education+3 more: $750 · EducationTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $2,200 · Human ServicesSKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $2,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF GRAFTON INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$71,800Other$73,100Education$28,750Housing & Shelter$5,000Human Services$4,200Food & Nutrition$4,000Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetAUSABLE CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $49,500 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetANAM CARA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetFairfield University: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF GRAFTON INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHANGE FOR KIDS INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE PEAKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Steady Buckets: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTOKED MENTORING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABC INC OF NEW CANAAN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINE AID INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKeene Valley Country Club Preservation Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFCBC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADIRONDACK TRAIL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY INC: $850 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH HOME OF ROCHESTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAM CHARTER SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCT LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPET PARTNERS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $100 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.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…Jewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT13.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • American Mural Project Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Eberstadt Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Eberstadt 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 54 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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