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Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Edward and Jeanne Epstein 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.

$6k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$23kHuman Services$12kEducation$11kEnvironment$7kCivil Rights$6kReligion$3kRecreation & Sports$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$67k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$2,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$1,000
NEW CANAAN LAND TRUST$1,000
DOROT$1,000
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$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 (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$61k · 11 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +53% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$61k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+53%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • DI
    DOROT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +35%
  • TN
    THE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +27%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $7k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • EARTHJUSTICEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +49%
  • NC
    NEW CANAAN EMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +53%
  • CS
    CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +12%
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
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
2
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
3
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
4
Greenwich Hospital

To provide healthcare services.

Health
5
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
6
American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Mission statement: advancing evidence-based lifestyle medicine to treat, reverse and prevent non-communicable, chronic disease. vision statement: a nation and world wherein lifestyle medicine is the foundation of health and all healthcare.…

Health
7
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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8
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

To advance and disseminate the science and practice of hepatology, and to promote liver health and quality patient care.

Health
9
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
10
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
11
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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12
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Earthjustice. 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
13/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $6,000 · OtherNEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION T…INTERNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH: $6,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROS…WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: $3,000 · OtherWORLD JEWISH CONGRESSNEW CANAAN EMS INC: $1,000 · OtherNEW CANAAN EMS INCCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $1,000 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE I…+1 more: $500 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $7,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION O…ST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $5,000 · HealthST MARYS HEALTH WAGON IN…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL F…DOROT INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INCTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $11,000 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN LIBR…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $4,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN J…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $3,000 · InternationalEARTHJUSTICE: $1,000 · Environment
Other$17,500Health$14,000Human Services$12,000Education$11,000Civil Rights$6,000International$3,000Environment$1,000

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 budgetDOROT INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN EMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 15 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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