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Elliot Family Charitable Trust Fund at a glance

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Elliot Family Charitable Trust Fund

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.

$55
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$55
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, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$6kEducation$5kReligion$5kArts & Culture$5kHealth$5kInternational$3kFood & Nutrition$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$55
Median grant
1
States reached
$71
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SISTERHOODWOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM$55
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SPRYE: $600 → 9%SUNRISE DAY CAMP ASSOCIATION: $200 → 6%SPRYE: $300 → 9%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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 16 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
23

Total granted

$20k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+26%

Still filing today

81%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalRecreation & 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

  • OO
    OLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $6k · revenue +68%
  • AI
    ARTSWESTCHESTER INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +67%
  • TR
    THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF HARRISON CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • GC
    GREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN'S SERVICE
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +4%
  • WO
    WORLD OF CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · 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
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
2
Boston Architectural College

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

—
3
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
4
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
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
7
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
8
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
9
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

—
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Chimneys Children's Service; the most unlike its peers is Majolica International Society. 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

25 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. 25 of the 41 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)
25/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $5,550 · OtherOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF HARRISON CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE: $2,441 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF HARRISON CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUEGREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2,000 · OtherGREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN'S SERVICETHE MEETING HOUSE: $2,000 · OtherTHE MEETING HOUSEAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA: $1,750 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVAWORLD OF CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · OtherPARK EAST DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 · Other+18 more: $4,886 · Other+18 moreARTSWESTCHESTER INC: $1,921 · Arts & CultureARTSWESTCHESTER …THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC: $1,800 · Arts & CultureTHE RYE ARTS CEN…BRUCE MUSEUM INC: $500 · Arts & CultureBRUCE MUSEUM INCAmerican Museum of Natural History: $450 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum …Museum of Modern Art: $170 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $130 · Arts & CultureBROWN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIV…CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $1,500 · HealthWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $400 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 · HealthTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC: $1,575 · Food & NutritionSPRYE INC: $900 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 · Human ServicesBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $325 · EducationNEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN: $300 · Education
Other$20,627Arts & Culture$4,971Community Improvement$3,000Health$2,100Food & Nutrition$1,575Human Services$1,100Education$625

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 budgetOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $5,550 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTSWESTCHESTER INC: $1,921 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RYE ARTS CENTER INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC: $1,575 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD OF CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $170 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRYE FREE READING ROOM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAJOLICA INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY: $65 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $25 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.

The Joe & Sandy Sambe…Peckham Family Founda…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc · Peckham Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Elliot Family Charitable Trust Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elliot Family Charitable Trust Fund. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% 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 · 0–25%
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.
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How do I get to Elliot Family Charitable Trust Fund?

Find your warmest path to Elliot Family Charitable Trust Fund 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 41 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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