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Ernest Lowenstein Foundation Inc

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.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
75
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$323kEducation$250kHealth$157kInternational$5kArts & Culture$3kReligion$2kHuman Services$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
18
States reached
$166k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$500
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$500
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$200
Individual grant recipient$180
Individual grant recipient$180
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM$150
LIGHTHOUSE GUILD$100
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$100
FRESH AIR FUND$100
AMERICARES$100
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$100
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$100
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE$100
DOROT INC$100
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION$100
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 (FY23–25, $600) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 7%DOROT INC: $100 → 17%DOROT INC: $100 → 17%DOROT INC: $100 → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $100 → 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

NH
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$106k · 75 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

75 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
13

Total granted

$106k
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+19%

Still filing today

56%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    2× · 2018–2020 · $65k · revenue +479%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $20k · revenue +74%
  • Feeding America
    3× · 2023–2025 · $300 · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $149k
  • HO
    Hospice of Palm Beach County Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $64k · revenue +22%
  • HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +14%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

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4
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
5
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
6
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
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
9
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

To marshal and focus the resources and relationships needed to cure fa by raising funds for research, promoting public awareness and aligning scientists, patients, clinicians, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies dedicated to…

Health
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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11
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
12
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

51 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. 51 of the 94 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
34/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $173,735 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND: $148,803 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND+57 more: $13,365 · Other+57 moreTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $64,591 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,175 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S R…+13 more: $3,350 · HealthHospice of Palm Beach County Inc: $64,219 · Human ServicesHospice of Pal…+4 more: $900 · Human ServicesBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $600 · InternationalAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $300 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $300 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $300 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $300 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $300 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $150 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $450 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200 · Arts & CultureHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $500 · Religion
Philanthropy$173,935Other$162,168Health$88,116Human Services$65,119International$4,450Arts & Culture$650Religion$500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $173,735 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $64,591 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Palm Beach County Inc: $64,219 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,175 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HOSPITAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CANCER SOCIETY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments …
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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 Ernest Lowenstein Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ernest Lowenstein Foundation Inc. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Ernest Lowenstein Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ernest Lowenstein Foundation Inc 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 94 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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