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Finkelstein Family Foundation at a glance

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Finkelstein 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.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$214kHuman Services$62kReligion$52kHealth$15kArts & Culture$7kCivil Rights$3kInternational$2kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$358k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
92ND STREET YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION$16,375
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$10,000
PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE$1,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$500
CONGREGATION BNAI ISRAEL$500
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER$500
HADASSAH$300
MAZON$250
AIPAC$200
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$200
SHAARE ZEDEK$180
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$100
THE DOE FUND$100
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 (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SLOW MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
TN
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$352k · 29 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
16

Total granted

$352k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+17%

Still filing today

52%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
HealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $112k · revenue +19%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $44k · revenue +139%
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $3k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • SM
    SLOW MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • AS
    ATHENS SQUARE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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 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
2
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
3
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
6
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
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
9
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Share International 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

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 48 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UJA: $102,000 · OtherUJAN 92 ST Y: $61,300 · OtherN 92 ST Y+30 more: $33,038 · Other+30 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $112,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF…THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $44,375 · ReligionTHE YOUNG MEN…SLOW MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,200 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthMargaretville Health Foundation: $600 · HealthCOASTAL KIDS HOME CARE: $500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $300 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 · HealthSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $216 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $200 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $200 · Arts & CultureBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,350 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $350 · International
Other$196,338Philanthropy$112,000Religion$44,375Human Services$10,000Health$4,800Arts & Culture$3,616International$1,700

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $112,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $44,375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMargaretville Health Foundation: $600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOASTAL KIDS HOME CARE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $247 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATSKILL FOREST ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetM-ARK PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $36 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Finkelstein Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Finkelstein Family 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–25%
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.

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 48 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home