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Frank Crystal Foundation at a glance

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Frank Crystal 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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$75kHealth$47kPhilanthropy$41kYouth Development$11kFood & Nutrition$10kEducation$9kRecreation & Sports$6kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANIEL W OFFIT FUND TO FIGHT GLIOBLASTOMA INC$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $109k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALLIANT INSURANCE FOUNDATION: $75k → 11%Pajama Program: $4k → 17%Chilton Medical Center Foundation: $2k → 4%Mount Sinai Health System: $28k → 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

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IL
NY
MA
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CA
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GA
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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 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.

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Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

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

Health
2
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
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
7
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
8
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
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Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Houston Food Bank. 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

20 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. 20 of the 25 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)
19/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLIANT INSURANCE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesALLIANT INSURANCE FOUNDATIONMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INCBEYOND BEDTIME INC: $4,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesJewish Women's Foundation of NY: $25,000 · OtherJewish Women's Foundation of NYThe Houston Food Bank: $10,000 · OtherThe Houston Food BankNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT: $10,000 · OtherNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENTTHE FAMILY FIRM INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY FIRM INSTITUTE INCGOFFSTOWN JUNIOR GRIZZLIES: $5,000 · OtherGOFFSTOWN JUNIOR GRIZZLIESIndividual grant recipient: $2,171 · Other+4 more: $2,800 · OtherDANIEL W OFFIT FUND TO FIGHT GLIOBLASTOMA INC: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthUNITED HOSPITAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $5,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $656 · Health+2 more: $664 · HealthINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $15,500 · PhilanthropyST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $7,500 · EducationALGEMEINER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNEW CANAAN MOUNTED TROOP INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $250 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$109,000Other$59,971Health$16,320Philanthropy$15,500Education$7,500Arts & Culture$1,000Recreation & Sports$500Food & Nutrition$250

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 budgetALLIANT INSURANCE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY FIRM INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDANIEL W OFFIT FUND TO FIGHT GLIOBLASTOMA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND BEDTIME INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChilton Medical Center Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALGEMEINER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $656 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN MOUNTED TROOP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $164 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Frank Crystal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank Crystal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • New Canaan Mounted Troop Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 25 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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