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Gary Winick Memorial Fund Inc at a glance

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Gary Winick Memorial Fund 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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 2025.

Arts & Culture$453kEducation$213kEmployment$42kHealth$22kCrime & Legal$16kYouth Development$10kCivil Rights$5kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,750
Median grant
3
States reached
$525
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$8,750
Individual grant recipient$8,750
SHATTERPROOF A NON PROFIT CORPORATION$2,500
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 (FY17–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%INSPIRE BY ACTION: $10k → 13%HOUR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$710k · 12 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
8

Total granted

$710k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
0%

Still filing today

92%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • TH
    THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $110k · revenue +14%
  • WU
    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $99k · revenue +45%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    3× · 2020–2022 · $75k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • CW
    CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -12%
  • IB
    Inspire By Action Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • MW
    MUSIC WILL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +51%
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
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
2
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
3
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
4
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
5
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
6
Boston Architectural College

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

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7
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
12
Watkins Institute

The watkins college of art challenges individuals to develop their talent, refine their creative practice, and dedicate their lives to advancing culture through the illuminating power of art.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rockport Music Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wesleyan University. 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

19 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. 19 of the 22 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $160,000 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INCJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INCCABOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCABOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INCATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $27,500 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC THEATER COMPANYMUSIC WILL INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $99,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYTrustees of Tufts College: $75,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeHAYGROUND SCHOOL INC: $29,000 · EducationHAYGROUND SCHOOL INCCALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW: $10,000 · EducationWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · EducationTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $110,000 · OtherTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM…HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST: $80,000 · OtherHAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FES…Individual grant recipient: $8,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,750 · Other+2 more: $7,950 · OtherROOT NS INC: $42,000 · Food & NutritionSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $21,920 · HealthInspire By Action Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOUR CHILDREN INC: $5,900 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$262,500Education$223,000Other$215,450Food & Nutrition$42,000Health$21,920Human Services$15,900Civil Rights$5,000

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 budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $160,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $110,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $99,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROOT NS INC: $42,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCABOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHAYGROUND SCHOOL INC: $29,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $21,920 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInspire By Action Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $5,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $2,950 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.

Mark and Cynthia Ross…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mark and Cynthia Ross Family Charitable TrustNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mark and Cynthia Ross Family Charitable Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Gary Winick Memorial Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gary Winick Memorial Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Root Ns Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–30%
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 22 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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