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Gendler Family Foundation at a glance

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Gendler Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$41k
Granted FY2020
24
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

68% of Gendler Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 19 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What it funds
01FY2020 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k23 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$200
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND$28,072
ADAMAH$3,354
EISNER CAMP INSTITUTE$2,800
Individual grant recipient$1,500
NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO$1,320
ALL FAITH FOOD BANK$1,000
SARASOTA BALLET$750
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE$250
ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE$250
WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE$250
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$250
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY$200
BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL$200
SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY$200
HOME WORKS$180
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL: $200 → 12%TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $70 → 16%NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $28k → 17%ALL FAITH FOOD BANK: $1k → 9%SARASOTA BALLET: $750 → 10%WEDU: $100 → 13%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $150 → 18%HOME WORKS: $180 → 21%AMY ADINA SCHUMAN MEMORIAL FUND: $100 → 11%BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $100 → 12%ADAMAH: $3k → 17%WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE: $250 → 9%ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE: $250 → 10%BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY: $200 → 12%FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE: $250 → 9%FRIENDS OF TANGLEWOOD: $2k → 12%MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $100 → 9%SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY: $200 → 12%EISNER CAMP INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $250 → 12%BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL: $50 → 12%JACOBS PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL: $150 → 12%ORION SOCIETY: $36 → 12%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 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 Studio Theatre Inc

Studio Theatre produces exceptional contemporary theatre in deliberately intimate spaces, fostering a more thoughtful, more empathetic, and more connected community, in Washington DC and beyond.

Arts & Culture
2
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc

To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…

Arts & Culture
3
Greater Boston Stage Company

We bring vibrant professional theatre and dramatic education beyond the boundaries of boston, featuring world and regional premieres alongside fresh interpretations of familiar work. within this setting,we uniquely foster future artists…

Arts & Culture
4
Artists Repertory Theatre

Artists repertory theatre's mission is to produce intimate, provacative theatre and provide a home for a diverse community of artists and audiences to take creative risks.

Arts & Culture
5
Marin Theatre Company

Marin theatre company is the bay area's premier mid-size theater and the leading professional theater in the north bay. mtc produces a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in an…

Arts & Culture
6
Speakeasy Stage Company Inc

Speakeasy produces intimate, entertaining plays and musicals that are new to boston and compel thoughtful conversation. we champion new talent and future arts leaders, alongside a diverse community of experienced local theatre…

Arts & Culture
7
Oregon Ballet Theatre

Oregon ballet theatre is committed to sharing our passion for the expressive power of ballet, inspiring an enduring appreciation of dance, and connecting in meaningful ways to our community through excellence in performance, training, and…

Arts & Culture
8
Aquila Theatre Company

Aquila theatre's mission is to create bold reinterpretations of the classics for contemporary audiences. by expanding the canon and diversifying the classics, aquila dares to expand our collective perspectives. aquila theatre is one of the…

Arts & Culture
9
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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10
Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation Inc

Peninsula players theatre is committed to preserving america's oldest professional resident summer theatre in its unique setting on sixteen forested acres along the shores of green bay. the theater's mission is to support, without…

Arts & Culture
11
Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc

Worcester center for performing arts promotes and/or hosts more than 250 performances and welcomes more than 150,000 attendees each year. the hanover theatre conservatory reaches more than 700 students in theatre, technical theatre and…

Arts & Culture
12
Staretthe Directors Company Inc

The Directors Company is an award-winning not-for-profit theatre company with an extraordinary record in its mission to develop and produce groundbreaking new plays and musicals initiated and generated by outstanding directorial talent,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shakespeare & Company Inc; the most unlike its peers is All Faiths Food Bank Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 24 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $28,072 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUNDADAMAH: $3,354 · OtherADAMAHEISNER CAMP INSTITUTE: $2,800 · OtherEISNER CAMP INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO: $1,320 · OtherNEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO+1 more: $100 · OtherSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $750 · Arts & CultureASOLO THEATRE INC: $250 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $250 · Arts & CultureMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $250 · Arts & CultureWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $250 · Arts & CultureBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $200 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $200 · Arts & CultureJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $150 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50 · Arts & CultureALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $200 · EducationHOME WORKS - THVP: $180 · EducationBERKSHIRE GARDEN CENTER INC DBA BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $100 · EnvironmentThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $100 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $70 · EnvironmentTHE ORION SOCIETY INC: $36 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $150 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$28,072Other$9,074Arts & Culture$2,450Food & Nutrition$1,000Education$380Environment$306Crime & Legal$150

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $28,072 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME WORKS - THVP: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMY ADINA SCHULMAN MEMORIAL FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE GARDEN CENTER INC DBA BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ORION SOCIETY 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.

Berkshire Taconic Com…The John & Katherine …Messinger Family Foun…The Buchwald Family F…The Feigenbaum Founda…The Shubert Foundatio…Jewish Communal FundGulf Coast Community …American Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…The US Charitable Gif…Morgan Stanley Global…
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The John & Katherine Morris Foundation · Messinger Family Foundation Inc · The Buchwald Family Foundation · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Gendler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gendler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Orion Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Shakespeare & Company Inc: 1% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gendler Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gendler Family Foundation 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 24 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.

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