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Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Family at a glance

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Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Family

Its FY2017 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2017
40
Grants FY2017
13
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$135
Median grant
13
States reached
$91k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTAMANATEE$7,000
TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL$4,525
SARASOTA BALLET$2,800
Individual grant recipient$1,550
SARASOTA OPERA$1,150
MANTANYA'S HOPE$1,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND$1,000
ASOLO REPERTORY THEATER$500
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER$420
ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER$250
COMPEER$250
MARGATE CRICKET CLUB$250
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FL$200
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY$200
SMILE TRAIN$200
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 (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, 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%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 31% of Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Family’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Familylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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
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
2
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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3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
9
The Foundation for Aids Research

Amfar is dedicated to ending the global aids epidemic through innovative research. (see schedule o)

Health
10
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
11
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
12
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Matanya's Hope. 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

22 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. 22 of the 40 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL: $4,525 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ISRAELIndividual grant recipient: $1,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipientASOLO REPERTORY THEATER: $500 · OtherASOLO REPERTORY THEATER+24 more: $2,604 · Other+24 moreTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-…Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $2,800 · Arts & CultureSarasota Ballet of …Sarasota Opera Association Inc: $1,150 · Arts & CultureSarasota Opera Asso…MATANYA'S HOPE: $1,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $75 · EducationISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 · Human ServicesBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $420 · HealthRESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $135 · HealthBREAST HEALTH SARASOTA INC: $100 · HealthUNITED BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $25 · Health+1 more: $20 · HealthAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $200 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $100 · International
Other$9,179Philanthropy$7,000Arts & Culture$3,950Education$1,075Human Services$1,000Health$700International$300

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 budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Opera Association Inc: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATANYA'S HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMETHYST HOUSE INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOC OF STATE TROOPERS: $145 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST HEALTH SARASOTA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World Action Fund: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeystone Paralyzed Veterans of America Inc: $56 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20 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…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN8.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Family funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Family. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 40 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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