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Greenbaum-Strauss Foundation at a glance

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Greenbaum-Strauss 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.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$181kHealth$84kArts & Culture$42kReligion$25kHuman Services$7kAnimals$6kInternational$4kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
$1,100
Median grant
2
States reached
$110k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEIT T'SHUVAH$22,700
JEWISH FEDERATION$11,066
MCCALLUM THEATRE$5,000
GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT$1,100
DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
EISENHOWER HEALTH FDN$1,000
Individual grant recipient$900
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL$480
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 (FY18–20, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VISTA DEL MAR: $200 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $600 → 11%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
DC
LA
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$340k · 19 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
34

Total granted

$340k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+14%

Still filing today

42%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $32k · revenue +24%
  • BT
    Beit T'Shuvah
    2× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +52%
  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    8× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • BF
    BETTY FORD CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • BS
    BARBARA SINATRA CHILDREN CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
4
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
5
Community Medical Centers Inc

The organization provides primary medical, behavior health, and dental care to the population of san joaquin, and solano counties without regard to patients' ability to pay.

Health
6
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
7
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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8
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
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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
11
Usc Care Medical Group Inc

To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…

Health
12
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; the most unlike its peers is River Cities Humane Society for Cat. 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 54 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION: $172,776 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONBeit T'Shuvah: $24,700 · OtherBeit T'ShuvahTEMPLE SINAI: $20,815 · OtherTEMPLE SINAIMCCALLUM THEATRE: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,349 · Other+29 more: $29,005 · Other+29 moreHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $32,177 · HealthHAZELDEN BETTY FO…Eisenhower Medical Center: $23,325 · HealthEisenhower Medica…+6 more: $1,445 · HealthRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,500 · PhilanthropyLITERARY SOCIETY OF THE DESERT: $4,150 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $2,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · InternationalTOSTAN INC: $500 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $600 · Human ServicesTHE WELL IN THE DESERT INC: $500 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $200 · Human ServicesRIVER CITIES HUMANE SOCIETY FOR CAT: $100 · Animals
Other$272,645Health$56,947Education$20,500Philanthropy$5,500Arts & Culture$4,250International$3,500Human Services$1,300Animals$100

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 budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $32,177 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $24,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $23,325 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $5,050 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLITERARY SOCIETY OF THE DESERT: $4,150 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOSTAN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURSULINE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WELL IN THE DESERT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Desert: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER CITIES HUMANE SOCIETY FOR CAT: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIC ALERT FOUNDATION UNITED STATES: $95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 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.

  • Who funds HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds LITERARY SOCIETY OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ↗
  • Who funds TOSTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds URSULINE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE WELL IN THE DESERT INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds United Way of the Desert ↗
  • Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗

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.

The Coeta and Donald …Inland Empire Communi…The Auen FoundationBighorn Golf Club Cha…HN and Frances C Berg…American Gift FundRenaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for Good
The Coeta and Donald Barker FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · The Auen Foundation · Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · American Gift Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Greenbaum-Strauss Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Greenbaum-Strauss 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 54 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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