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Grodman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$930k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$1.1MInternational$485kEducation$195kArts & Culture$120kAnimals$25kReligion$25kMembership Benefit$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $785k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA$120,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF$100,000
HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACON$100,000
CHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC$100,000
FRIENDS OF BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ARTS AND DESIGNS INC$100,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$65,000
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC$50,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION$50,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$50,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF$50,000
CHABAD OF RANDOLPH INC$25,000
STC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC$25,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$25,000
THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA$10,000
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%CHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $100k → 9%CHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $10k → 9%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

NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MD
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 6% of Grodman Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Grodman Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.3% 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 12 repeat orgs$377k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$1.5M
$287k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+22%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
HealthInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • HM
    HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +27%
  • CG
    CHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $110k · revenue +173%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • CO
    COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
    one grant, 2022 · $117k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Department of Ped
    one grant, 2022 · $65k
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +37%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
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
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
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
5
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
6
Stony Brook Childrens Services 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
Stony Brook Orthopedic 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
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
12
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York; the most unlike its peers is Copd Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $230,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIAMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $180,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALCOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN: $117,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA - DEPARTMEN…TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Department of Ped: $65,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Departme…TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW: $54,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE C…CHABAD OF RANDOLPH INC: $25,000 · Other+5 more: $40,000 · Other+5 moreHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $300,000 · HealthHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY P…STC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC: $50,000 · HealthSTC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS L…Children's Hospital Corporation: $50,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corpo…THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE: $40,000 · HealthTHE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF M…+2 more: $15,000 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $310,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FO…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…+2 more: $15,000 · InternationalTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $95,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEE…TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $40,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF…THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ARTS AND DESIGNS INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $20,000 · Animals
Other$711,000Health$455,000International$385,000Education$195,000Arts & Culture$120,000Human Services$110,000Animals$20,000

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 budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $310,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ARTS AND DESIGNS INC: $110,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $110,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $95,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOPD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Boselli Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTherapy Dogs International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREISENBACH PHILANTHROPIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $5,000 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 Grodman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grodman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 30 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.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home