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Harold and Jean Grossman Family Foundation at a glance

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Harold and Jean Grossman Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.0M
Granted FY2022
39
Grants FY2022
12
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Health$5.9MReligion$164kYouth Development$145kCivil Rights$134kEducation$130kAnimals$94kFood & Nutrition$93kPhilanthropy$77kOther$0
02FY2022 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k27 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $174k
  • $250k+3 grants · $5.8M
$3,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOLLY G LEVITT FAMILY DAF$1,925,213
SCHUMAN FAMILY DAF$1,925,213
LEON FAMILY FUND$1,925,213
PUBLICOLOR$31,000
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK AT ALPHA HOUSE$30,000
EMU FOUNDATION$25,000
ANN ARBOR ACADEMY$21,000
GIRLS GROUP$20,000
CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK$15,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND$12,000
JDC$10,000
VALLEY BEIT MIDRASH$10,000
MISHKAN CHICAGO$7,680
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MID & SOUTH MICHIGAN$6,000
AMERICANS FOR BEN GURLAN UNIVERSITY$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THERE WITH CARE: $500 → 12%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERARY NETWORK: $6k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERARY NETWORK: $5k → 14%RYAN HOUSE: $3k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $3k → 11%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $2k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $1k → 9%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ANN ARBOR: $500 → 14%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $2k → 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $1k → 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $1k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE: $5k → 11%OZONE HOUSE: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $3k → 11%SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 14%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $2k → 11%OZONE HOUSE: $500 → 14%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 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
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
AZ
KS
DC
LA
AL
TX
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.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$920k · 80 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

80 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2022, 55 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
76

Total granted

$920k
$170k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+26%

Still filing today

63%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • GIRLS GROUP
    4× · 2019–2022 · $66k · revenue +55%
  • AA
    ANN ARBOR ACADEMY INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $65k · revenue +192%
  • PI
    PUBLICOLOR INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $65k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • LC
    LURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $18k
  • AI
    ADAS ISRAEL HEBREW CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • CD
    CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +62%
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
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
4
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
6
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
7
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
8
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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9
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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10
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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11
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
12
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Avalon Housing Inc. 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

108 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. 108 of the 177 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
108/108
Grantees still filing
85/108
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOLLY G LEVITT FAMILY DAF: $1,925,213 · OtherMOLLY G LEVITT FAMILY DAFLEON FAMILY FUND: $1,925,213 · OtherLEON FAMILY FUNDSCHUMAN FAMILY DAF: $1,925,213 · OtherSCHUMAN FAMILY DAF+126 more: $796,963 · Other+126 moreANN ARBOR ACADEMY INC: $65,000 · EducationPUBLICOLOR INC: $64,550 · EducationVALLEY BEIT MIDRASH: $26,000 · Education+9 more: $22,250 · EducationGIRLS GROUP: $65,500 · Youth DevelopmentNeutral Zone: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK: $36,300 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesRYAN HOUSE: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $4,000 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $3,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley: $2,500 · Human Services+4 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $31,980 · PhilanthropyEvanston Community Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $8,500 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $2,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER PHOENIX CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $11,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFood Empowerment Education Sustainability Team: $4,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,500 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $1,500 · Food & NutritionChicago Humanities Festival: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $7,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGAY CITY HEALTH PROJECT: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$6,572,602Education$177,800Youth Development$69,500Human Services$61,800Philanthropy$55,980Food & Nutrition$32,500Arts & Culture$29,500

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 budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST: $81,300 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGIRLS GROUP: $65,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetANN ARBOR ACADEMY INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetPUBLICOLOR INC: $64,550 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $47,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK: $36,300 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $31,980 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY BEIT MIDRASH: $26,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGESHER DISABILITY RESOURCES INC: $16,100 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetChicago Humanities Festival: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Support Community Arizona: $11,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvanston Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OF ARIZONA: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetRYAN HOUSE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUET PARTNERS IN HEALTH & AGING INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGot Green: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $4,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Empowerment Education Sustainability Team: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNeutral Zone: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ANN ARBOR: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYAD EZRA: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $3,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRVC SEATTLE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES DBA DUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArts Business Collaborative: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 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 SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
  • Who funds ANN ARBOR ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLICOLOR INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY BEIT MIDRASH ↗
  • Who funds AVALON HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds GESHER DISABILITY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Humanities Festival ↗
  • Who funds Cancer Support Community Arizona ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds Evanston Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HEARD MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds YPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS ↗

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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…United Way of Washten…Harry a and Margaret …The Buhr FoundationJames a and Faith Kni…Community Foundation …Seattle FoundationDuffy FoundationSterken Family Founda…Thrift Shop Associati…Edward F Redies Found…The Martin Family Fou…
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI35.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · The Buhr Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Seattle Foundation · Duffy Foundation · Sterken Family Foundation · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · The Martin Family 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 Harold and Jean Grossman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold and Jean Grossman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Harold and Jean Grossman Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Harold and Jean Grossman 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 177 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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