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Harold & Sophie Menowitz Foundation Inc at a glance

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Harold & Sophie Menowitz Foundation Inc

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.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$657kPhilanthropy$602kEducation$49kReligion$30kRecreation & Sports$17kInternational$9kPublic Benefit$8kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $36k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$36,045
Turning Point USA$7,775
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$5,752
American Cancer Society$5,200
GSM Charity Auctions$4,000
Town of Palm Beach United Way$3,000
Alpert Jewish Family Foundation$3,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$2,500
Chrons & Colitis Foundation$1,040
The Fellowship$1,000
Waxman Cancer Center$726
Wounded Warrior Project$500
Fraternal Order of Police$500
WLIW$500
US Deputy Sheriffs Association$200
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 (FY17–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE VISCARDI CENTER: $2k → 6%Wounded Warrior Project: $500 → 14%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
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$679k · 9 repeat orgs$716k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$679k
$689k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+43%

Still filing today

56%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER
    6× · 2018–2023 · $322k
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $200k
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $65k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • CP
    CAROL PENN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $590k
  • FF
    FUND FOR JOHN HOPKINS MEDICINE
    one grant, 2018 · $44k
  • HR
    HIGH RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $17k · revenue +78%
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 Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
2
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
3
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
8
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
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
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 37 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAROL PENN FOUNDATION: $590,000 · OtherCAROL PENN FOUNDATIONJOHN HOPKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER: $322,120 · OtherJOHN HOPKINS CHILDREN'S CENTERCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $199,680 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONFUND FOR JOHN HOPKINS MEDICINE: $43,560 · Other+18 more: $94,968 · Other+18 moreCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $64,515 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,200 · Health+2 more: $1,293 · HealthTHE MIRMAN SCHOOL FOR GIFTED CHILDREN: $46,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,752 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $2,575 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 · InternationalUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $3,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2,135 · PhilanthropyTHE VISCARDI CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesPBS FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,250,328Health$71,008Education$51,000International$11,827Philanthropy$9,135Human Services$2,500Arts & Culture$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $64,515 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRMAN SCHOOL FOR GIFTED CHILDREN: $46,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB INC: $17,167 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $7,775 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,752 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $2,575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2,135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $253 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harold & Sophie Menowitz Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold & Sophie Menowitz Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
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.
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How do I get to Harold & Sophie Menowitz Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Harold & Sophie Menowitz Foundation Inc 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 37 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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