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Harry Donenfeld Foundation Inc at a glance

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Harry Donenfeld 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.

$74k
Granted FY2025still arriving
65
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$132kHuman Services$54kAnimals$49kArts & Culture$42kEnvironment$35kEducation$28kReligion$28kFood & Nutrition$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND$3,500
PROJECT ORPHANS$3,000
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$3,000
MILES OF HOPE FOUNDATION$2,500
CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING$2,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,000
REFORM TEMPLE OF ROCKLAND$2,000
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND$2,000
ARTSROCK$1,500
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE$1,500
FEEDING WESTCHESTER$1,500
TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION$1,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$1,500
ACLU OF CONNECTICUT$1,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF ROCKLAND COUNTY$1,500
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 (FY18–25, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Lustgarten Foundation: $200 → 6%Lustgarten Foundation: $200 → 6%JCC ROCKLAND: $2k → 14%Lustgarten Foundation: $200 → 6%Lustgarten Foundation: $200 → 6%JCC ROCKLAND: $2k → 14%Lustgarten Foundation: $200 → 6%JCC Rockland: $1k → 14%JCC Rockland: $1k → 14%JCC Rockland: $1k → 14%JCC Rockland: $1k → 14%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $500 → 6%JCC Rockland: $1k → 14%United Way of Westchester: $1k → 9%United Way of Westchester: $1k → 9%United Way of Westchester: $1k → 9%United Way of Westchester: $1k → 9%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER: $1k → 9%United Hospice of Rockland: $1k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER: $1k → 9%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND: $1k → 14%United Way of Westchester: $1k → 9%United Hospice of Rockland: $1k → 14%United Hospice of Rockland: $1k → 14%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $2k → 9%United Hospice of Rockland: $1k → 14%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $2k → 9%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND: $1k → 14%United Hospice of Rockland: $1k → 14%PROJECTO FARO: $500 → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%PROJECTO FARO: $500 → 14%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $2k → 9%Dorot: $500 → 17%Dorot: $500 → 17%Dorot: $500 → 17%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%DOROT: $500 → 17%Dorot: $500 → 17%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $2k → 9%DOROT: $500 → 17%Dorot: $250 → 17%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $2k → 9%CENTER FOR SAFETY AND CHANGE: $1k → 9%CENTER FOR SAFETY AND CHANGE: $1k → 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

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$470k · 81 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

81 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
3

Total granted

$470k
$5k

Still filing today

57%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $21k · revenue +40%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $17k · revenue +53%
  • GE
    GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $14k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • H
    HADASSSAH
    one grant, 2024 · $500
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
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
2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
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
5
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
6
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
7
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
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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10
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm Sanctuary Inc; the most unlike its peers is Baja California Spay Neuter 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

51 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. 51 of the 91 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
36/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $21,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYPlanned Parenthood of So New Englan: $17,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of So New EnglanTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $17,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INCREFORM TEMPLE OF ROCKLAND: $15,000 · OtherMiles of Hope: $12,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $11,000 · OtherFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $10,500 · OtherHOPES DOOR INC: $10,500 · OtherArtsRock: $10,500 · Other+49 more: $184,950 · Other+49 moreGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYE…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WAR…JCC ROCKLAND INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesJCC ROCKLAN…UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $7,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY …UNITED HOSPICE INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesUNITED HOSP…DOROT INC: $3,250 · Human ServicesDOROT INCCENTER FOR SAFETY & CHANGE INC: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,500 · HealthST JUDE C…BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $7,000 · HealthBLYTHEDAL…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $7,000 · HealthPLANNED P…WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7,000 · HealthWESTCHEST…ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER…American Heart Association Inc: $4,500 · HealthAmerican …+1 more: $500 · HealthNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $10,500 · AnimalsSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $7,000 · AnimalsWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $4,500 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $4,500 · AnimalsPETS ALIVE INC: $4,500 · AnimalsBAJA CALIFORNIA SPAY NEUTER FOUNDATION: $3,500 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $2,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $5,500 · Arts & CultureJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCERDDORION NYC INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureWestchester Land Trust Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentTEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC: $13,000 · Public Benefit
Other$309,450Human Services$51,750Health$41,500Animals$37,500Arts & Culture$22,500Environment$15,500Public Benefit$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC: $13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOPES DOOR INC: $10,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF ROCKLAND COUNTY: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJCC ROCKLAND INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HOSPICE INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Land Trust Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPETS ALIVE INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCERDDORION NYC INC: $4,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetBAJA CALIFORNIA SPAY NEUTER FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $3,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $3,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR SAFETY & CHANGE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROYECTO FARO INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $500 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 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPES DOOR INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF ROCKLAND COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JCC ROCKLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM ↗
  • Who funds UNITED HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds Westchester Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC ↗

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 Chazen FoundationPcsb Community Founda…Verizon FoundationTd Charitable Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bessemer Giving F…The Rockland Communit…The Stefany and Simon…The Trustees of Colum…Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…The Pfizer Foundation…
The Chazen FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chazen Foundation · Pcsb Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Rockland Community Foundation · The Stefany and Simon Bergson Foundation · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Harry Donenfeld Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry Donenfeld Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%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
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Westport Country Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
12report 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 91 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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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