· Private foundation
Helen & Rita Lurie 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $386k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE | $250,000 |
| NYU MEDICAL SCHOOL | $120,000 |
| UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK | $94,500 |
| HIASINC | $64,700 |
| METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY | $56,700 |
| SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES | $50,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF FOR UKRAINE | $25,000 |
| UJA ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND | $10,500 |
| US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $407k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UJUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC9× · 2017–2025 · $708k · revenue +39%
- MNMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY9× · 2017–2025 · $295k · revenue +142%
- SCSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $274k · revenue +67%
Funded once
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -13%
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.
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.
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…
Mjhs home care is a not-for-profit, certified home health agency (chha), committed to providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for individuals recuperating at home from an acute episode, often elderly and at-risk members of…
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.
Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…
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…
Operating under the name mjhs foundation, the mission of this philanthropic organization is to raise the funds necessary to support the charitable health care efforts of the organizations within the mjhs health system family. with roots…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.
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…
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,…
Jewish home lifecare (d/b/a the new jewish home, manhattan), is a not-for-profit organization committed to transforming eldercare for new yorkers so they can live meaningful lives in the place they call home.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY ↗
- Who funds SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds NEW JERSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Helen & Rita Lurie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helen & Rita Lurie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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