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Herbert R Fineburg & Lynn Rosenthal Fou at a glance

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Herbert R Fineburg & Lynn Rosenthal Fou

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$34k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$24kHealth$9kEnvironment$7kPhilanthropy$4kEducation$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kFood & Nutrition$2kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$212k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHYY$5,800
FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$3,500
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
WXPN$1,600
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS$1,500
TINICUM CONSERVANCY$1,500
CCRA$1,500
FEEDING AMERICA$1,500
WDVR$1,250
PSP$1,000
SCHUYLKILL BANKS$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$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 (FY22–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SAVAGE SISTERS: $3k → 10%SAVAGE SISTERS: $500 → 10%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 17 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$50k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+114%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
Arts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • FL
    FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +11%
  • WHYY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +10%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • S
    SRDC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • FN
    FEDERATION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $500
  • CC
    CENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +235%
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 Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
4
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
9
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
10
Peabody Essex Museum Inc

Pem offers thought-provoking experiences of the arts, humanities, and sciences to activate understanding of our shared humanity and to empower imagination and learning through experimentation. we steward, build, and make our collections…

Arts & Culture
11
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
12
Metropolitan Museum of Art

The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Artyard (Formerly Sprocket Arts). 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

23 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. 23 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $3,500 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA: $3,250 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIAPSP: $2,500 · OtherPSPIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCCRA: $1,800 · OtherFRIENDS OF DELAWARE CANAL: $1,600 · OtherWDVR: $1,250 · Other+13 more: $6,750 · Other+13 moreWHYY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INCThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,400 · Arts & CultureThe United States…WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $900 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL…THE BARNES FOUNDATION: $495 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $850 · Arts & Culture+4 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,100 · EducationTRUSTEES O…PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $3,000 · EducationPENNSYLVAN…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,750 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 · InternationalSAVAGE SISTERS RECOVERY INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $2,250 · Food & NutritionTINICUM CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · Environment
Other$36,150Arts & Culture$9,645Education$6,100International$4,250Human Services$3,000Food & Nutrition$2,250Environment$2,000

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 budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVAGE SISTERS RECOVERY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTINICUM CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTYARD (FORMERLY SPROCKET ARTS): $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $495 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLAY STUDIO: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInliquidcom Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $50 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.

The William Penn Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Connelly FoundationVanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The William Penn FoundationPA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Connelly Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Herbert R Fineburg & Lynn Rosenthal Fou funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert R Fineburg & Lynn Rosenthal Fou. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Herbert R Fineburg & Lynn Rosenthal Fou?

    Find your warmest path to Herbert R Fineburg & Lynn Rosenthal Fou 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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