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Himmelstein Family Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$90k
Granted FY2019
12
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Human Services$76kReligion$52kHousing & Shelter$46kPhilanthropy$37kEducation$35kHealth$19kEmployment$10kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2019 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k8 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $49k
$6,300
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES$17,000
HAR ZION TEMPLE$12,300
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC DBA COMPASS CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES$10,000
THE HELIUS FOUNDATION$10,000
319 MAIN LINE CENTER$7,000
TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL$6,300
SAINT JOHN'S HOSPICE$6,000
NC DIAPER BANK$5,000
TABLE$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$4,200
JACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY$3,600
PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$3,600
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 (FY17–19, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES: $17k → 22%DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 22%DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $7k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $5k → 7%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA (AKA JFCS): $500 → 22%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 12 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2019, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$170k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+2%

Still filing today

58%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • GP
    GREATER PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY ALLIANCE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +384%
  • SJ
    Saint John's Hospice
    3× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +28%
  • JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $12k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • COMMUNITY HOME TRUST
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -11%
  • IC
    INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • WW
    WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC (AKA WWF-US)
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Jewish Association for Community Living Inc

The jewish association for community living responds to the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and their families in our community by providing quality support and services enhanced by jewish tradition.

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2
Jewish Family Service of Greater New Hav

Jewish family service of greater new haven (jfsgnh) supports and strengthens individual, family, and community life by providing a wide range of social services. we welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations,…

Human Services
3
Jewish Family Service

Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…

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4
Jewish Home Assisted Living

To promote resident dignity and well-being in a home-like atmosphere that offers respectful independence, supportive services and jewish values, all with family and community involvement.

Human Services
5
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
6
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.

Human Services
7
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

—
8
Jewish Family & Childrens Service of Greater Monmouth County

To do everything possible to create health and happiness in our community by providing the best social services, delivered by exceptional people.

Human Services
9
Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities Inc

To provide kosher, nonsectarian living arrangements for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Human Services
10
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
11
Mjhs Hospice and Palliative Care Inc

To provide hospice services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis

Human Services
12
Jewish Family and Children's Services

Jewish family and children's services exists to provide professional and volunteer services for the purposes of developing, restoring, and maintaining the competency of families and individuals of all ages. traditionally, jewish family and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is 319 Main Line Center 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

15 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. 15 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAR ZION TEMPLE: $30,350 · OtherHAR ZION TEMPLESaint John's Hospice: $26,000 · OtherSaint John's HospiceTEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL OF THE MAIN LINE: $20,100 · OtherTEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL OF THE MAIN LINEINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $15,000 · OtherINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INCRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $10,800 · OtherRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOLJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY: $10,800 · OtherJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMYTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC DBA COMPASS CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES: $10,000 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC DBA COMPASS CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMIL…319 MAIN LINE CENTER INC: $7,000 · Other+9 more: $26,000 · Other+9 moreGREATER PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $34,400 · Human ServicesGREATER PHILADELPH…JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $11,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF AGEN…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $36,700 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERAT…COMMUNITY HOME TRUST: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterOrot: $10,250 · EducationEcho System: $10,000 · EmploymentTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $7,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,000 · HealthTHE PARKINSON COUNCIL: $500 · Health
Other$156,050Human Services$46,400Philanthropy$36,700Housing & Shelter$20,000Education$10,250Employment$10,000Health$9,500

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $36,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $34,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSaint John's Hospice: $26,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $11,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $10,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY: $10,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOrot: $10,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget319 MAIN LINE CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARKINSON COUNCIL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Saramar Charitabl…Erlbaum Family Founda…The Garbose Family Fo…The Barrack FoundationThe Specter FoundationJewish Federation of …Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for Good
The Saramar Charitable FundPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Saramar Charitable Fund · Erlbaum Family Foundation · The Garbose Family Foundation William Garbose & Lynne Garbose Ttees · The Barrack Foundation · The Specter Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good

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 Himmelstein Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Himmelstein Family Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Himmelstein Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Himmelstein 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 27 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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