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Hyman & Ruth Muss Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$154k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$485kEducation$294kReligion$72kPhilanthropy$13kInternational$11kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$10kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
$1,250
Median grant
5
States reached
$343k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$125,000
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$10,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$5,000
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
BOCA RIO FOUNDATION$1,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,500
FOUNDATION OF FIGHTING BLINDNESS$1,250
BOCA RIO FOUNDATION$1,000
CONGREGATION SONS OF ISREAL$1,000
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND$750
HOW FOUNDATION$700
UJA - FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$600
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$300
AVENUE N JEWISH CENTER$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OHEL CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 20%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $390 → 11%ACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 6%SID JACOBSON JCC: $500 → 6%SID JACOBSON JCC: $100 → 6%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

IL
NY
NJ
CT
CA
MD
TN
OK
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$852k · 26 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
22

Total granted

$852k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+49%

Still filing today

69%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $333k · revenue +17%
  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2019 · $275k · revenue +62%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • BY
    BNOS YISROEL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • KO
    KEREN OR INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +72%
  • BM
    BNOS MENACHEM SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

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…

Health
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of 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 future…

Health
4
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of 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 future generations…

Health
5
Northwell Health Inc

Northwell health is the parent company of a fully integrated health system that is committed to promote clinical care, health education, conduct biomedical research, and caring for the community regardless of ability to pay.

Community Improvement
6
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
7
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
8
Northwell Healthcare Inc

Northwell healthcare inc. coordinates policy making and strategic planning by providing advisory and administrative support services to affiliated health care organizations within northwell health; whose mission is to improve the health of…

Health
9
Glen Cove Hospital

Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…

Health
10
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
11
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association

Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
12
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

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.

Civil Rights
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 First City Collective 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

32 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. 32 of the 50 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
26/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $333,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $65,500 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $19,700 · Health+3 more: $6,810 · HealthYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $275,000 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITYKEREN OR INC: $10,000 · EducationCONGREGATION SONS OF ISREAL: $59,600 · OtherCONGREGATION SON…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER …BNOS YISROEL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $10,000 · OtherBNOS YISROEL SCH…BNOS MENACHEM SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherOHR TORAH STONE INSTITUTION ISRAEL: $5,000 · Other+25 more: $27,320 · Other+25 moreBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $28,000 · Community ImprovementISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $8,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $4,300 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $450 · InternationalMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $6,939 · Human ServicesACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,300 · Human ServicesOhel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $600 · Human ServicesBOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $2,750 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,100 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $355 · Philanthropy
Health$425,010Education$285,000Other$126,920Community Improvement$28,000International$13,250Human Services$9,839Philanthropy$9,205

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 budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $333,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $275,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $65,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $19,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN OR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $6,939 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $6,410 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $4,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFirst City Collective Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetNassau County Museum of Art: $3,550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOhel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Westbury Gardens Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Israel Fund: $360 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $355 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $25 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.

Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Hyman & Ruth Muss Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hyman & Ruth Muss Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%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
    7get no government money at all
    6report 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 Hyman & Ruth Muss Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Hyman & Ruth Muss 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 50 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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