· Private foundation
Irving and Edythe Grossman Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
94% of Irving and Edythe Grossman Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Scranton Area Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Irving and Edythe Grossman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $53k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k24 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED JEWISH APPEAL | $25,000 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER NEPA | $1,000 |
| IHM FRIENDS OF THE POOR | $1,000 |
| ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN | $1,000 |
| UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NE PA | $1,000 |
| LACKAWANNA PRO BONO INC | $1,000 |
| ALLIED SERVICES | $1,000 |
| WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER | $1,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $1,000 |
| FRIENDSHIP HOUSE | $1,000 |
| UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS | $1,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY | $1,000 |
| ST JOSEPHS CENTER | $1,000 |
| LACKAWANNA RIVER CONSERVATION ASSOC | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
27 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2020, 2 since wound down. Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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
- SJST JOSEPHS CENTER5× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +59%
- LRLACKAWANNA RIVER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2017–2021 · $6k · revenue +54%
- SFST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN5× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +59%
Funded once
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.
To help residents live to their fullest potential, recognizing the changing needs of each person.
The jewish home of greater harrisburg provides a continuum of primarily senior living services to the central pennsylvania community. our mission, based on jewish values, is to enhance the quality of life of those we serve and their…
Jewish family service of the lehigh valley, guided by jewish values, helps individuals and families to live healthier, more stable lives by providing social services, professional counseling, education, and community programs. our vision…
The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…
To provide affordable housing to people of lackawanna county
Vna-hhmo, inc. provides a continuum of care with comfort and compassion for all residents of lackawanna county, pa and surrounding areas.
To provide companion services to individuals with special needs.
The mission of saint joseph villa is rooted in the mission of the sisters of st. joseph who founded and sponsor the villa. the sisters' mission of uniting people with god and with one another is the primary focus of the staff at the villa.…
To provide medical related services to homebound patients in marion county, indiana and surrounding counties through a staff of skilled nurses, home health aides, therapists and contracted professionals.
Jewish home of central new york senior apartment's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. jewish home of central new york senior…
Assisted Living and Nursing Care
Jewish home's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. menorah park is committed to maintaining jewish values and traditions.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 29 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 SCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPHS CENTER ↗
- Who funds LACKAWANNA RIVER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds LACKAWANNA PRO BONO INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ↗
- Who funds JEWISH HOME OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ELAN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB ↗
- Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEPA ↗
- Who funds WRC INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOUSE ↗
- Who funds ELAN GARDENS INC ELAN SENIOR LIVING A JEWISH SENIOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH HERITAGE CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA 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.
Open a dossier: Rosenberg Charitable Foundation · Walter L Schautz Foundation · The Hawk Family Foundation · Scranton Area Foundation Inc · Eureka Foundation · Robert H Spitz Foundation · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Oppenheim Foundation · Fidelity D & D Charitable Foundation · The Ross Family Foundation · The Honesdale National Bank Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Irving and Edythe Grossman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irving and Edythe Grossman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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