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Jack and Inez Lippes Family Foundation at a glance

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Jack and Inez Lippes Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2022
36
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Civil Rights$7kEducation$5kPublic Benefit$2kHealth$2kArts & Culture$1kPhilanthropy$1kReligion$766International$550Other$0
02FY2022 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION$1,000
WJCT INC$500
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$500
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN$460
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS$300
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$300
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$300
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$300
BUFFALO JEWISH FEDERATION$300
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$200
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION$200
AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPERATION OF$200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$200
AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE$200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$200
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 (FY19–19, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $100 → 13%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $50 → 14%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
MA
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
AL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16k · 20 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$16k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+45%

Still filing today

60%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Civil RightsInternationalHealthEducationFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • UA
    University at Buffalo Foundation Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $5k · revenue +67%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2k · revenue +80%
  • WI
    WJCT INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • JS
    JACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • AU
    AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $200 · revenue +74%
  • JS
    JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY
    one grant, 2018 · $200
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
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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2
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
3
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
4
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
5
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
8
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
9
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
10
Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities

The auschwitz institute for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities is dedicated to building a world that prevents genocide. we aim to see every state effectively integrate within government the domestically developed function of…

International
11
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc

The middle east media research institute (memri) explores the middle east through its media, providing timely translations from arabic, farsi, urdu, pashtu, and turkish media and publishing original analysis of political, ideological,…

International
12
The Interfaith Alliance Foundation Inc

Interfaith alliance is a growing network of people of diverse faiths and beliefs across the country working together to build a resilient democracy and fulfill america's promise of religious freedom and civil rights not just for some, but…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People for the American Way; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

30 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. 30 of the 48 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)
29/30
Grantees still filing
26/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WJCT INC: $1,700 · OtherWJCT INCJACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1,000 · OtherJACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINEWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN: $820 · OtherWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICANPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $700 · OtherPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAYLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS: $700 · OtherLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERSPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $700 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODFEMINST MAJORITY FOUNDATION: $400 · OtherThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 · Other+23 more: $3,266 · Other+23 moreUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $5,105 · EducationUniversity at Buffalo Founda…WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $200 · Education+1 more: $75 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,900 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION L…THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $750 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR RE…Americans United for Life Inc: $500 · Civil RightsAmericans United …AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $200 · Civil RightsAMERICANS UNITED …Jewish Federation Of Greater Buffalo Inc: $1,100 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $900 · Crime & LegalPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $350 · InternationalCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $150 · InternationalUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $100 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 · InternationalAmerican Diabetes Association: $250 · HealthBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $100 · HealthTrust Women Foundation Inc: $50 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50 · Health
Other$9,686Education$5,380Civil Rights$3,350Philanthropy$1,100Crime & Legal$900International$650Health$450

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 budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $5,105 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWJCT INC: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation Of Greater Buffalo Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans United for Life Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Resource Center of BuffaloInc: $300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Jack and Inez Lippes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack and Inez Lippes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–75%
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.

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 48 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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