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Jacob and Anita Penzer Foundation at a glance

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Jacob and Anita Penzer Foundation

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.

$651k
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$346k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$1.0MReligion$939kPhilanthropy$882kArts & Culture$441kEducation$373kHealth$360kHuman Services$119kAnimals$101kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k48 grants · $119k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $129k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
  • $250k+1 grant · $346k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EILAT CHARITIES$345,790
AREYVUT AGRICULTURAL JEWISH LEARNING$57,940
CHABAD OF THE PUERTO RICO$39,660
THE BASS MUSEUM$31,156
HAFTR$29,000
KSPACE MIAMI$15,000
LOCUSTS PROJECTS$13,926
ARTISTS 4 ISRAEL$8,400
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHEVRA KADISHA$7,000
FAENA ARTS$6,109
ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION$5,900
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART$5,665
CORPORACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE ESCUEL$5,000
THE TRIBE 18 INC$5,000
2022 ACT SOCIETY$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%TAKE HER BACK: $50 → 8%SDG IMPACT FUND: $6k → 10%LARGER THAN LIFE: $103 → 13%RAJE: $18 → 20%AIM B'YISROEL: $3k → 14%TEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH: $12k → 20%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $36 → 14%TEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH: $4k → 20%PAJAMA PROGRAM INC: $100 → 17%BLUE CARD INC: $19 → 17%BONEI OLAM: $400 → 20%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $4k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 15%STYLE SAVES: $2k → 15%STYLE SAVES: $2k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $317 → 15%MIAMI DIAPER BANK: $550 → 15%I LOVE VENEZUELA FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%STYLE SAVES: $1k → 15%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $103 → 6%CHARITY WATER: $180 → 17%JEWISH LATIN CENTER: $130 → 17%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
DC
OK
AL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 105 repeat orgs$570k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 72 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
218

Total granted

$4.0M
$467k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+20%

Still filing today

33%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH BOLIVIA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $144k · revenue +51%
  • ZM
    ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $91k · revenue +23%
  • VM
    VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • BT
    Beit T'Shuvahgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +74%
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +68%
  • AF
    AVANT-GARDE FOSTER FAMILY CARE
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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 Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
The Abraham Initiatives Inc

Founded in 1989 and named for the common ancestor of jews and arabs, the abraham initiatives is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, organization dedicated to advancing coexistence and equality among israel's jewish and arab citizens, by…

International
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc

Avodah develops lifelong social justice leaders whose work is informed by jewish values and who inspire the jewish community to work toward a more just and equitable world.

Community Improvement
9
Jewish News Service Inc

See schedule ojewish news service, inc. ("jns") was organized as a non-profit corporation under the general laws of massachusetts and is an independent business resource and syndication service covering jewish news and israel news for…

Education
10
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc

The american friends of beit issie shapiro (afobis) is a national not for profit fundraising organization with regional offices in new york city, north miami beach, fl and los angeles, ca. afobis is dedicated to supporting beit issie…

Human Services
11
Sherit Isroel
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12
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Action Inc

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action (JFREJ Action or JFREJ) is the home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices for Children Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tribe 18 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

130 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. 130 of the 351 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
123/130
Grantees still filing
92/130
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EILAT CHARITIES: $768,790 · OtherEILAT CHARITIESLONG ISLAND SUPPORTIVE ANGELS INC: $391,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND SUPPORTIVE ANGELS INCBRANDEIS: $304,519 · OtherBRANDEISHAFTR: $216,200 · OtherHAFTRAREYVUT AGRICULTURAL JEWISH LEARNING: $195,894 · OtherAREYVUT AGRICULTURAL JEWISH LEARNINGTHE BASS MUSEUM: $178,105 · Other+161 more: $1,378,363 · Other+161 moreAT-RISK COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $463,652 · Housing & ShelterAT-RISK COMM…LONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH BOLIVIA: $143,534 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $35,988 · PhilanthropyCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $20,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $20,300 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $14,889 · PhilanthropyChinuch Yehudi Inc: $10,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $2,697 · PhilanthropyVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $88,280 · Arts & CultureRAINBOW OASIIIS INC: $27,142 · Arts & CultureFAENA ARTS INC: $22,109 · Arts & CultureLOCUST PROJECTS INC: $18,471 · Arts & CultureJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $6,130 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $11,815 · Arts & CultureZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $90,664 · Animals+2 more: $4,500 · AnimalsDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $58,214 · HealthOPTIONS SAVE LIVES: $15,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,257 · Health+1 more: $1,490 · HealthCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $22,067 · Human ServicesTEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH INC: $15,600 · Human ServicesSDG IMPACT FUND INC: $5,555 · Human ServicesSTYLE SAVES INC: $4,191 · Human ServicesAIM B YISROEL INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesWE LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $1,805 · Human Services+1 more: $1,180 · Human Services
Other$3,432,871Housing & Shelter$491,152Philanthropy$247,908Arts & Culture$173,947Animals$95,164Health$77,961Human Services$53,398

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAT-RISK COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $463,652 over 2y, 100% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH BOLIVIA: $143,534 over 5y, 11% of budgetZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $90,664 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $88,280 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $58,214 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $35,988 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $28,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRAINBOW OASIIIS INC: $27,142 over 3y, 38% of budgetLONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $24,154 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $24,127 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetFAENA ARTS INC: $22,109 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $22,067 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $20,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $19,394 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLOCUST PROJECTS INC: $18,471 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPublic Housing Communities: $17,852 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH INC: $15,600 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $15,313 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetOPTIONS SAVE LIVES: $15,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $14,889 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNO MORE TEARS INC: $13,170 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYESHIVA OF FAR ROCKAWAY: $12,554 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN OASIS PROJECT INC: $12,242 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetChinuch Yehudi Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetART OVER HATE COLLECTIVE INC F/K/N ARTISTS 4 ISRAEL INC: $8,400 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $6,130 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $5,665 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $5,330 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodhaven Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUPSTART BAY AREA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tribe 18 Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF AMUDE HASHALOM: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSTYLE SAVES INC: $4,191 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BROWNSTONE EXPERIENCE FOUNDATIO: $3,984 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL REALTY CLUB INC: $3,555 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetANN STORCK CENTER INC: $3,514 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,257 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAIM B YISROEL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING ARMS INC CO EMET REALTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP EXTREME D/B/A PROJECT EXTREME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $2,483 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,854 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWE LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $1,805 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $1,800 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.

  • Who funds AT-RISK COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND SUPPORTIVE ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH BOLIVIA ↗
  • Who funds ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW OASIIIS INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAENA ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CHASDEI YISROEL INC ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Arizonans on Campus ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE 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.

The Miami Foundation …Greater Miami Jewish …Jewish Communal FundUnited Way Miami IncThe Batchelor Foundat…The Kirk FoundationFjcThe Jmg FoundationAlbert H and Jane D N…Swieca Children Found…Cobb Family Foundatio…The Ezra Charitable T…
The Miami Foundation IncFL35× affinity22 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · United Way Miami Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · Fjc · The Jmg Foundation · Albert H and Jane D Nahmad Foundation Inc · Swieca Children Foundation · Cobb Family Foundation Inc · The Ezra Charitable Trust

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 Jacob and Anita Penzer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jacob and Anita Penzer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Helping Arms Inc Co Emet Realty: 38% of income from government
  • Urban Oasis Project Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Ann Storck Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Zoo Miami Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • St Thomas University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Jacob and Anita Penzer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jacob and Anita Penzer 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 351 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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