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Jerome & Barbara Ackerman 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.

$6k
Granted FY2017
14
Grants FY2017
14
Organizations funded FY2017
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98% of Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $6k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

7
’17
4
’18
2
’19
1
’20
1
’21
1
’22
2
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2017
$100
Largest grant, FY2017
$3,948
States reached, FY2017
6
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$270kReligion$39kHealth$3kArts & Culture$3kHuman Services$443Public Safety & Disaster$300Employment$250Education$180Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
NJ
CO
NE
KY
TN
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 13 grantees
All grantees of Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple Israel of Great Neck$20,3955n/a
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation$2,64410%
The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc$50010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$40010%
Great Neck Estates Pba Inc$2501n/a
Vigilant Engine Hook & Ladder Co Inc$25010%
Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation$18010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Anti-Defamation League$10010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5520%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$3610%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2510%
Disabled American Veterans$1810%

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation: $2,644 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVigilant Engine Hook & Ladder Co Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlpha Epsilon Pi Foundation: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $55 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $18 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 11.

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About Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation

How much does Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation give?
Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $6,341 in its FY2017 IRS filing.
What does Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Religion (12%), Health (1%).
Who are Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Temple Israel of Great Neck ($20k), Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation ($3k), The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc ($500).
Does Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where is Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation based?
Jerome & Barbara Ackerman Foundation is based in NY.

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 23 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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