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Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc at a glance

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Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$404kEducation$33kArts & Culture$26kPhilanthropy$24kFood & Nutrition$8kHuman Services$3kHealth$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,200
Median grant
2
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YESHIVAT MIKDASH MELECH$15,000
Individual grant recipient$1,600
EZRAT ISRAEL$1,250
DARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION$1,200
CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL$1,200
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMOT TORAH SCHOOLS$1,000
SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND$1,000
CONGREGATION SHAARE RAHAMIM$360
Individual grant recipient$201
Individual grant recipient$201
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 (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM: $3k → 20%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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$366k · 35 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
29

Total granted

$366k
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+42%

Still filing today

17%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • YD
    YESHIVAT DARCHE ERES INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $86k · revenue +107%
  • YS
    YESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $62k · revenue +10%
  • MB
    MATTAN BASSETER INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • EJ
    EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2022 · $61k
  • TE
    THE EDMOND SAFRA SYNAGUGUE
    one grant, 2021 · $24k
  • SM
    SEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MIDWOOD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $18k · revenue +31%
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Bet Midrash Ohel Torah

Operation of a post-secondary educational institution providing rabbinical training with a focus on sephardic/middle eastern jewish tradition.

Education
3
Sherit Isroel
—
4
Yeshiva Beit Rafael

Religious & charitable- to provide funds to enable the study of torah.

Philanthropy
5
Congregation Beth-El Sephardic Center of Jamaica Estates

Congregation beth-el sephardic center of jamaica estates is a religious institution

Religion
6
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
7
Kollel Nefesh Hachaim Inc
Education
8
Bais Yehuda Perach Rochel Foundation
Public Benefit
9
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
10
Yeshivas Nachlas Bnei Shimon

To provide financial assistance to jewish educational and charitable causes.

International
11
Yeshiva Yesodei Hachaim

To provide secondary high school education in Brooklyn, NY

—
12
Sephardic Foundation for Torah Studies Inc

To promote, encourage, foster and advance the teaching and study of the sephardic jewish religion.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sephardic Community Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Ilan High School. 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

14 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. 14 of the 65 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE: $60,800 · OtherEDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUESEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL: $45,000 · OtherSEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLELMIKDASH ELIYAHU: $25,700 · OtherMIKDASH ELIYAHUTHE EDMOND SAFRA SYNAGUGUE: $24,000 · OtherTHE EDMOND SAFRA SYNAGUGUEYDE: $23,100 · OtherYDEYESHIVAT MIKDASH MELECH: $15,000 · OtherCONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL: $14,200 · Other+46 more: $128,191 · Other+46 moreYESHIVAT DARCHE ERES INC: $86,373 · ReligionYESHIVAT DARCHE ERES I…SEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MIDWOOD INC: $18,000 · ReligionSEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MI…SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $5,100 · ReligionYESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC: $62,000 · EducationYESHIVAT SHAARE T…MATTAN BASSETER INC: $12,000 · EducationMATTAN BASSETER I…American Friends of Ramot Torah Schools: $5,000 · EducationAmerican Friends …ILAN HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationILAN HIGH SCHOOLTHE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC: $8,400 · Food & NutritionSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $1,800 · Food & NutritionSBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC: $2,600 · Human ServicesTHE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $1,800 · Arts & CultureMASKEEL EL DAL SOCIETY: $500 · Community Improvement
Other$335,991Religion$109,473Education$84,000Food & Nutrition$10,200Human Services$2,600Arts & Culture$1,800Community Improvement$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYESHIVAT DARCHE ERES INC: $86,373 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC: $62,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MIDWOOD INC: $18,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMATTAN BASSETER INC: $12,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION: $9,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC: $8,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $5,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Ramot Torah Schools: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetILAN HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPorat Yoseph Foundation: $600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMASKEEL EL DAL SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 YESHIVAT DARCHE ERES INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds SEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MIDWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTAN BASSETER INC ↗
  • Who funds DARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Ramot Torah Schools ↗
  • Who funds ILAN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247 ↗
  • Who funds THE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM 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.

Jack Adjmi Family Fou…The Ralph S Gindi Fam…The Maj Franco Family…The Howard Hoffman & …The Amin and Lillian …The Jimmy and Berta K…Jewish Communal FundAltoon Sutton Memoria…The Setton FoundationSteven & Sharon Sutto…Ic Hessed FoundationE R G Foundation
Jack Adjmi Family Foundation IncNY41.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Ralph S Gindi Family Foundation · The Maj Franco Family Charitable Foundation · The Howard Hoffman & Sons Foundation Inc · The Amin and Lillian Adjmi Foundation · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Altoon Sutton Memorial Fund · The Setton Foundation · Steven & Sharon Sutton Family Foundation · Ic Hessed Foundation · E R G 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 Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Joe a Esses & Sons 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 65 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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