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Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc at a glance

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Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.4MReligion$2.3MHealth$2.1MInternational$1.5MArts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$727kRecreation & Sports$116kYouth Development$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.0M
$250,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARK EAST SYNAGOGUE$500,000
JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL (JAFI)$500,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$500,000
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL USA$300,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OR NATIONAL MISSIONS$250,000
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$75,000
CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL$50,000
THE MIRYAM INSTITUTE INC$50,000
KEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$30,000
THE YOUNG SCHOLARS INSTITUTE$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OR NATIONAL MISSIONS: $250k → 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

MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
DC
TX
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 10 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
34

Total granted

$5.3M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-11%

Still filing today

60%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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
EducationArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • RC
    RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICA
    3× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +179%
  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1.0M · revenue +39%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $180k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • AS
    AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue -84%
  • NY
    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2017 · $526k
  • AE
    ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2018 · $425k
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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5
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
6
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
7
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
8
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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9
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
10
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
11
The Jewish Wisdom Foundation

To create a dynamic community of Jews, nourished by mutual respect and honest, open dialogue, challenging stereotypes, invigorating curiosity, plumbing the depths of their great heritage and empowering a revolution in Jewish identity. In…

Education
12
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

To promote, encourage, aid and advance higher and secondary education, research and training in all branches of knowledge. as the standard bearer of excellence, the university strives to ensure and foster outstanding achievements in all…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj; the most unlike its peers is Is 89 Parents Teachers Association. 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

37 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. 37 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
20/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARK EAST SYNAGOGUE: $1,150,000 · OtherPARK EAST SYNAGOGUEMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $1,000,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $526,275 · OtherNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAWJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL (JAFI): $500,000 · OtherJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL (JAFI)ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $425,000 · OtherALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINEATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM: $300,000 · OtherATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEMRWJ BARNABAS HEALTH: $300,000 · OtherRWJ BARNABAS HEALTH+19 more: $511,100 · Other+19 moreRABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICA: $1,050,000 · EducationRABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICATRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,010,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV…YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $1,006,000 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITYNLI USA INC: $300,000 · EducationNLI USA INCINTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING I: $200,000 · EducationKEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 · Education+3 more: $106,000 · EducationAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $1,007,200 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SO…CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT…+5 more: $82,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $500,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $180,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $40,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,800 · PhilanthropyBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $525,000 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $50,000 · InternationalJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $25,000 · International+2 more: $10,000 · InternationalAmerican Friends Of Or National Missions: $250,000 · Human ServicesTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health
Other$4,712,375Education$3,852,000Arts & Culture$1,159,700Philanthropy$721,800International$635,000Human Services$250,000Health$100,000

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 budgetRABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICA: $1,050,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,010,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $1,007,200 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $1,006,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $525,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $500,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING I: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $180,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe reThink Israel Initiative Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget70 FACES MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOLOCAUST RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOTTESMAN RTW ACADEMY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIS 89 PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $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.

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 Wilf Family Found…Jewish Communal FundLaw Foundation IncThe Z S & M Wilf Foun…Jewish Community Foun…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
The Wilf Family FoundationNJ24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Wilf Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Law Foundation Inc · The Z S & M Wilf Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Rabbinical College of America: 5% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Gottesman Rtw Academy: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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

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How do I get to Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf 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 54 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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