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Judith L Seltz Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Judith L Seltz Charitable Foundation

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.

$372k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$323kInternational$174kHealth$72kPhilanthropy$67kCommunity Improvement$50kYouth Development$50kCrime & Legal$45kEmployment$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $146k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SERVING SENIORS$100,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO$50,000
VECINA$30,000
BIG TABLE$16,291
RAMAPO FOR CHILDREN$15,000
DOROT$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
GIFT OF LIFE BONE MARROW REGISTRY$15,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
DO SOMETHING NOW$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,000
CULTURE ALL$7,500
SISKIYOU HUMANE SOCIETY$7,500
CHABAD OF PORT WASHINGTON$7,500
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 (FY22–25, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%DOROT: $15k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%DOROT: $15k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $100k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $10k → 11%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

NY
OR
IA
PA
CA
CO
MD
NM
TN
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Judith L Seltz Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Judith L Seltz Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$763k · 19 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
7

Total granted

$763k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
0%

Still filing today

63%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2022–2025 · $170k · revenue +14%
  • SS
    SERVING SENIORS
    2× · 2023–2025 · $110k · revenue +37%
  • TB
    The Big Table
    3× · 2023–2025 · $46k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • ER
    ELK ROCK GARDEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -98%
  • OT
    Oregon Tradeswomen Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • SO
    SISTERS OF THE ROAD INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -22%
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
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
2
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
3
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
4
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
5
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
6
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
7
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
8
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
Every Shelter Inc

Every Shelter's mission is to build a localized refugee-aid ecosystem centered around the needs, preferences, and aspirations of refugees.

Education
11
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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12
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service of San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Dorot Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
10/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $170,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGOSERVING SENIORS: $110,000 · Human ServicesSERVING SENIORSDOROT INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INCWOMEN OF WORTH: $12,500 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGIFT OF LIFE BONE MARROW REGISTRY: $40,000 · OtherGIFT OF LIFE BONE MARROW REGIS…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $30,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYTHE BENSON TECH FOUNDATION: $29,500 · OtherTHE BENSON TECH FOUNDATIONCHABAD OF PORT WASHINGTON: $12,500 · OtherSOLOMON SCHECTER DAY SCHOOL OF LI: $12,500 · OtherSWAN SONGS: $10,000 · OtherELK ROCK GARDEN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherELK ROCK GARDEN FOUNDATION+10 more: $53,200 · Other+10 moreINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $75,083 · PhilanthropyINTERNATIONAL COM…The Big Table: $46,291 · PhilanthropyThe Big TableTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,500 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUN…FRIENDS OF THE MOUNT SHASTA AVALANCHE CENTER: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $40,000 · InternationalThe American…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SAN…DO SOMETHING NOW: $25,000 · InternationalDO SOMETHING…ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $3,500 · InternationalRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsVECINA: $40,000 · Crime & LegalST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC: $2,000 · Health
Human Services$322,500Other$247,700Philanthropy$141,874International$98,500Recreation & Sports$45,000Crime & Legal$40,000Health$32,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $170,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSERVING SENIORS: $110,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $75,083 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Big Table: $46,291 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVECINA: $40,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDO SOMETHING NOW: $25,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELK ROCK GARDEN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN OF WORTH: $12,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCULTUREALL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSISKIYOU HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGUITARS IN THE CLASSROOM: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOregon Tradeswomen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSISTERS OF THE ROAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MOUNT SHASTA AVALANCHE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $2,000 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 Oregon Community …Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Judith L Seltz Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Judith L Seltz Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Oregon Tradeswomen Inc: 46% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 34 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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