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Lavie Shterna Popack Family Foundat at a glance

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Lavie Shterna Popack Family Foundat

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.

$910k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0177% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$790kEducation$466kArts & Culture$193kPhilanthropy$56kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$17kHealth$13kHuman Services$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $372k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $458k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$549k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Geder Avos Jewish Heritage Group I$125,000
Touro College$75,000
NY Medical College$75,000
Individual grant recipient$67,800
Assoc Beth Rivka School for Girls$62,800
VARIOUS 2500$52,640
Chabad of South Shore$49,200
Tzivos Hashem$43,000
Individual grant recipient$28,000
Individual grant recipient$26,600
NCFJE$23,400
ALIYAH INSTITUTE$22,000
Oholei Torah$20,000
Machne Israel$18,000
Jewish Childrens Museum$18,000
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 (FY17–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Davis Memorial Fund: $1k → 6%Keren Aniyim: $4k → 20%Keren Simchas Chosson vKallah: $4k → 20%BIKUR CHOLIM CROWN HEIGHTS: $2k → 20%CROWN HEIGHTS JESISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $1k → 20%TEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH: $1k → 20%TEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH: $680 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
CO
MD
NC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 38 repeat orgs$399k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
49

Total granted

$1.5M
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+50%

Still filing today

29%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionPhilanthropyCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TU
    TOURO UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +75%
  • AB
    ASSOCIATED BETH RIVKA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $65k · revenue +7%
  • CH
    CROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $24k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • CO
    CHABAD OF DANFORD BEACH
    one grant, 2017 · $23k
  • BM
    BAIS MENACHEM
    one grant, 2017 · $19k
  • V1
    VARIOUS 1000
    one grant, 2023 · $13k
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
Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
2
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Chevras Shabbos Kodesh Podcast Fellowship
Religion
4
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
5
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
6
Nefesh Chaim Inc
Religion
7
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
—
8
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

—
9
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

—
10
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
11
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
12
Rashbi Tehillim Incorporated
Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education and Affilliates; the most unlike its peers is Neighborhood Farms Usa 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

26 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. 26 of the 108 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)
25/26
Grantees still filing
13/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NY Medical College: $175,000 · OtherNY Medical CollegeALIYAH INSTITUTE: $141,750 · OtherALIYAH INSTITUTELAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVAH: $105,600 · OtherLAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVAHChabad of South Shore: $102,000 · OtherChabad of South ShoreIndividual grant recipient: $100,720 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTZIVOS HASHEM: $68,000 · OtherASSOCIATED BETH RIVKA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $64,950 · OtherVARIOUS 2500: $52,640 · Other+81 more: $608,725 · Other+81 moreTOURO UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationTOURO UNIVERS…MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationMENACHEM EDUC…+2 more: $4,000 · EducationGEDER AVOS JEWISH HERITAGE GROUP INC: $161,000 · ReligionGEDER AVOS…CHABAD ON CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,200 · Religion+2 more: $7,100 · ReligionTHE YMP FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $27,787 · PhilanthropyCROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC: $23,950 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $18,000 · Arts & CultureKeren Simchas Chosson Ve Kallah: $3,600 · Human ServicesKEREN ANIYIM INC: $3,600 · Human ServicesBIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $1,800 · Human ServicesTEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH INC: $1,680 · Human ServicesDAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCROWN HEIGHTS JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNeshamos Inc: $10,000 · Health
Other$1,419,385Education$219,000Religion$176,300Philanthropy$52,737Arts & Culture$18,000Human Services$12,680Health$10,000

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 budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEDER AVOS JEWISH HERITAGE GROUP INC: $161,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetLAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVAH: $105,600 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetASSOCIATED BETH RIVKA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $64,950 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YMP FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $27,787 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC: $23,950 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $18,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAVNEI KODESH INC: $16,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF TOLDOS TZVI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNeshamos Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCHABAD ON CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TORAH LEARNING PROJECT: $5,300 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FARMS USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetKeren Simchas Chosson Ve Kallah: $3,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKEREN ANIYIM INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMESIVTA OF CORAL SPRINGS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $1,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH INC: $1,680 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHABAD GIRLS ACADEMY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROWN HEIGHTS JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds TOURO UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEDER AVOS JEWISH HERITAGE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds LAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVAH ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED BETH RIVKA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds THE YMP FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds AVNEI KODESH INC ↗
  • Who funds MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF TOLDOS TZVI INC ↗
  • Who funds Neshamos 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 Ojc FundJewish Communal FundLets Make It Happen N…Nash Charity Foundati…The Rapoport Family F…Jla Charitable Founda…Keren TzemedThe Ben-Abou Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…Eom - Freund Family F…Congregation Bh Inc
The Ojc FundNY34.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Lets Make It Happen Ny Inc · Nash Charity Foundation Inc · The Rapoport Family Foundation Inc · Jla Charitable Foundation · Keren Tzemed · The Ben-Abou Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Eom - Freund Family Foundation · Congregation Bh Inc

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 Lavie Shterna Popack Family Foundat funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lavie Shterna Popack Family Foundat. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%6%14%25%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
    6get 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 · 0–10%
    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.

    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 108 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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