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Lerner Foundation Co Gs Garritano & Assoc

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.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$249kHealth$228kHuman Services$187kPhilanthropy$59kRecreation & Sports$29kArts & Culture$28kReligion$10kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$799k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BOLLINGER FOUNDATION$25,000
ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL MED CENTER FND$11,931
CHARITYBUZZCOM$4,954
NED CANCER FUND$2,560
JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$2,500
MOMENTUM UNLIMITED$1,800
LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$1,000
ANELLO FEEDS FIRST$400
Individual grant recipient$200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $184k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISLAND HARVEST: $100 → 7%THEA BOWMAN HOUSE: $510 → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%JESPY HOUSE: $150k → 16%JESPY HOUSE: $15k → 16%JESPY HOUSE: $10k → 16%JESPY HOUSE: $5k → 16%FAMILY TOUCH: $1k → 7%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

VT
WA
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$693k · 13 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +113% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
43

Total granted

$693k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+113%
+20%

Still filing today

31%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • JH
    JESPY HOUSE INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $180k · revenue +92%
  • TB
    THE BOLLINGER FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $115k · revenue +113%
  • JF
    Jazz Foundation of America Inc
    3× · 2022–2025 · $5k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $27k · revenue 0%
  • O
    ORMHOF
    one grant, 2019 · $14k
  • RE
    REDWOOD EMPIRE MOUNTAIN BIKE ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +75%
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Hunger Free America Inc

Hunger free america (hfa) is a nonpartisan, national nonprofit organization building the movement to enact the policies and programs needed to end domestic hunger and ensure that all americans have sufficient access to nutritious food.

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3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition
5
United Way of New York City

Uwnyc works with a coalition of trusted partners to unite community power with citywide possibility. together, we meet today's most urgent needs while building transformative solutions for tomorrow - striving for health, opportunity, and…

Philanthropy
6
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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7
City Harvest Inc

To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.

Food & Nutrition
8
Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…

Food & Nutrition
9
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…

Philanthropy
10
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
11
Better Food Foundation Inc

To promote dietary changes to build a healthy, equitable, humane, and environmentally-sustainable food system.

Food & Nutrition
12
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

30 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. 30 of the 61 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/30
Grantees still filing
18/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENGLEWOOD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $156,256 · OtherENGLEWOOD HEALTH FOUNDATIONNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONTHE BOLLINGER FOUNDATION: $115,300 · OtherTHE BOLLINGER FOUNDATIONENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL MED CENTER FND: $36,431 · OtherENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL MED CENTER FNDCHARITYBUZZCOM: $34,794 · OtherCHARITYBUZZCOM+40 more: $110,326 · Other+40 moreJESPY HOUSE INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesJESPY HOUSE INC+4 more: $4,195 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $26,845 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureHILARITY FOR CHARITY INC: $7,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $262 · HealthJazz Foundation of America Inc: $4,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $1,800 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC: $164 · Youth DevelopmentMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $1,800 · ReligionTHE GIANTS FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Religion
Other$573,107Human Services$184,195Arts & Culture$26,945Health$9,762Philanthropy$5,500Youth Development$1,964Religion$1,900

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 budgetJESPY HOUSE INC: $180,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BOLLINGER FOUNDATION: $115,300 over 7y, 23% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $26,845 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILARITY FOR CHARITY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY TOUCH INC: $1,025 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORICHES ROTARY HEALTH CAMP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALPINE HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHEA BOWMAN HOUSE INC: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIG DEEP: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $262 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYDAY MISSIONS: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC: $164 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTABLE TO TABLE INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIANTS FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $100 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 JESPY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOLLINGER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE MOUNTAIN BIKE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds HILARITY FOR CHARITY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Jazz Foundation of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY TOUCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MORICHES ROTARY HEALTH CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds The Ohio University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALPINE HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Lerner Foundation Co Gs Garritano & Assoc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lerner Foundation Co Gs Garritano & Assoc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Dream Program Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Jespy House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 61 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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