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Lets Make It Happen Ny Inc

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.

$295k
Granted FY2024still arriving
92
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it funds
0171% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$496kHealth$61kHuman Services$48kPhilanthropy$39kEducation$28kYouth Development$7kInternational$1kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 92 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k82 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$460
Median grant
11
States reached
$227k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHABAD OF S CLEMENTE$79,725
Individual grant recipient$31,005
CATSKILLS HATZALAH$19,000
CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV$16,000
ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY$15,050
TORAH ON DEMAND$15,000
OHOLEI TORAH$14,500
CHABAD OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES$11,800
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS$10,000
CONG OD YOSEF CHAI$9,000
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF BROOKLYN$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,613
BEIS MENACHEM$5,070
UNITED TALMUDICAL SEMINARY$3,600
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 (FY21–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHABAD JEWISH CENTER METAIRIE: $5k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF LAS VEGAS: $250 → 13%A TORAH INFERTILITY MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE: $100 → 20%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $10k → 20%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $10k → 20%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $2k → 20%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $430 → 20%KEREN SIMCHAS CHOSSON V'KALLAH: $2k → 20%TEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH: $2k → 20%KEREN SIMCHAS CHOSSON V'KALLAH: $2k → 20%MOTHERS OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $1k → 20%TEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH: $515 → 20%KEREN SIMCHAS CHOSSON V'KALLAH: $100 → 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

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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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$609k · 46 repeat orgs$329k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
123

Total granted

$609k
$223k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+12%

Still filing today

28%
12%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BC
    BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +20%
  • CH
    CROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $19k · revenue +14%
  • FC
    FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF BROOKLYN INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $16k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • UF
    UNITED FOR PROTECTION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $19k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
  • MY
    M Y KEREN HASHLUCHIM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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.

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Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
2
Chabad Lametayel Inc

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

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3
Chevras Shabbos Kodesh Podcast Fellowship
Religion
4
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
5
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
6
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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7
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
8
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
9
Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah Inc

Promoting study of Mishnah and other Jewish texts

Religion
10
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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11
Sherit Isroel
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12
Chabad of Bensonhurst Inc

Chabad of Bensonhurst Inc is an organization dedicated to furthering the religious, educational, and charitable needs of the Jewish Community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cong Chasdei Yisroel Inc; the most unlike its peers is Shomrim of Crown Heights 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

43 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. 43 of the 229 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
22/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHABAD OF S CLEMENTE: $79,725 · OtherCHABAD OF S CLEMENTETORAH ON DEMAND INC: $56,500 · OtherTORAH ON DEMAND INCIndividual grant recipient: $51,655 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBEIS MENACHEM: $48,646 · OtherBEIS MENACHEMIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $31,869 · OtherOHOLEI TORAH: $29,750 · OtherOD YOSEF CHAI INC: $29,750 · Other+164 more: $429,396 · Other+164 moreROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $40,410 · PhilanthropyCROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC: $18,520 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $4,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyBIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $22,430 · Human ServicesChabad Jewish Center: $4,500 · Human ServicesKeren Simchas Chosson Ve Kallah: $3,720 · Human ServicesTEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH INC: $2,315 · Human Services+3 more: $1,350 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF BROOKLYN INC: $16,329 · Youth DevelopmentFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC: $3,096 · Youth Development+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentCATSKILLS HATZALAH INC: $19,540 · Education+1 more: $280 · EducationYAGDIL TORAH INC: $4,750 · ReligionLikras Shabbos Inc: $2,830 · ReligionTHE TORAH LEARNING PROJECT: $610 · ReligionKeren Uforatzto Inc: $500 · ReligionAgudas Taharas Hamishpacha of Crown Heights - Crown Heights Mikva Inc: $500 · ReligionMERKAZ HACHESED INC: $500 · Religion+5 more: $1,121 · ReligionSHOMRIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS INC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$792,291Philanthropy$63,180Human Services$34,315Youth Development$19,925Education$19,820Religion$10,811Crime & Legal$1,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $40,410 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS: $22,430 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCATSKILLS HATZALAH INC: $19,540 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC: $18,520 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF BROOKLYN INC: $16,329 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetYAGDIL TORAH INC: $4,750 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetChabad Jewish Center: $4,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeren Simchas Chosson Ve Kallah: $3,720 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC: $3,096 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLikras Shabbos Inc: $2,830 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEN YAD KALLAH GEMACH INC: $2,315 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION AND AFFILLIATES: $1,590 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED BETH RIVKA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHOMRIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMothers of Crown Heights Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TORAH LEARNING PROJECT: $610 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKeren Uforatzto Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAgudas Taharas Hamishpacha of Crown Heights - Crown Heights Mikva Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED JEWISH CHILDRENS FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERKAZ HACHESED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCIRCLE OF KINDNESS INC: $360 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gimmel Foundation Inc: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIKVAH USA INC: $281 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCheder Menachem INC: $280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LUBAVITCH: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYaldei Shluchei Harebbe Special Needs Organization: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT LIKKUTEI SICHOS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF LAS VEGAS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Lone Soldiers INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHatzalah Yehuda and Shomron Inc: $230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHABAD ON CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIGGUD MENAHALEI YESHIVOS INC: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP GAN ISRAEL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVYAZREIM INC: $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 ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIKUR CHOLIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds CATSKILLS HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FOR PROTECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds CROWN HEIGHTS CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V'YOM TOV INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF BROOKLYN 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.

Nash Charity Foundation IncNJ43.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nash Charity Foundation Inc · The Ojc Fund · Barber Family Foundation · Bracha Vehatzlacha Foundation Inc · Jla Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Krinsky Foundation Inc · Lavie Shterna Popack Family Foundat · Kolel Torah Inc · Maimon and Ruth Kirschenbaum Foundation Inc · The Rapoport Family Foundation Inc · Crain-Maling 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 Lets Make It Happen Ny Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lets Make It Happen Ny Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Lets Make It Happen Ny 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 229 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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