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Lewis Roth Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$500
Largest
01What you fund
0186% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172021.

Religion$63kHuman Services$17kPhilanthropy$10kHealth$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kArts & Culture$5kHousing & Shelter$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$100
Median grant
3
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL CEDAR CREST$500
IN MY FATHERS KITCHEN$125
TEMPLE ADATH YESHURUN$125
CNY DIAPER BANK$100
FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER$100
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$100
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH$25
FRANCIS HOUSE$25
TEMPLE CONCORD$25
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FUND FOR THE AGED: $1k → 17%RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER: $100 → 14%FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER: $100 → 14%FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER: $50 → 14%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $4k → 14%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $500 → 14%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $500 → 14%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $200 → 14%FRANCIS HOUSE: $25 → 14%UPSTATE FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$102k · 29 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +68% since the first grant, against +48% for the ones you funded once.

29 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2021, 24 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
28

Total granted

$102k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+48%

Still filing today

28%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • IM
    IN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $825 · revenue +68%
  • SH
    SYRACUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $350 · revenue +24%
  • FS
    FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $250 · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • H
    HADASSAH
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • FF
    FUND FOR THE AGED INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -19%
  • BB
    BRAIN BEHAVIOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
2
Jewish Home of Central New York Residential Living Inc

Jewish home of central new york residential living's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. jewish home is committed to maintaining…

Human Services
3
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
4
Jewish Home of Central New York Senior Apartments Inc

Jewish home of central new york senior apartment's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. jewish home of central new york senior…

Housing & Shelter
5
Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan

Jewish home lifecare (d/b/a the new jewish home, manhattan), is a not-for-profit organization committed to transforming eldercare for new yorkers so they can live meaningful lives in the place they call home.

Health
6
Jewish Home of Central New York Inc

Jewish home's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. menorah park is committed to maintaining jewish values and traditions.

7
Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center Inc

The mission of the daughters of sarah nursing center, inc. is to enhance the quality of life, assure the safety and dignity, and foster the independence of those we serve through residential, personal care, health and other quality…

Health
8
Metropolitan Jewish Home Care Inc

Mjhs home care is a not-for-profit, certified home health agency (chha), committed to providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for individuals recuperating at home from an acute episode, often elderly and at-risk members of…

Health
9
Mjhs Hospice and Palliative Care Inc

To provide hospice services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis

Human Services
10
Jewish Senior Life Foundation Inc

See schedule othe primary purpose of the foundation is to generate financial support to sustain the mission of jewish senior life and its affiliates, to enhance the lives of our residents, patients, and their families.

Philanthropy
11
Bon Secours New York Health System Inc

Bon secours new york health system, inc. (bsnyhs) is the parent and central organization of an established integrated healthcare delivery system.

12
New York Disaster Interfaith Services Inc

Founded in 2002, following 9/11, nydis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit faith-based federation of over 60 diverse judicatories, disaster human services providers, and charitable organizations who work in partnership to provide disaster readiness,…

Public Safety & Disaster

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central New York Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dewitt Fire Dept Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%4%5–10yr21%4%10–20yr21%13%20–35yr14%48%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr21%6%10–20yr21%4%20–35yr14%36%35–55yr13%54%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
10%
2,325/22,750

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TEMPLE ADATH YESHURAN — $59,465 · OtherTEMPLE ADATH YESHURANJEWISH FEDERATION OF CNY — $7,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF CNYJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $4,125 · OtherHADASSAH — $3,500 · OtherSYRACUSE SALVATION ARMY — $3,500 · Other+44 more — $25,250 · Other+44 moreSYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC — $5,200 · Human ServicesFUND FOR THE AGED INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC — $500 · Human Services+2 more — $275 · Human ServicesDEWITT FIRE DEPT INC — $1,600 · Public Safety & DisasterIN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC — $825 · ReligionCROUSE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $75 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $50 · HealthUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC — $500 · PhilanthropySYRACUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $350 · Housing & Shelter
Other$102,840Human Services$7,975Public Safety & Disaster$1,600Religion$825Health$625Philanthropy$500Housing & Shelter$350

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC — $5,200 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFUND FOR THE AGED INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC — $825 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROUSE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER INC — $250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT INC — $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOYS FOR TOTS INC — $210 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC — $145 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC — $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCIS HOUSE INC — $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC
  • Who funds DEWITT FIRE DEPT INC
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE AGED INC
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE
  • Who funds IN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC
  • Who funds THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds CROUSE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SYRACUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
  • Who funds FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER INC
  • Who funds MERCY FLIGHT INC
  • Who funds TOYS FOR TOTS INC
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable FoundationNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable Foundation · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · Tarky Lombardi Foundation Inc · The Horowitch Family Foundation · Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation · Howard Drescher Foundation · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lewis Roth Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lewis Roth Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lewis Roth Family Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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