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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 it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$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
FAYETTEVILLE SENIOR CENTER$100
CNY DIAPER BANK$100
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$100
FRANCIS HOUSE$25
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH$25
TEMPLE CONCORD$25
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 (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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%FUND FOR THE AGED: $1k → 17%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
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.
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +48% for those 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
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

  • 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
  • TR
    THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +37%
  • UA
    UPSTATE AT COMMUNITY HOSP
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
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.

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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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central New York Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 62 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 ServicesTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesFUND FOR THE AGED INC: $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 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 budgetSYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $5,200 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE AGED INC: $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 budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCIS HOUSE INC: $25 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 SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds DEWITT FIRE DEPT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE AGED INC ↗
  • 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 ↗

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.

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

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 Lewis Roth Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lewis Roth Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    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, 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.
    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 62 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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