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Lichtenstein Marcus Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lichtenstein Marcus Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$55k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Religion$43kInternational$8kEducation$5kArts & Culture$360Public Benefit$360Health$220Philanthropy$199Other$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$480
Median grant
7
States reached
$449k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANHATTAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE$10,000
MAAGALIM$10,000
THE NEEMAN FOUNDATION$6,200
JLIC OU NSCY TEL AVIV$4,113
AM YISRAEL FOUNDATION - TRIBE TEL A$3,600
MOMENTUM UNILIMITED$3,600
CONGREGATION OHAV SHOLOM$2,951
CHABAD CENTER OF NW NJ$2,800
Individual grant recipient$1,837
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HAKOTE$1,800
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS$1,800
CHABAD CABO JEWISH CENTER$1,000
Individual grant recipient$979
SINAI SCHOOLS$800
THE JEWISH CENTER$480
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE NEEMAN FOUNDATION: $6k → 16%THE HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE: $155 → 7%MAKING HEADWAY: $360 → 9%REFUAH HELPLINE: $100 → 14%FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH: $120 → 17%HILLEL: $360 → 14%MAAGALIM: $10k → 15%BEIT CHAVERIM SYNAGOGUE: $2k → 9%CHABAD CENTER OF NW NJ: $3k → 4%KOBY MANDELL FOUNDATION: $87 → 7%JGIVE FRIEND OF ASOR: $4k → 9%MOMENTUM UNILIMITED: $4k → 8%THE GIVING BACK FUND INC: $99 → 16%MAKING HEADWAY: $185 → 9%JLIC OU NSCY TEL AVIV: $4k → 17%CIVIC SPIRIT - HILLEL: $185 → 14%CHABAD CENTER OF NW NJ: $1k → 4%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HAKOTE: $2k → 7%UJA FEDERATION: $100 → 17%SINAI SCHOOLS: $800 → 7%CIVIC SPIRIT: $360 → 17%HEICHAL HATORAH: $360 → 7%JEWISH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION: $360 → 17%AM YISRAEL FOUNDATION - TRIBE TEL A: $4k → 7%WEST SIDE MIKVAH JEWISH WOMENS CLUB: $360 → 17%MANHATTAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $10k → 17%CONGREGATION OHAV SHOLOM: $3k → 17%MANHATTAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $670 → 17%THE JEWISH CENTER: $480 → 17%WEST SIDE HATZALAH: $360 → 17%YEMENITE SYNAGOGUE OF MANHATTAN: $300 → 17%PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS: $2k → 17%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

NY
MA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15k · 3 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
2

Total granted

$15k
$4k

Still filing today

0%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EducationReligionHealthPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • MJ
    MANHATTAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE SYNAGOGUE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k
  • CC
    CHABAD CENTER OF NW NJ
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $545

Funded once

  • JF
    JGIVE FRIEND OF ASOR
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • CS
    CIVIC SPIRIT - HILLEL
    one grant, 2023 · $185
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
Sherit Isroel
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3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
The Jerusalem Connection
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5
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
6
Jewish Life Foundation
—
7
Us Israel Education Fund Inc
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8
Bronfman Youth Fellowships to Israel in Inc
Youth Development
9
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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10
The Bnai Jacob Foundation
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11
American Friends of Neveh Zion

To voluntarily assist the house of religious learning known as yeshiva neveh zion in israel

Religion
12
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jlic 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

13 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. 13 of the 31 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
4/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MANHATTAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE SYNAGOGUE: $10,670 · OtherMANHATTAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE SYNAGOGUEMAAGALIM: $10,000 · OtherMAAGALIMCHABAD CENTER OF NW NJ: $3,830 · OtherCHABAD CENTER OF NW NJJGIVE FRIEND OF ASOR: $3,600 · OtherJGIVE FRIEND OF ASORAM YISRAEL FOUNDATION - TRIBE TEL A: $3,600 · OtherAM YISRAEL FOUNDATION - TRIBE TEL ACONGREGATION OHAV SHOLOM: $2,951 · OtherCONGREGATION OHAV SHOLOMIndividual grant recipient: $1,837 · Other+11 more: $5,524 · Other+11 moreJLIC INC: $4,113 · EducationJLIC INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HAKOTEL INC: $1,800 · EducationAMERICAN FR…HEICHAL HATORAH: $360 · EducationHEICHAL HAT…NE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $6,200 · InternationalNE EMAN FOU…MOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $3,600 · ReligionHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $360 · ReligionPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $1,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $100 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $99 · PhilanthropyTHE KOBY MANDELL FOUNDATION INC: $87 · PhilanthropyJEWISH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION NY INC: $360 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $120 · HealthREFUAH HELPLINE INCDBA REFUAH RESOURCES: $100 · Health
Other$42,012Education$6,273International$6,200Religion$3,960Philanthropy$2,086Arts & Culture$360Health$220

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 budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $6,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJLIC INC: $4,113 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HAKOTEL INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEICHAL HATORAH: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION NY INC: $360 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUAH HELPLINE INCDBA REFUAH RESOURCES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $99 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KOBY MANDELL FOUNDATION INC: $87 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundLichtenstein Marcus F…FjcJpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY20.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Lichtenstein Marcus Family Foundation · Fjc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Lichtenstein Marcus Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lichtenstein Marcus Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Heichal Hatorah: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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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How do I get to Lichtenstein Marcus Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Lichtenstein Marcus Foundation 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 31 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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