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Lindenbaum Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Lindenbaum Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$143k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

Arts & Culture$1.3MReligion$268kEducation$143kHousing & Shelter$58kPhilanthropy$45kHealth$18kHuman Services$3kAnimals$3k
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $78k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$22,524
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SWEETWATER SPECTRUM$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM$31,850
GUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON$23,150
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$22,524
SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION$8,692
THE MORGAN LIBRARY$4,300
THE FRICK$2,330
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 (FY17–23, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $50k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $1k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $1k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $1k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $1k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $1k → 9%THE JEWISH BOARD: $1k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $900 → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $900 → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $880 → 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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 18 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$1.8M
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+21%

Still filing today

78%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropySocial ScienceAnimalsOther
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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    7× · 2017–2023 · $559k · revenue +58%
  • GH
    GUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $310k · revenue +179%
  • RC
    RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $125k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -2%
  • TE
    THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +22%
  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -8%
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
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
5
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
8
New York Historical Society

The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…

Arts & Culture
9
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
10
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
11
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
12
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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 27 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $559,461 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $310,110 · Arts & CultureGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $169,300 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUMALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INCSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $62,664 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $36,507 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $161,800 · OtherCENTRAL SYNA…The Frick Collection: $11,830 · OtherThe Frick Co…THE MORGAN LIBRARY: $8,300 · Other+7 more: $20,030 · Other+7 moreRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $125,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $4,650 · EducationTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $106,000 · ReligionSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2,680 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Social Science
Arts & Culture$1,258,042Other$201,960Education$129,650Religion$106,000Human Services$58,680Philanthropy$45,000Social Science$9,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $559,461 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $310,110 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $169,300 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $106,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $62,664 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $55,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $16,835 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $11,830 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $9,534 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $5,838 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $4,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $4,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2,680 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lindenbaum Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lindenbaum Family Charitable Trust. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 27 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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