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Lionel Feinstein Memorial Fund at a glance

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Lionel Feinstein Memorial Fund

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.

$53k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$65kReligion$37kEducation$12kPhilanthropy$9kInternational$7kHuman Services$5kCivil Rights$4kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$670
Median grant
11
States reached
$77k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chrohns & Colitis Foundation$7,047
Breakthrough T1D Formerly JDRF$3,020
Compassionate Burials for Indigent Babies (CBIB)$3,000
Jewish National Fund$2,300
American Heart Association$2,069
Individual grant recipient$2,060
FAU Foundation$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$2,000
Special Olympics$1,640
Blood Cancer United$1,550
Penn State University$1,545
Temple Sholom$1,544
Make-a-Wish America$1,380
Colel Chabad Charities$1,180
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 (FY18–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Wounded Warriors Project: $765 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91k · 21 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
32

Total granted

$91k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+6%

Still filing today

76%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
HealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    5× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +49%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +4%
  • SI
    STRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • ML
    Main Line Hospitals Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +16%
  • TD
    THE DR IRVING M HERLING CARDIOLOGY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • SB
    ST BENEDICTS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
6
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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9
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
10
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
11
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
12
Prostate Cancer Foundation

The prostate cancer foundation (pcf) funds the world's most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer, accelerating those discoveries into therapies and strategies designed to improve the quality of life and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Whole Foods Market Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 86 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)
39/40
Grantees still filing
21/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE SHOLOM IN BROOMALL: $27,771 · OtherTEMPLE SHOLOM IN BROOMALLTHE DR IRVING M HERLING CARDIOLOGY: $10,000 · OtherTHE DR IRVING M HERLING CARDIOLOGYST BENEDICTS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · OtherST BENEDICTS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INCJEWISH FEDERATION: $4,200 · Other+60 more: $34,841 · Other+60 moreBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $28,320 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DMain Line Hospitals Inc: $11,000 · HealthMain Line Hospitals IncCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,567 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,069 · Health+3 more: $3,286 · Health+3 moreJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,300 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,185 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $523 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $515 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $400 · InternationalFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,450 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR LEARNING IN TREDYFFRIN EASTTOWN: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationBALLENISLES CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC: $3,683 · Philanthropy+2 more: $210 · PhilanthropyCBIB INC: $3,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $500 · Civil RightsSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,650 · Employment
Other$81,812Health$52,242International$6,423Education$4,550Philanthropy$3,893Civil Rights$3,500Employment$2,650

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 budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $28,320 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMain Line Hospitals Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,567 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLENISLES CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC: $3,683 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,185 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,069 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LEARNING IN TREDYFFRIN EASTTOWN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,170 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $1,072 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,015 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $708 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhole Foods Market Foundation: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION: $516 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA VIP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $478 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARAVA THE INSTITUTE LTD: $371 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANOR COLLEGE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Council of Firefighters Paramedics 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.

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 FundLincoln Financial Fou…Chubb Charitable Foun…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The US Charitable Gif…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
Jewish Communal FundNY15.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Lionel Feinstein Memorial Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lionel Feinstein Memorial Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
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

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How do I get to Lionel Feinstein Memorial Fund?

Find your warmest path to Lionel Feinstein Memorial Fund 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 86 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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