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Lippy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$149kRecreation & Sports$108kReligion$39kInternational$16kHealth$15kHuman Services$6kCivil Rights$5kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$265k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISRAEL TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTERS$4,737
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH$1,724
VETS HELPING HEROES$1,000
KATZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$643
ACTBLUE CHARITIES INC$500
THE FLORENCE MELTON SCHOOL OF$360
B'NAI TORAH CONGREGATION$291
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION$180
SOUTH FLORIDA PBS$32
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 (FY17–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH: $1k → 11%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $200 → 12%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
OR
WY
OH
CA
MO
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$302k · 35 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
38

Total granted

$302k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

69%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
    5× · 2017–2023 · $6k · revenue +78%
  • TC
    THE CLEAR FUND
    2× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +31%
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +23%
  • DH
    DAN HANEGBY FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
2
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
3
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
4
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
5
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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6
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
7
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
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
11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Friends of West Sylvan. 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

58 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. 58 of the 79 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/58
Grantees still filing
39/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH: $105,360 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS: $61,386 · OtherISRAEL TENNIS CENTERSISRAEL TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTERS: $46,059 · OtherISRAEL TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTERSBNAI TORAH CONGREGATION: $24,768 · OtherBNAI TORAH CONGREGATIONTEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $12,116 · Other+36 more: $24,512 · Other+36 moreYOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION: $39,180 · PhilanthropyYOUNGSTOWN AREA …THE CLEAR FUND: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUNDCHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION INC: $3,501 · PhilanthropyCHAUTAUQUA FOUND…Jewish Federation of Columbus: $2,054 · Philanthropy+3 more: $1,200 · PhilanthropyBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $6,000 · HealthMorgan Pressel Foundation Inc: $2,500 · HealthRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,680 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $860 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $630 · Health+2 more: $450 · HealthThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · InternationalIMPACTISRAEL INC: $1,500 · InternationalENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INC: $1,000 · International+2 more: $400 · InternationalTHE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $1,185 · EducationINTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING I: $1,000 · EducationKatz Family Foundation Inc: $643 · EducationAPOYEMOS AL ESPANOL INC: $600 · EducationFIRE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $456 · EducationFRIENDS OF WEST SYLVAN: $400 · EducationWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $200 · Education+4 more: $393 · EducationNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $2,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $600 · EnvironmentOceanitesInc: $400 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $250 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $250 · EnvironmentNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $200 · EnvironmentAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $3,480 · Civil Rights
Other$274,201Philanthropy$50,935Health$12,120International$10,400Education$4,877Environment$3,700Civil Rights$3,480

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION: $39,180 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION INC: $3,501 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $3,480 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVets Helping Heroes Inc: $3,100 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan Pressel Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Federation of Columbus: $2,054 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $1,185 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLYMPHOMA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING I: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKatz Family Foundation Inc: $643 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $630 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAPOYEMOS AL ESPANOL INC: $600 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewishColumbus: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $456 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF WEST SYLVAN: $400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOceanitesInc: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW INCENTIVES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST CHILDRENS OUTREACH: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $200 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 Federation of …Raymond Zimmerman Fam…Columbus FoundationJewish Communal FundThe Martin F Greenber…Wasserstrom FoundationMaschler Family Found…Donald M & Barbara L …The Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…AbbVie FoundationNational Philanthropi…
Jewish Federation of ClevelandOH19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Raymond Zimmerman Family Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Martin F Greenberg Family Foundation Inc · Wasserstrom Foundation · Maschler Family Foundation · Donald M & Barbara L Werner Family Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 79 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home