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Marguerite Jossel Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Marguerite Jossel Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$143kFood & Nutrition$138kHousing & Shelter$110kInternational$80kReligion$75kArts & Culture$55kCivil Rights$50kHuman Services$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $155k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Reaching Out Community Services Inc$25,000
St Vincent de Paul Of Jupiter$25,000
Xavier Mission Inc$25,000
Open Pantry Community Services Inc$15,000
Berkshire Grown Inc$15,000
Grow Food Northampton Inc$10,000
Better Together Dog Rescue$10,000
Hilltown Village$10,000
Momma's Inc$10,000
The Gray House$10,000
Paw Patrol$5,000
The People's Pantry Inc$5,000
Pittsfield Community Food Pantry$5,000
Lorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry$2,500
Community Survival Center$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Momma's Inc: $10k → 6%Community Survival Center: $3k → 17%Momma's Inc: $10k → 6%Hilltown Village: $10k → 12%Hilltown Village: $10k → 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
NJ
CT
CA
UT
TN
NC
MS
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$612k · 32 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
21

Total granted

$612k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
-5%

Still filing today

66%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsFood & NutritionArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • XM
    XAVIER MISSION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +113%
  • BT
    Better Together Dog Rescue
    4× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +578%

Funded once

  • BS
    BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • HW
    HADASSAH WOMENS ZIONIST ORG OF AMER
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • EC
    EASTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +4%
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
Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center Inc

Little shelter animal adoption center, one of long island's oldest no-kill shelters,is dedicated to saving all companion animals whose lives are in jeopardy. throughrescue from kill facilities, rehabilitation of sick and un-socialized…

Animals
2
Animal Rescue League of Southern Rhode Island

Animal rescue rhode island (arri) is dedicated to rescuing companion animals in need and to the humane welfare of homeless animals.

Animals
3
Berkshire Humane Society Inc

Berkshire humane society, inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, open-admission animal support organization. our mission is to ensure the compassionate care, treatment and placement of companion animals, while promoting and improving the welfare…

Animals
4
Paws From Afar Inc

At Paws From Afar Rescue, a 501c3, New England foster based dog rescue, where the wagging tails meet their happy tails. Our mission is a joyful one: to sprinkle a little magic in matching rescue dogs with their perfect human buddies.

Animals
5
Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc

The mission of the Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard is to provide shelter, health care, lover and support to all domestic animals until a permanent home is found for them.

Animals
6
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
7
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
8
Lowell Humane Society

The purpose of the society is to provide shelter, prevent cruelty to animals, and advocate for their welfare. through humane education, the society strives to enlighten the public and to improve the quality of life for animals and people.

Animals
9
Animal Rescue League of New Bedford Inc Dba Humane Society&Shelter-Southcoast

Animal rescue league of new bedford, inc., d/b/a humane society & shelter-southcoast, provides services to reduce the number of homeless pets. the organization provides quarantine services to other rescue organizations bringing animals…

Animals
10
Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc

Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc rescues dogs and cats from southern state kill shelters and off the streets to save them being euthanized. We also help contract by the pet population by spaying and neutering and educating the public on…

Animals
11
Upper Valley Humane Society Inc

UVHS improves quality of life for people and pets through an innovative animal shelter and adoption center and through services that reduce suffering, support wellness, and foster compassion.

Animals
12
Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut Inc

Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. paws efforts are focused on three critical needs:…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open Pantry Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

46 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. 46 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
23/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Vincent de Paul Of Jupiter: $50,000 · OtherSt Vincent de Paul Of JupiterTHE WOMANS ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF: $20,000 · OtherTHE WOMANS ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OFTHE JEWISH NATIOAL FUND: $20,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH NATIOAL FUNDAMERICAN CMTE FOR THE WEIZMAN INST: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN CMTE FOR THE WEIZMAN INSTWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: $15,000 · OtherWORLD JEWISH CONGRESSCooper Union for Adv of Science and: $12,500 · OtherHADASSAH WOMENS ZIONIST ORG OF AMER: $10,000 · OtherEASTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherSAVING CHEATHAM ANIMALS MISSION PAW: $10,000 · OtherThe Gray House Inc: $10,000 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · OtherBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $10,000 · Other+13 more: $53,000 · Other+13 moreREACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionREACHING OUT COMMU…BERKSHIRE GROWN INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionBERKSHIRE GROWN IN…GROW FOOD NORTHAMPTON INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionGROW FOOD NORTHAMP…PITTSFIELD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE PEOPLES PANTRY: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition+4 more: $7,500 · Food & Nutrition+4 moreBetter Together Dog Rescue: $30,000 · AnimalsBetter Together D…ANGEL CITY PIT BULLS: $25,000 · AnimalsANGEL CITY PIT BU…WEST POINT CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELT: $10,000 · AnimalsWEST POINT CLAY C…Sweet Paws Rescue Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsSweet Paws Rescue…PAW PATROL: $10,000 · AnimalsPAW PATROLSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsA Purposeful Rescue Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsSTAND UP FOR PITS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · AnimalsCHARLIE'S ANGELS SAVING ANIMALS INC: $5,000 · AnimalsLAST HOPE K9 RESCUE LTD: $5,000 · Animals+4 more: $10,000 · Animals+4 moreOPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesOPEN PANTRY …Mommas Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesMommas IncHILLTOWN VILLAGE: $20,000 · Human ServicesHILLTOWN VIL…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $30,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF …JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · InternationalJERUSALEM F…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATI…LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · InternationalLIGHTHOUSE …XAVIER MISSION INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $6,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$258,000Food & Nutrition$122,500Animals$120,000Human Services$82,500International$80,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Arts & Culture$49,000

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 budgetXAVIER MISSION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetREACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBERKSHIRE GROWN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBetter Together Dog Rescue: $30,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetANGEL CITY PIT BULLS: $25,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGROW FOOD NORTHAMPTON INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMommas Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHILLTOWN VILLAGE: $20,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST POINT CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELT: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSweet Paws Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Gray House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAW PATROL: $10,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA Purposeful Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTAND UP FOR PITS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHARLIE'S ANGELS SAVING ANIMALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLAST HOPE K9 RESCUE LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMHERST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRESCUE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSAVE A LAB RESCUE: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY -: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY SURVIVAL CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DOWNTOWN AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetStone Soup Cafe Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWALES COMMUNITY PANTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

The Food Bank of West…Community Foundation …Howard E Stark Charit…Florence Savings Char…Arbella Insurance Fou…Easthampton Savings B…Massachusetts Bankers…The Beveridge Family …Berkshire Taconic Com…The Zoe FoundationBerkshire United Way …Agnes M Lindsay Trust
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts IncMA28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Howard E Stark Charitable Foundation · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Zoe Foundation · Berkshire United Way Inc · Agnes M Lindsay 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 Marguerite Jossel Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marguerite Jossel Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Berkshire Grown Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Stone Soup Cafe Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Grow Food Northampton Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Hilltown Village: 7% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Downtown Amherst Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Amherst Business Improvement District Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to Marguerite Jossel Charitable 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 64 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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