Vermont · Private foundation
Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2019
- 36
- Grants FY2019
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $7,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 6
- Total assets, FY2019
- $289k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 20% of the organizations Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 35 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $21k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Clear Fund | $21,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fa Yun Monastery | $3,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Institute for Human Understanding Inc | $2,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sanghapala Foundation | $1,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Metta Forest Monastery Wat Mettavanaram | $1,650 | 3 | n/a |
| Hospice of Santa Cruz County | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Live Earth Farm Discovery Program | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Newman's Own Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Michael & Alice Chetkovich Foundation · American Gift Fund · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation with peer funders
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About Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation
- How much does Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation give?
- Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $26,106 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are International (30%), Health (23%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: The Clear Fund ($22k), Blythedale Children's Hospital ($16k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($5k).
- Does Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County.
- Where is Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation based?
- Mathew & Josephine Birnbaum Foundation is based in VT.
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