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Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation at a glance

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Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$450k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$935kHealth$536kEnvironment$255kArts & Culture$179kHuman Services$46kCivil Rights$30kYouth Development$21kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $360k
$3,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$225,000
PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES$85,000
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC$50,000
HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY$30,000
LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM$10,000
CALVARY HOSPITAL INC$8,500
RAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC$6,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC$6,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC$6,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$5,000
FOOTSTEPS INC$3,500
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS INC$3,000
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE INC$2,000
CENTER FOR BOOKS ARTS INCORPORATED 1974$2,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $495k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BELMONT CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 6%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $85k → 7%BELMONT CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 6%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $80k → 7%BELMONT CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 6%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $75k → 7%BELMONT CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 6%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $75k → 7%BELMONT CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $500 → 6%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $75k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $75k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $5k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $5k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $5k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $5k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $5k → 7%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 33 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
4

Total granted

$2.5M
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+12%

Still filing today

97%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • QC
    QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +90%
  • PA
    PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $490k · revenue +99%
  • QB
    QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $305k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +4%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +12%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
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
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
12
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Queens College Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Book Arts Incorporated 1974. 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

37 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,150,000 · OtherQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC+13 more: $96,250 · Other+13 morePATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $490,000 · Human ServicesPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICE…+2 more: $19,500 · Human ServicesQUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $305,000 · EnvironmentQUEENS BOTANI…HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY: $135,000 · Arts & CultureHANDEL AND…LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureLOUIS ARMS…CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS INCORPORATED 1974: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $19,750 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $48,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $31,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $31,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,500 · Health+3 more: $4,500 · HealthRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $26,500 · Recreation & SportsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $9,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $7,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,246,250Human Services$509,500Environment$305,000Arts & Culture$224,750Health$135,000Recreation & Sports$26,500Civil Rights$24,000

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 budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,150,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $490,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetQUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $305,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY: $135,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $60,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS INC: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BOOK ARTS INCORPORATED 1974: $10,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL ADRENAL DISEASES FOUNDATION: $8,250 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $5,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Child Care Association Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWNET: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON HOSPITAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRED BULL THEATER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $500 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.

The Hyde and Watson F…Vanguard Charitable E…The New York Communit…National Philanthropi…The Ford FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for Good
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ford Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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 Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Emerson Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • Handel and Haydn Society: 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Max and Selma Kupferberg Family 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 37 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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