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Meltzer Lippe Foundation at a glance

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Meltzer Lippe Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$93kFood & Nutrition$88kHealth$67kHuman Services$25kInternational$23kReligion$23kPhilanthropy$11kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$3,600
Median grant
4
States reached
$162k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Gold Coast Forum$30,000
ISLAND HARVEST$7,500
American Friends of Sderot$6,100
Father Fred Foundation$6,000
American Friends of Migdal Ohr$3,600
Alzheimers Assocation$3,100
Northwell Health Foundation$3,000
National Dance Institute$2,500
Family Residence Essential Services$2,500
02The need
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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, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Father Fred Foundation: $6k → 10%Island Harvest: $50k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST: $10k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST: $10k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST: $10k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST: $8k → 7%The Safe Center: $1k → 6%Kaplan Public Service Foundation: $3k → 17%National Urban League: $3k → 17%Lustgarten Foundation: $5k → 6%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $100 → 17%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
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209k · 10 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
102

Total granted

$209k
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+5%

Still filing today

90%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • IH
    ISLAND HARVEST LTD
    5× · 2020–2025 · $88k · revenue +34%
  • BI
    BELIEVE IN A CURE INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $12k · revenue +68%
  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UW
    United Way
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $9k · revenue -45%
  • FO
    Friends of Magen David Adom
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
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 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
2
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
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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5
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
6
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
7
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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8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
10
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Children's Cancer Society; the most unlike its peers is Gold Coast Forum Inc. 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

57 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. 57 of the 116 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/57
Grantees still filing
33/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $87,500 · Human ServicesISLAND HARVEST LTDFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Human ServicesFATHER FRED FOUNDATIONMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human Services+5 more: $7,100 · Human Services+5 moreAlzheimers Assocation: $11,500 · OtherAlzheimers AssocationUnited Way: $10,000 · OtherUnited WayFriends of Magen David Adom: $9,000 · OtherFriends of Magen David AdomThe Joe Shirley Katz Charitable Fou: $5,400 · OtherThe Joe Shirley Katz Charitabl…AMERICAN FRIEND OF MIDGAL OHR: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherTouro Law Center: $4,000 · OtherSUSAN G COMEN BREAST CANCER: $3,685 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,433 · Other+69 more: $40,189 · Other+69 moreNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $52,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTEGold Coast Forum Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureGold Coast Forum IncFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH I…+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureBELIEVE IN A CURE INC: $11,800 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,500 · HealthGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $900 · Health+12 more: $2,615 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HESDER SDEROTINC: $14,700 · PhilanthropyROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,038 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,600 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $700 · International+2 more: $400 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $7,200 · Youth Development
Human Services$105,600Other$96,707Arts & Culture$91,600Health$24,815Philanthropy$20,200International$17,738Youth Development$7,200

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 budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $87,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $52,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGold Coast Forum Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HESDER SDEROTINC: $14,700 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBELIEVE IN A CURE INC: $11,800 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $7,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,038 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPLAN PUBLIC SERVICE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SILVER SHIELD FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Safe Center LI Inc: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $615 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGAL CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHANY HOUSE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAST HOPE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL ABOUT CATS RESCUE: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THOMAS R ELSASSER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL ABOUT SPAY NEUTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CANCER SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEIR PANIM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLETS WIN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CASTLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100 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 FundThe Marilyn Lichtman …American Express Foun…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…
Jewish Communal FundNY13.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Meltzer Lippe Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Meltzer Lippe 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 116 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$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