· Private foundation
Melvin Stecher & Norman Horowitz Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONGREGATION EMANU-EL | $5,600 |
| THE LOTOS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| PENGUIN REPERTORY THEATRE | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC6× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +47%
- DMDOWNTOWN MUSIC AT GRACE INC5× · 2017–2021 · $1k · revenue +30%
- SASIGMA ALPHA IOTA PHILANTHROPIES INC2× · 2019–2021 · $450 · revenue +31%
Funded once
- LILITERACY INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +27%
- FOFRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALone grant, 2017 · $250
- CFCOMFORT FOOD COMMUNITYone grant, 2018 · $200
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.
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.
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
See schedule oyoung musicians of talent need support. left alone with their gift,without the instruction and mentoring that allows them to thrive, eventhe most exceptional young artists will struggle, and many may fail toachieve their full…
The Americana Music Association Foundation was founded to preserve Americana music through education. Our endeavors strengthen understanding, awareness and appreciation of cultural heritage, shine a light on inspiration, and promote the…
The lake placid sinfonietta, the adirondacks orchestra of world class musicians, unleashes the power of music to entertain, educate and inspire people of all ages.
The albany symphony orchestra celebrates our living musical heritage. through brilliant live performances, innovative educational programming, and engaging cultural events, the albany symphony enriches a broad & diverse regional community.…
Rilm is dedicated to disseminating musicological knowledge andfostering communications among all research and performancecommunities.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
World music institute is committed to presenting the best in traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world to enrich lives through the arts, promote awareness and appreciation of the worlds rich cultural traditions and…
The organization helps the next generations of musicians and composers to develop skills and experiences for professional success. the organization seeks to support musicians in achieving their visions in the changing worlds of symphonic…
The international society for the performing arts (ispa) is an international network of performing arts professionals who come together with the shared goal of strengthening the arts internationally by building leadership ability,…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
The foundation was established to support the mission of music for all, inc., an affiliated 501(c)3 not-for-profit education organization. the mission is to create, provide, and expand positively life changing experiences through music for…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds THE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN MUSIC AT GRACE INC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY INC ↗
- Who funds SIGMA ALPHA IOTA PHILANTHROPIES INC ↗
- Who funds AARP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Melvin Stecher & Norman Horowitz Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Melvin Stecher & Norman Horowitz Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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