Maryland · Private foundation
Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2019
- 30
- Grants FY2019
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
58% of Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $31k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $350
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $8,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 43% of the organizations Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 30 | $31k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $34k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy | $17,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Kemp Mill Synagogue Inc | $17,770 | 4 | n/a |
| Chabad of Silver Spring | $14,150 | 3 | n/a |
| The Torah School of Greater Washington Inc | $8,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Hillel Center for Jewish Life at University of Md | $5,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Sulam Inc | $5,360 | 3 | 0% |
| Endowment for Middle East Truth | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $1,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington Inc | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc 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: The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · Brian and Dafna Berman Family Foundation Inc · Mayberg Foundation Inc · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Berman Charitable Trust · Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation · Edith & Michael Gelfand Foundation Inc · The Gary & Carol Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Colburn Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc give?
- Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $31,445 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Religion (32%), Education (30%), Philanthropy (25%).
- Who are Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy ($18k), Kemp Mill Synagogue Inc ($18k), Chabad of Silver Spring ($14k).
- Does Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc 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 Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc, Brian and Dafna Berman Family Foundation Inc, Mayberg Foundation Inc.
- Where is Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc based?
- Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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