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Meyer Handelman Fund at a glance

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Meyer Handelman Fund

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$93k
Granted FY2017
36
Grants FY2017
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k35 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$637k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NEW ROCHELLE$12,000
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL - FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$8,000
CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS INC$8,000
KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART$6,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE APPEAL$5,000
THE BRIDGE FUND OF WESTCHESTER$4,000
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY$3,000
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$3,000
UNITED HEBREW GERIATRIC CENTER$3,000
AMERICAN-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC$2,500
REGIONAL HOSPICE & HOME CARE$2,500
NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$2,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC$2,000
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 (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FOREVER FAMILIES THROUGH ADOPTION INC: $500 → 9%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 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
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
4
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
5
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
6
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc

Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.

Human Services
7
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
8
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
9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Yeshiva University High Schools

The yeshiva university high schools has as its educational mission to teach and perpetuate the values of torah and secular studies. see schedule o.

Education
12
University of Judaism Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Hebrew University Inc; the most unlike its peers is Putnam Childrens Discovery Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 35 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)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SOUTHERN WESTCHE: $12,000 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF SOUTHERN WESTCHEFAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER INC: $5,000 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER INCANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE APPEAL: $5,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE APPEALIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE BRIDGE FUND OF WESTCHESTER: $4,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGE FUND OF WESTCHESTERTHE NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · OtherTHE NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCREGIONAL HOSPICE & HOME CARE: $2,500 · OtherREGIONAL HOSPICE & HOME CAREIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherSCARSDALE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $2,000 · Other+7 more: $6,500 · Other+7 moreCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCaramoor Center for …KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $6,000 · Arts & CultureKATONAH MUSEUM OF AR…AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTU…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $3,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOC…AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $3,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COM…FRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $1,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF G…HOPE FOR HAITI INC: $1,000 · InternationalHOPE FOR HAI…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRI…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT I…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 · InternationalUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…UNITED HOME FOR AGED HEBREWS: $3,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC: $2,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $500 · HealthTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 · EducationQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 · Civil RightsFOREVER FAMILIES THROUGH ADOPTION: $500 · Human Services
Other$46,500Arts & Culture$17,000International$10,500Philanthropy$8,000Health$5,500Education$3,000Civil Rights$2,000Human Services$500

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 budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HOME FOR AGED HEBREWS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCARSDALE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUTNAMNORTHERN WESTCHESTER WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUTNAM CHILDRENS DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOREVER FAMILIES THROUGH ADOPTION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…Charles S Raizen Foun…Glff IncField Hall FoundationThe Thomas and Agnes …Pcsb Community Founda…Peckham Family Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Jewish Communal FundNY19.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Charles S Raizen Foundation Inc · Glff Inc · Field Hall Foundation · The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation · Pcsb Community Foundation · Peckham Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Meyer Handelman Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meyer Handelman Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Meyer Handelman Fund?

Find your warmest path to Meyer Handelman Fund 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 35 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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