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Michael & Florence Edelstein Foundation Inc at a glance

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Michael & Florence Edelstein Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$18k
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 2023.

Health$535kReligion$238kInternational$164kHuman Services$7kFood & Nutrition$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kArts & Culture$2kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $100
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$18,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$14k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLEL CHABAD$18,200
NATIONAL BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%RENEWAL OF LIFE INC: $1k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $600 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $400 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $200 → 17%PROJECT EZRA: $50 → 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

NY
NV
PA
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$476k · 18 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
26

Total granted

$476k
$444k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+34%

Still filing today

44%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1k · revenue +50%
  • IF
    INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1k · revenue +102%
  • DV
    DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $475 · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +50%
  • IA
    ISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -33%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $63k · revenue +198%
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
Physicians for Palestine
Health
2
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
3
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
4
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Israel Emergency Alliance

Standwithus is an international, education organization dedicated to informing the public about israel & combating extremism & anti-semitism. we believe education is the road to peace. (see continuation on schedule o)

International
6
Sherit Isroel
—
7
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
8
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
9
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc

Friends of united hatzalah, inc .(fouh) raises and provides funding to not-for-profit organizations that provide medical and trauma-related first responder services in israel and around the world. fouh focuses the majority of its support…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc

Thanks to the broad scope of Yad Sarah's activities and services, and the compassion and caring of its large volunteer corps, the organization has become an indelible part of the fabric of every-day Israeli society. Yad Sarah is also…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

27 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. 27 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE: $250,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGECOLEL CHABAD: $216,560 · OtherCOLEL CHABADMAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH: $17,000 · Other+19 more: $11,870 · OtherAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $250,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN J…ISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · InternationalISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $62,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM+2 more: $350 · InternationalAMUDIM COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $30,000 · Health+6 more: $1,050 · HealthISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,200 · Human ServicesRENEWAL OF LIFE INC: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $150 · Human ServicesJewish Partisan Education Foundation: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $500 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $200 · Arts & CultureCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $905 · Food & NutritionBNAI RAPHAEL CHESED ORGANIZATION IN: $500 · Food & NutritionDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $475 · Public Benefit
Other$495,430International$412,850Health$31,050Human Services$7,350Arts & Culture$1,700Food & Nutrition$1,405Public Benefit$475

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 budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $62,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMUDIM COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWAL OF LIFE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Partisan Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $905 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBNAI RAPHAEL CHESED ORGANIZATION IN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $475 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WESTHAMPTON AMBULANCE INC: $450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTANLEY M ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Hatzoloh: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS VILLAGE OF JERUSALEM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezra: $50 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 Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY16.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Michael & Florence Edelstein Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael & Florence Edelstein Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–20%
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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Find your warmest path to Michael & Florence Edelstein Foundation Inc 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 45 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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