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Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
59%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$200,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,500,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 18
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$9.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving29$12M45%
FY202317$7.6M59%
FY202216$1.9M0%
FY202118$1.9M50%
FY202016$2.1M38%
FY201917$2.2M53%
FY201815$2.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$14MInternational$3.7MPhilanthropy$3.4MArts & Culture$3.3MEducation$2.9MCivil Rights$1.4MEnvironment$1.1MHousing & Shelter$713kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
KS
AR
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 33 grantees
All grantees of Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Blood Cancer United Inc$6,900,00021%
Ehlers-Danlos Society$2,812,216228%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$2,497,50073%
American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot D/B/A American Friends of Anu-Museum$1,641,000723%
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$1,300,00070%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,200,00030%
Heterodox Academy$1,050,000211%
Jigsaw Educational Productions Inc$541,7801n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$500,00010%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$450,00030%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$425,00040%
Friends of Ir David Inc$425,00051%
Securing America's Future Energy Foundation$350,00038%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$285,00043%
Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc$250,00016%
Combat Hate Foundation$200,00021%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$144,20030%
Digestive Disease Research Foundation$125,000222%
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc$105,00052%
Areivim Philanthropic Group Inc$100,00015%
Breakthrough T1d$75,00010%
Americans for Oxford Inc$72,00020%
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy$50,00011%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$50,0001n/a
Urban Age Institute$45,60024%
Baptist Health Foundation Inc$36,00010%
Fund for the Aged Inc$30,00010%
The Aleph Institute Inc$25,00010%
Advancing Israel Education Inc$25,00013%
The Renew Democracy Initiative Inc$25,00014%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$25,00010%
Jazz House Kids Inc$22,00021%
Jewish Funders Network$5,00020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $6,900,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEhlers-Danlos Society: $2,812,216 over 2y, 28% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $2,497,500 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Beit Hatfutsot D/B/A American Friends of Anu-Museum: $1,641,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetThe Harold Grinspoon Foundation: $1,300,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,200,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHeterodox Academy: $1,050,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $425,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Ir David Inc: $425,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSecuring America's Future Energy Foundation: $350,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $285,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetConstructive Dialogue Institute Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCombat Hate Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $144,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDigestive Disease Research Foundation: $125,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAreivim Philanthropic Group Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $72,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUrban Age Institute: $45,600 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFund for the Aged Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Aleph Institute Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAdvancing Israel Education Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Renew Democracy Initiative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJazz House Kids Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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 FundNY21.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

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About Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation

How much does Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation give?
Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $12,209,388 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (44%), International (12%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Blood Cancer United Inc ($6.9M), Ehlers-Danlos Society ($2.8M), Washington Institute for Near East Policy ($2.5M).
Does Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation 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 Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc.
Where is Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation based?
Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation is based in NY.

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 67 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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