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Mizel Global Cultural Fund

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.

$393k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$864kInternational$565kHealth$404kReligion$374kCivil Rights$293kEducation$76kPhilanthropy$57kRecreation & Sports$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $202k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$69M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BMH-BJ CONGREGATION$51,800
COMBAT CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM FOUNDATION$50,000
THE FRIEDMAN CENTER FOR PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH$50,000
ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
MOUNT NEBO MEMORIAL PARK$36,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$31,289
ARTICLE III FOUNDATION$20,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH$18,000
MOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC$10,000
MIZEL JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL$10,000
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC$10,000
HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$10,000
BECKET$10,000
CONGREGATION BETH MENACHEM OF GLOGEV$7,200
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST LOUIS$7,200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST LOUIS: $7k → 11%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

MT
IL
NY
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
OK
LA
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 7 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$1.1M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+11%

Still filing today

86%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $289k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationPhilanthropyHealthReligionOther
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

  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $400k · revenue +57%
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $223k · revenue +49%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $66k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SM
    SWC MUSEUM CORPgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $800k · revenue +111%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ELNETgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +95%
  • CR
    CAMP RAMAH FIRE FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
2
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
3
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
4
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…

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5
Israel 21c

Through its news service and public programs, Israel 21c educates individuals and groups about comtemporary life in Israel providing news and information on the people of Israel, its culture and business and scientific achievements.

Education
6
The Shalem Foundation

To promote and foster the creation of a zionist intellectual infrastructure for the state of israel, the development of a jewish national culture, and the establishment and promotion of intellectual and economic liberty.

Crime & Legal
7
JewishColumbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Religion
8
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
9
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
10
American Council for World Jewry Inc

Founded so jews, worldwide, can join together in partnership, ensuring our common good and coolective survival. the council acts in the belief that the key to successfully countering threats against the jewish people and the state if…

Civil Rights
11
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
12
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc

To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 43 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
13/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SWC MUSEUM CORP: $800,000 · Arts & CultureSWC MUSEUM CORPSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $222,500 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC+4 more: $38,860 · Arts & CulturePROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $400,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATIONJEWISHColorado: $225,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoRose Community Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyRose Community Foundation+2 more: $7,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCA…FRIENDS OF ELNET: $100,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ELNETFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $50,000 · InternationalFoundation for the De…+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalBETH MEDROSH HAGODOL CONGREGATION: $51,800 · OtherBETH MEDROS…COMBAT CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherCOMBAT CAMP…MOUNT NEBO MEMORIAL PARK: $36,000 · OtherMOUNT NEBO …CAMP RAMAH FIRE FUND: $25,000 · OtherCAMP RAMAH …CAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 · OtherCAMP RAMAH …SHAREWELL ZIMMER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $20,000 · OtherSHAREWELL Z…CONGREGATION BETH MENACHEM OF GLOGEV: $14,400 · OtherBECKET: $10,000 · OtherYINBH BEVERLY HILLS SYNAGOGUE: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $10,000 · Other+12 more: $35,450 · Other+12 moreUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $65,789 · EducationFriedman Center for Peace Through Strength Inc: $50,000 · EducationFLO & MORRIS MIZEL JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $16,785 · ReligionMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $10,000 · ReligionARTICLE III FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$1,061,360Philanthropy$682,000International$515,000Other$287,650Education$125,789Religion$26,785Civil Rights$20,000

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 budgetSWC MUSEUM CORP: $800,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $225,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $222,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $65,789 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRose Community Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriedman Center for Peace Through Strength Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARTICLE III FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $16,785 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLO & MORRIS MIZEL JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELI NAVY SEALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNDRED CLUB OF DENVER: $1,850 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER LEAGUE OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Growth Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION: $360 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.

Flora and Morris Mize…Rose Community Founda…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation IICO26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation II · Rose Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Mizel Global Cultural Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mizel Global Cultural Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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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How do I get to Mizel Global Cultural Fund?

Find your warmest path to Mizel Global Cultural 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 43 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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