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Moskowitz Family Foundation at a glance

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Moskowitz Family 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.

$19k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$251kReligion$119kHealth$6kInternational$4kHuman Services$3kHousing & Shelter$500Recreation & Sports$500Arts & Culture$500
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$557k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCDANIEL COLLEGE$15,000
Shorecrest Preparatory School$2,500
Stout Street Foundation$1,000
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 (FY17–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES: $200 → 11%OAKLAND LACROSSE CLUB: $500 → 10%OAKLAND LACROSSE CLUB: $500 → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $1k → 12%OAKLAND LACROSSE CLUB: $500 → 10%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

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$298k · 11 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +62% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$298k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+62%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MC
    MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $128k · revenue +64%
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    5× · 2019–2023 · $62k · revenue +23%
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $23k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • GW
    GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • AY
    AM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +133%
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -23%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

—
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Academy; the most unlike its peers is Grand Mesa Arts & Events 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.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 27 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $128,461 · EducationMCDANIEL COLLEGE INCThe George Washington University: $62,269 · EducationThe George Washington UniversityNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYSHORECREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $16,040 · EducationSHORECREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC+3 more: $6,000 · EducationCONGREGATION HEBREW EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE: $55,700 · OtherCONGREGATION HEBREW ED…GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $12,428 · OtherGEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV…NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $2,600 · Other+7 more: $3,490 · OtherJEWISHColorado: $58,770 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColorado+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyAM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · ReligionBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,000 · InternationalOakland Lacrosse Club: $1,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $200 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $1,500 · Health
Education$235,770Other$77,218Philanthropy$59,270Religion$4,000International$3,500Human Services$2,700Health$1,500

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 budgetMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $128,461 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $62,269 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $58,770 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHORECREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $16,040 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $2,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Lacrosse Club: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ACADEMY: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTOUT STREET FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND MESA ARTS & EVENTS CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY: $390 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $200 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY10.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Moskowitz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Moskowitz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • House of Possibilities Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Moskowitz Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Moskowitz Family Foundation 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 27 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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