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Myron A & Anita E Pinkus Charitable FOUNDATION at a glance

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Myron A & Anita E Pinkus Charitable FOUNDATION

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$125kReligion$106kFood & Nutrition$60kHuman Services$35kHealth$24kArts & Culture$17kAnimals$7kCivil Rights$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$998k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Penn State University Horticultural Studies Department$12,000
Penn State University Dickinson Law School Scholarship Fund$12,000
United Jewish Appeal of Scranton$3,000
Scranton Hebrew Day School$2,500
Lackawanna Blind Association$2,000
Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab$1,000
Jewish Heritage Connection$1,000
Jewish Family Service$750
Individual grant recipient$700
B'Nai Brith Foundation$500
Ronald McDonald House$500
Hillel Charles and Lynn Schusterman Intl Ctr$500
Griffin Pond Animal Shelter$500
United Way of Lackawanna County$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lackawanna Blind Association: $2k → 13%Penn State University Dickinson Law School Scholarship Fund: $12k → 16%Simon Weisenthal Center: $2k → 14%United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4k → 14%Lackawanna Blind Association: $2k → 13%PENN STATE HORTICULTURAL STUDIES DEPT: $12k → 16%Simon Weisenthal Center: $2k → 14%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $4k → 14%Penn State University Dickinson Law School Scholarship Fund: $12k → 16%United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4k → 14%Penn State University Horticultural Studies Department: $12k → 16%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $3k → 14%Penn State University Dickinson Law School Scholarship Fund: $12k → 16%PENN STATE DICKINSON LASW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $12k → 16%PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $12k → 16%PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $12k → 16%PENN STATE DICKINSON LASW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $12k → 16%Penn State University Horticultural Studies Department: $12k → 16%Penn State University Horticultural Studies Department: $12k → 16%PENN STATE HORTICULTURAL STUDIES DEPT: $12k → 16%HADASSH SCRANTON: $5k → 13%ELAN GARDENS: $5k → 13%Elan Gardens: $5k → 13%Elan Gardens: $5k → 13%ELAN GARDENS: $5k → 13%ELAN GARDENS: $5k → 13%Scranton Hebrew Day School: $7k → 13%SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $7k → 13%Scranton Hebrew Day School: $7k → 13%TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTON: $6k → 13%United Jewish Appeal of Scranton: $6k → 13%Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab: $6k → 13%SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $6k → 13%Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab: $6k → 13%United Jewish Appeal of Scranton: $6k → 13%SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $6k → 13%JEWISH HOME OF SCRANTON: $6k → 13%JEWISH HOME OF SCRANTON: $6k → 13%JEWISH HOME OF SCRANTON: $6k → 13%TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%Temple Israel of Scranton: $5k → 13%Temple Israel of Scranton: $5k → 13%TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%United Jewish Appeal of Scranton: $3k → 13%UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF SCRANTON: $3k → 13%Scranton Hebrew Day School: $3k → 13%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$348k · 26 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
2

Total granted

$348k
$29k

Still filing today

35%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsReligionHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SH
    SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +68%
  • EG
    ELAN GARDENS INC ELAN SENIOR LIVING A JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +7%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • PS
    PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $24k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
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
2
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
3
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
4
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
5
Hillel Jewish University Center

To enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.

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6
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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7
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Inc

The museum is dedicated to connecting people to jewish history, culture, and arts.

Arts & Culture
8
Baltimore Jewish Council Inc

To foster cooperation and understanding within the jewish community, build relationships and mutual understanding with ethnic, racial, and religious groups across maryland, advocate at all levels of government (continued on schedule o)for…

Education
9
Luria Academy of Brooklyn

Luria academy is a child-centered environment dedicated to academic excellence and a sophisticated knowledge of jewish text and jewish heritage. located in the prospect heights neighborhood of brookly, luria academy is a jewish…

Education
10
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
11
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan

Jewish historical society of michigan shares and celebrates the experiences and contributions of the jewish people, communities and institutions of michigan.

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12
Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education

The mission of the museum is to educate, exampine, and explore the lessons of the holocaust with authenticity, dignity and compassion, so that young and old may learn from them and create a society of mutual respect and understanding…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties; the most unlike its peers is Jewish Heritage Connection. 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

10 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. 10 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Penn State University Dickinson Law School Scholarship Fund: $36,000 · OtherPenn State University Dickinson Law School Scholarship FundPenn State University Horticultural Studies Department: $36,000 · OtherPenn State University Horticultural Studies DepartmentUnited Jewish Appeal of Scranton: $28,000 · OtherUnited Jewish Appeal of ScrantonTEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTON: $26,000 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTONPENN STATE HORTICULTURAL STUDIES DEPT: $24,000 · OtherPENN STATE HORTICULTURAL STUDIES DEPTPENN STATE DICKINSON LASW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $24,000 · OtherPENN STATE DICKINSON LASW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDPENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $24,000 · OtherPENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDJEWISH HOME OF SCRANTON: $18,000 · OtherJEWISH HOME OF SCRANTONElan Skilled Nursing and Rehab: $13,000 · Other+13 more: $50,050 · Other+13 moreSCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $35,500 · EducationSCRANTON HE…BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UN…ELAN GARDENS INC ELAN SENIOR LIVING A JEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $16,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureHUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $7,300 · AnimalsJEWISH HERITAGE CONNECTION: $6,000 · ReligionWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$279,050Education$40,500Housing & Shelter$25,000Arts & Culture$22,500Animals$7,300Religion$6,000Human Services$2,500

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 budgetSCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $35,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetELAN GARDENS INC ELAN SENIOR LIVING A JEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION: $8,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $7,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HERITAGE CONNECTION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES: $2,200 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ELAN GARDENS INC ELAN SENIOR LIVING A JEWISH SENIOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH HERITAGE CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ↗

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.

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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 Myron A & Anita E Pinkus Charitable FOUNDATION funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Myron A & Anita E Pinkus Charitable FOUNDATION. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home