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Myron S & Helen K Silver Family Foundation at a glance

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Myron S & Helen K Silver Family 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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$165kHuman Services$51kYouth Development$31kHealth$30kFood & Nutrition$6kArts & Culture$3kEducation$2kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$601k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH HOME FOUNDATION$16,500
BREAST CANCER COALITION$3,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER$1,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$750
FOODLINK INC$650
BRIGHTON FOOD CUPBOARD$500
MULTI-USE COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER$500
THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC$500
CAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC$500
WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL$500
NATIONAL BRAILLE ASSOCIATES$500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER$500
DAVID HOCHSTEIN MEMORIAL MUSIC SCHOOL$500
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 (FY19–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $500 → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $500 → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER: $1k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $1k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $500 → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $1k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $1k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $500 → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $500 → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $500 → 14%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$245k · 14 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$245k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+48%

Still filing today

79%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • JS
    JEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $180k · revenue +8%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +73%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $4k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE POWER OF ONE CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • RR
    ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +118%
  • TH
    THE HARLEY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +17%
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
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
2
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
3
The Rochester General Hospital

To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…

Health
4
Rochester Regional Health

The organization is organized and operated for the benefit of all of the affiliates within rochester regional health system. the organization supports and assists the affiliates by reviewing and monitoring their missions, objectives,…

Health
5
Gouverneur Hospital

Our mission is to provide skilled, compassionate, cost-effective care that promotes wellness and meets the community's healthcare needs.

Health
6
The Unity Hospital of Rochester

See schedule oto make a positive difference in the lives and health status of individuals in the city of rochester, ny and western monroe county. we will educate our community, our providers, and future health care professionals in order…

Health
7
Jewish Home of Rochester

To improve the health, well being, and quality of life of our jewish community's elderly, as well as that of our general community, being mindful of the values implicit in our jewish heritage.

Health
8
Rochester Public Library

To engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff.

Education
9
Rochester Management Inc

To provide clean, safe, well maintained, and affordable apartments and townhouses, suitable for anyone, in many locations throughout rochester, new york.

Housing & Shelter
10
Rochester Friendly Home

The friendly home is a non-profit, non-denominational 200 bed nursing care and rehabilitation facility for older adults. located at 3156 east avenue in brighton, the friendly home offers a variety of health care services including 24-hour…

Health
11
Greater Rochester Regional Health Information Organization Inc

The mission of the rochester rhio is to provide the rochester medical service area with a system for a secure health information exchange that allows for timely access to clinical information and improved decision making. the primary goal…

Public Benefit
12
One Roc Inc

The company's mission is to create new jobs, increase regional wealth, raise regional gdp and enhance opportunity; to invest in a world-class economic development ecosystem where incumbent businesses are thriving, new firms are locating,…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Senior Life Foundation 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

21 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. 21 of the 31 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)
21/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $179,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyTHE POWER OF ONE CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $25,000 · OtherTHE POWER OF ONE CAMPAIGN F…Champion Academy Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Initiative Inc: $13,500 · OtherChampion Academy Extreme Me…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODBREAST CANCER COALITION: $6,000 · OtherBREAST CANCER COALITIONMEALS ON WHEELS MONROE COUNTY: $4,500 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS MONROE COUN…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $2,500 · Other+11 more: $8,950 · Other+11 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $16,500 · Youth DevelopmentROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of Rochester NY Inc: $500 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $500 · HealthJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesWILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesThe Center for Youth Services Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $1,200 · Arts & CultureWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $500 · Arts & CultureThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$181,000Other$70,450Youth Development$16,500Health$11,000Human Services$7,000Recreation & Sports$2,500Arts & Culture$2,200

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 budgetJEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $179,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $16,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChampion Academy Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Initiative Inc: $13,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARLEY SCHOOL: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Youth Services Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Rochester NY Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $500 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.

Rochester Area Commun…Max and Marian Farash…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Rochester Area Commun…Greater Rochester Hea…Esl Charitable Founda…United Way of Greater…William & Sheila Kona…Ames-Amzalak Memorial…Charles J & Burton S …Michael and Deborah G…CornellWeinstein Fami…
Rochester Area Community FoundationNY36.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc · CornellWeinstein Family 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 Myron S & Helen K Silver Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Myron S & Helen K Silver Family 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 31 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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