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Neil S Hirsch Foundation at a glance

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Neil S Hirsch 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.

$5.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$1.5M
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 2025.

Health$5.8MEducation$4.9MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$600kRecreation & Sports$460kArts & Culture$302kCivil Rights$272kYouth Development$145kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.4M
$100,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$97M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Washington University$1,500,000
The Arc of Palm Beach County$600,000
Blood Cancer United$500,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$265,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$250,000
NYU Langone Health$250,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine$200,000
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan$200,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$150,000
The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton$125,000
The Bridge Golf Foundation Inc$100,000
West Palm Golf Community Trust Inc$100,000
Sunset Polo International Inc$100,000
Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation$100,000
Mount Sinai Health System$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Recovery Shot: $67k → 10%Wheelchairs 4 Kids: $2k → 12%Recovery Shot: $27k → 10%Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center: $67k → 7%Recovery Shot: $15k → 10%Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center: $65k → 7%Bella's Angels: $25k → 11%Recovery Shot: $7k → 10%Bella's Angels: $25k → 11%Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan: $200k → 17%Caridad Center: $25k → 11%Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan: $200k → 17%The Arc of Palm Beach County: $600k → 11%The Arc of Palm Beach County: $35k → 11%Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan: $200k → 17%Mount Sinai Health System: $125k → 17%Mount Sinai Health System: $100k → 17%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

NY
MA
CT
CA
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
DC
LA
MS
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 23 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
19

Total granted

$12M
$992k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4.5M · revenue +16%
  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +9%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $795k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • PA
    Plan A Health
    one grant, 2023 · $400k
  • D
    DKMS
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue 0%
  • DS
    Dreyfus School of the Arts Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
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
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Inc

To provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care and financial responsibility.

Health
2
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation

To raise funds to support mount sinai medical center of florida, inc., a not-for-profit acute care teaching and research facility, so that it may provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching,…

Health
9
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
10
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Speak Up for Kids of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

42 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. 42 of the 54 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
26/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,500,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY+5 more: $485,000 · Education+5 moreFOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CLINICAL TMS INC: $1,022,250 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEME…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,000,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CAN…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $795,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCDKMS: $150,000 · Health+3 more: $85,000 · HealthCity of Hope: $600,000 · OtherCity of HopeNYU Langone Health: $550,000 · OtherNYU Langone HealthPlan A Health: $400,000 · OtherPlan A HealthCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $271,500 · OtherCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR…Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $200,000 · OtherAlbert Einstein Colleg…WEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $150,000 · OtherSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $100,000 · OtherDreyfus School of the Arts Foundation: $100,000 · Other+14 more: $460,000 · Other+14 moreTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $635,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF PALM…THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $600,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMM…MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEA…Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $131,600 · Human ServicesBridgehampton C…RECOVERY SHOT: $115,000 · Human ServicesRECOVERY SHOTWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $75,000 · Human Services+4 more: $87,000 · Human ServicesThe Bridge Golf Foundation: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentNETA FOUNDATION: $120,000 · PhilanthropySUNSET POLO INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyEDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC: $147,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$4,985,000Health$3,552,250Other$2,831,500Human Services$1,868,600Youth Development$370,000Philanthropy$225,000Arts & Culture$202,000

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 budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CLINICAL TMS INC: $1,022,250 over 3y, 79% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $795,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $635,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $600,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bridge Golf Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $271,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $225,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDKMS: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC: $147,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $131,600 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetNETA FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRECOVERY SHOT: $115,000 over 4y, 46% of budgetSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FDN INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIGESTIVE DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMECOX BAY CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBELLA'S ANGELS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetINNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetISIGHT MISSIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCAROL M BALDWIN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEXCHANGE CLUB DICK WEBBER CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR KIDS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYALE POLO AND EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP AND HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUFAR ANIMALS RESCUE CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSweet Dream Makers Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWheelchairs 4 Kids Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …United Way of Palm Be…Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Ckenneth & Laura Baxt…The Chamber of Nonpro…Lost Tree Village Cha…The Batchelor Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ckenneth & Laura Baxter Foundationinc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Neil S Hirsch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neil S Hirsch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Innocence Project of Florida Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Neil S Hirsch Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Neil S Hirsch 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 54 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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