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Oser Braun Foundation for the Visually Impaired Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
0176% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$25kHealth$6kEducation$5kAnimals$4kArts & Culture$3kHuman Services$1kFood & Nutrition$700International$660Other$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM$3,000
BNOS MENACHEM$2,500
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY17–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $400 → 9%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $250 → 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $750 → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 9%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $400 → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 9%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
PA
CT
CA
MD
DC
GA
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40k · 16 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
27

Total granted

$40k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+24%

Still filing today

44%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • IG
    ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND
    4× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +36%
  • GE
    GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +83%
  • SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +42%
  • HH
    HEBREW HOME
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • NS
    NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +71%
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital

To be a leader in the provision of world class patient care, teaching, research, and service to local, state, national, and international communities. newyork-presbyterian hospital is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated…

Health
7
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
8
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…

Health
9
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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11
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

—
12
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Family Center for Achievement Co Life's Worc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

19 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. 19 of the 44 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BNOS MENACHEM INC: $12,911 · OtherBNOS MENACHEM INCTEMPLE BETH SHOLOM: $10,100 · OtherTEMPLE BETH SHOLOMUJA: $2,075 · OtherUJA+27 more: $10,956 · Other+27 moreISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $3,150 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUID…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,200 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYE…Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: $250 · Human ServicesLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIV…KEREN OR INC: $300 · EducationKEREN OR IN…SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $320 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,550 · HealthST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $250 · HealthTHE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE'S WORC: $250 · HealthTHE MANN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $500 · PhilanthropyOYSTER BAY CHARITABLE FUND: $360 · PhilanthropyREMA HORT MANN FOUNDATION INC: $250 · PhilanthropyTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC: $500 · Employment
Other$36,042Human Services$5,600Education$5,300Arts & Culture$2,320Health$2,050Philanthropy$1,110Employment$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 budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $3,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MANN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $320 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN OR INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREMA HORT MANN FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE'S WORC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $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.

  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE MANN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds OYSTER BAY CHARITABLE FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KEREN OR INC ↗
  • Who funds Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds REMA HORT MANN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE'S WORC ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Oser Braun Foundation for the Visually Impaired Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oser Braun Foundation for the Visually Impaired Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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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Find your warmest path to Oser Braun Foundation for the Visually Impaired Inc 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 44 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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