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Philip Rubenstein Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$112k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Human Services$340kFood & Nutrition$233kCivil Rights$78kEducation$63kHealth$45kYouth Development$45kReligion$5kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILWAUKEE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATION$45,000
FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY$15,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$10,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$10,000
HUNGER TASK FORCE INC$5,000
CHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION$5,000
YESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILWAUKEE INC$5,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WI FDN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
JOURNEY HOUSE$1,000
SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$818k · 15 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against -40% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$818k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-40%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 ServicesCivil RightsEducationCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +55%
  • YE
    YESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +63%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -40%
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - CARMEL
    one grant, 2019 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc

Jewish social services of madison empowers families and individuals across generations and cultures to build community and self-sufficiency, with a strong commitment to the jewish community and inspired by jewish values. we offer services…

2
Employ Milwaukee Inc

The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…

Employment
3
Jewish Family Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Jewish family service is a human service organization which reflects the jewish tradition of caring and compassion for all people in need. through professional counseling, advocacy and educational programming, our services seek to enhance…

Human Services
4
Jewish Family Services

To help individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency and emotional stability.

Human Services
5
Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth Inc

To end suffering of abused children in milwaukee county through comprehensive advocacy, education, and supportive services that heal trauma, build resilience, nurture the ability to thrive, and create a path toward eradicating the epidemic…

Human Services
6
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
7
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
8
Bay View Community Center of Milwaukee Inc

We bring people together to build community as an inclusive, independent, community-supported nonprofit organization.

Human Services
9
Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay

Guided by jewish values and in collaboration with the diverse communities we serve, jfcs east bay contributes to the resilience of communities, families, and individuals through advocacy and comprehensive support services at every stage of…

Health
10
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
11
Jewish Community Action

Jewish community action's mission is to organize minnesota jews on key issues impacting our families and neighbors, including religious freedom, affordable housing and public safety.

Civil Rights
12
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County Inc

Jfs' mission is to address the human service concerns which affects both individuals and families in the community in a manner sensitive to jewish culture, values, and ideas while also respecting an ever-changing society marked by many…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is Food Bank for Monterey County. 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MILWAUKEE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER — $232,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTERFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $130,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTYHUNGER TASK FORCE INC — $60,000 · OtherHUNGER TASK FORCE INCCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WI FDN — $45,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WI FDNIndividual grant recipient — $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMILWAUKEE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATION — $45,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION — $45,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATIONJEWISH COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY — $30,000 · Other+3 more — $32,500 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesJOURNEY HOUSE INC — $9,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC — $9,000 · Human ServicesYESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC — $62,500 · EducationSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $62,500 · Crime & LegalOUR NEXT GENERATION INC — $15,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$664,500Human Services$63,000Education$62,500Crime & Legal$62,500Civil Rights$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $130,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC — $62,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $62,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC — $60,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC — $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION — $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOUR NEXT GENERATION INC — $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetJOURNEY HOUSE INC — $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC — $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
  • Who funds YESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
  • Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds OUR NEXT GENERATION INC
  • Who funds JOURNEY HOUSE INC
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Philip Rubenstein Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Philip Rubenstein Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Philip Rubenstein Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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