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Pinkes Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Civil Rights$165kEducation$123kReligion$109kHealth$28kHousing & Shelter$26kSocial Science$17kPhilanthropy$15kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
$1,143
Median grant
8
States reached
$948k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$20,000
EMANUEL SYNAGOGUE$13,186
WATKINSON SCHOOL$8,750
VOICES OF HOPE$7,200
JOURNEY HOME$5,000
RAND CORPORATION$5,000
RARE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,500
SECOND CHANCE REENTRY INITIATIVE PROGRAM$1,143
CHABAD HOUSE OF GREATER HARTFORD$540
COMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE$500
GRACE ACADEMY$500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND$369
PAN-MASS CHALLENGE$257
TACHERIA CO SAINT PHILIP'S IN THE HILLS$250
CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD$150
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDS OF MATENWA: $250 → 8%FRIENDS OF MATENWA: $100 → 8%JOURNEY HOME: $5k → 11%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
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$455k · 14 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
27

Total granted

$455k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $153k · revenue +78%
  • WS
    WATKINSON SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +28%
  • HH
    Hartford Hospital
    4× · 2018–2021 · $20k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOURNEY HOME INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +561%
  • TB
    THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +5%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +3%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
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
4
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
5
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
6
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
7
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford; the most unlike its peers is Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program. 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

28 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. 28 of the 47 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)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $153,450 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEEMANUEL SYNAGOGUE: $103,731 · OtherEMANUEL SYNAGOGUEJOURNEY HOME: $21,000 · OtherJOURNEY HOME+27 more: $31,437 · Other+27 moreWATKINSON SCHOOL: $100,715 · EducationWATKINSON SCHOOLCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $16,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT COLLEGE+4 more: $6,443 · EducationHartford Hospital: $20,000 · HealthGLOBAL COALITION FOR ADAPTIVE RESEARCH INC: $2,500 · HealthRARE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Health+4 more: $421 · HealthThe Rand Corporation: $17,000 · Public BenefitVOICES OF HOPE INC: $11,158 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,500 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD: $13,500 · Philanthropy
Civil Rights$153,450Other$156,168Education$123,158Health$24,421Public Benefit$17,000Arts & Culture$13,658Philanthropy$13,500

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 budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $153,450 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWATKINSON SCHOOL: $100,715 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHartford Hospital: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD: $13,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES OF HOPE INC: $11,158 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetJOURNEY HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE ACADEMY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL COALITION FOR ADAPTIVE RESEARCH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,795 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE: $1,510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRARE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND CHANCE RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE PROGRAM: $1,143 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $369 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MATENWA INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $121 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUESDAY'S CHILDREN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER HARTFORD INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLewy Body Dementia Association Inc: $75 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 ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds WATKINSON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Hartford Hospital ↗
  • Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds VOICES OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEY HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GRACE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL COALITION FOR ADAPTIVE RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds RARE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MATENWA INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Sandra & Arnold Chase…Hartford Foundation f…Jewish Community Foun…United Way Inc United…Eric & Jessica Zachs …Burton & Phyllis Hoff…Rockville Bank Commun…Liberty Bank Foundati…Cheryl Chase & Stuart…Ossen Family Foundati…The Robert & Margaret…Aetna Foundation Inc
Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation IncCT24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Eric & Jessica Zachs Family Foundation · Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation Inc · Rockville Bank Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · Ossen Family Foundation · The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation · Aetna Foundation 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 Pinkes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pinkes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Journey Home Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program: 23% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Compass Youth Collaborative: 13% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Watkinson School: 2% of income from government
  • Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hartford Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Kingswood Oxford School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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