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Posel Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$340k
Granted FY2023
29
Grants FY2023
28
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$72,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 103
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
11
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Posel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationCivil RightsHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202328$335k29%
FY202213$285k38%
FY202131$582k29%
FY2020103$833k24%
FY201977$486k65%
FY201827$289k26%
FY201736$174kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$4.3MInternational$688kEducation$523kYouth Development$387kCivil Rights$371kEnvironment$261kCrime & Legal$171kArts & Culture$109kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 114 grantees
All grantees of Posel Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwest Youth Services$370,00044%
New Village Charter School Inc$150,00035%
Reader to Reader Inc$135,00069%
Center for Constitutional Rights$95,00060%
Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children$85,00061%
International Rescue Committee INC$83,50040%
The Center for Victims of Torture$82,00020%
Human Rights Watch Inc$75,00030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$70,00040%
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods C/O Melanie Stevenson$65,00022%
Make the Road New York$60,00020%
Plenty International$60,00057%
Mercy Corps$55,00020%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$51,00030%
Center for Transformative Action$50,00031%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$50,00040%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$45,00030%
Opportunity Council$45,00020%
Yoga Behind Bars$45,000111%
Equal Justice Initiative$45,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$42,00040%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$35,00030%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Quixote Center Incorporated$30,00022%
Syrian American Medical Society$27,50014%
American Indian College Fund$25,00030%
Equal Justice USA Inc$25,00020%
Earthjustice$25,00030%
Ithaca Community Radio Inc$25,00036%
United States Fund for Unicef$20,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20,00040%
American Friends Service Committee$20,0002n/a
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$20,00010%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$20,00020%
The Big Picture Company$15,00020%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$15,00020%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$15,00030%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$15,00010%
The Wilderness Society$13,00040%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$13,00020%
Riverkeeper Inc$12,00040%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$12,00020%
Red Hook Initiative$11,00020%
Northwest Education Access$11,00020%
Earth Island Institute Inc$10,00010%
Kind Inc$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$10,00040%
Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc$10,00014%
Louisiana Bucket Brigade$10,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10,00030%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$10,00010%
Union Rescue Mission$10,00040%
Potters for Peace$10,000213%
Northwest Agriculture Business Center$10,00011%
Downtown Women's Center$10,00040%
Alexandria House$10,0004n/a
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation$10,00012%
City Harvest Inc$9,00030%
Saint Ann's School$8,00040%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$6,00040%
The Educational Alliance Inc$5,20020%
Community Service Society of New York$5,20020%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$5,20020%
One Percent for America Inc$5,000118%
Tompkins County Workers Center Inc$5,00013%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$5,00010%
Middle East Children's Alliance$5,00010%
Refugees International Inc$5,00010%
National Whistleblower Center$5,00010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$5,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$5,00020%
Camfed USA Foundation$5,00010%
Oxfam-America Inc$5,00010%
Transportation Alternatives Inc$4,00040%
Leap Inc$4,00040%
US Africa Childrens Fellowship Inc$4,00041%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$3,40020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$3,00020%
The Fortune Society Inc$3,00020%
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement$3,00020%
Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty$3,00020%
Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Inc$3,00020%
Visiting Nurse Service of New York$3,00020%
Dorot Inc$3,00020%
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$3,00020%
The Children's Aid Society$3,00020%
Search and Care Inc$3,00020%
The Doe Fund Inc$3,00020%
Covenant House$3,00020%
Food Bank for New York City$3,00020%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$3,00020%
The Legal Aid Society$3,00020%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$3,00020%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$3,00010%
The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc$3,00020%
The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Inc$3,00020%
Goddard Riverside Community Center$3,00020%
The Boys' Club of New York$3,00020%
Ohel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc$3,00020%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$3,0002n/a
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$2,60020%
Economic Opportunity Institute$2,00010%
California State Parks Foundation$2,00040%
Whatcom Land Trust$2,00010%
Re Sources$2,00010%
Swarthmore College$2,00020%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$2,00020%
Inside Climate News Inc$2,00020%
Oberlin College$2,00020%
Friends of Griffith Park$2,00040%
Humane Farming Association$1,40020%
American Jewish Congress Inc$1,40020%
National Jewish Outreach Program In$1,00020%
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($442k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Posel Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwest Youth Services: $370,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetNew Village Charter School Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetReader to Reader Inc: $135,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $95,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNetwork on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children: $85,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $83,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Victims of Torture: $82,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods C/O Melanie Stevenson: $65,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMake the Road New York: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPlenty International: $60,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetMercy Corps: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $51,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Transformative Action: $50,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Immigrant Rights Project: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOpportunity Council: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoga Behind Bars: $45,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $42,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQuixote Center Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSyrian American Medical Society: $27,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice USA Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEarthjustice: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIthaca Community Radio Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Big Picture Company: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject on Government Oversight Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRiverkeeper Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRed Hook Initiative: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Education Access: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKind Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIthaca Welcomes Refugees Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetLouisiana Bucket Brigade: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 111.

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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.

Whatcom Community FoundationWA23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whatcom Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Riverstyx Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Medina Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Robin Hood 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.

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How do I get to Posel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Posel 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.

About Posel Foundation

How much does Posel Foundation give?
Posel Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $339,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 103 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Posel Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (59%), International (9%), Education (7%).
Who are Posel Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Northwest Youth Services ($370k), New Village Charter School Inc ($150k), Reader to Reader Inc ($135k).
Does Posel Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Posel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Posel Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whatcom Community Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Riverstyx Foundation.
Where is Posel Foundation based?
Posel Foundation is based in PA.

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 146 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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