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Pressman Family 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.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$213kArts & Culture$46kHealth$25kReligion$7kPhilanthropy$6kCivil Rights$5kEnvironment$4kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $13k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IU (INDIANA UNIVERSITY) FOUNDATION$60,000
ROUNDABOUT THEATER COMPANY$3,000
NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$3,000
LONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION$2,500
BETH HAVERIM$2,000
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER$1,230
THE MARLENE MEYERSON JCC IN MANHATTAN$850
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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE JCC IN MANHATTAN: $2k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $2k → 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.
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.
$288k · 11 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$288k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

64%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentSocial ScienceHealthOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $53k · revenue +93%
  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $25k · revenue +30%
  • KF
    Kula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $13k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • SL
    SAVE LBI (SAVE LONG BEACH ISLAND)
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • NI
    NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -83%
  • TJ
    THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
5
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
6
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
7
Bang On a Can

Presenting, commissioning, performing, recording and teaching contemporary music. bang on a can believes in exposing exciting new music as broadly and accessibly as possible. through it's summer institute, bang on a can hopes to bring this…

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
9
Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center Inc

Founded in 1981, vineyard theatre is an off-broadway theatre company dedicated to developing and producing new plays and musicals that push boundaries of what theatre can be and do. we seek to nurture a daring community of theatre makers…

Arts & Culture
10
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance

Kaufman music center stimulates appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education in ways that awaken creativity, advance innovation, and create a sense of wonder among performers, students, teachers, and…

Arts & Culture
11
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
12
New York City Ballet Inc

Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Henry Street Settlement; the most unlike its peers is Kula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation. 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 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IU (INDIANA UNIVERSITY) FOUNDATION: $159,672 · OtherIU (INDIANA UNIVERSITY) FOUNDATIONLONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Other+11 more: $22,960 · Other+11 moreIndiana University Foundation: $53,000 · EducationIndiana University Foun…Kula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $12,500 · EducationKula for Karma New Jers…ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $24,500 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT T…THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $3,770 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN B…NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHA…NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL IND…+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBELIEVE IN A CURE INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · ReligionTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1,000 · Human ServicesRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentSAVE LONG BEACH ISLAND INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$190,132Education$65,500Arts & Culture$34,770Health$10,000Religion$7,500Human Services$4,500Environment$2,000

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 budgetIndiana University Foundation: $53,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $24,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $12,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBELIEVE IN A CURE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $3,770 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIFMA FOUNDATION FOR INVESTOR EDUCATION (FIE) INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF ROCKLAND COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE LONG BEACH ISLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSound Experience: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM & CENTER FOR TOLERANCE AND EDUCATION: $1,000 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.

Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Pressman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pressman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pressman Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pressman Family 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 27 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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