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Randi & Eric Sellinger Foundation at a glance

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Randi & Eric Sellinger 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.

$126k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$396kInternational$289kReligion$169kCommunity Improvement$75kRecreation & Sports$54kEducation$53kHuman Services$40kHealth$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$12,875
Median grant
2
States reached
$143k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest$55,000
Temple B'nai Jeshurun$38,500
Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camps$12,875
Breaking the Chain Through Eduation$10,000
Israel Tennis Center Foundation$10,000
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, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Center for Food Action: $3k → 7%Sunrise Day Camp: $3k → 6%Sunrise Day Camp: $3k → 6%Sunrise Day Camp: $3k → 6%Childrens Aid: $3k → 17%Childrens Aid: $3k → 17%Childrens Aid: $3k → 17%Childrens Aid: $3k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$693k · 17 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$693k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+92%

Still filing today

65%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • IT
    ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $247k · revenue +37%
  • MC
    MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • BT
    BREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • TH
    The Haifa Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +160%
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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
4
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
5
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
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
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $381,800 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST N…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $150,929 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUNUJA of Metro West NJ: $74,800 · OtherUJA of Metro West NJBerkshire Hills Eisenberg Camps: $53,375 · OtherBerkshire Hills Eisenberg CampsMy Sisters Place Inc: $17,500 · OtherBergen County YJCC: $13,000 · Other+8 more: $21,500 · Other+8 moreISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $247,000 · InternationalISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDA…BREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH E…+2 more: $6,860 · InternationalMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $2,500 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $15,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $2,500 · Human ServicesLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 · HealthTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $7,500 · HealthTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthJEWBELONG INC: $4,000 · ReligionMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $500 · Arts & CultureWHITE COLUMNS INC: $500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$391,800Other$331,104International$278,860Education$52,500Human Services$25,000Health$18,000Religion$4,000Arts & Culture$1,000

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $381,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $247,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetMy Sisters Place Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $5,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWBELONG INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELI NAVY SEALS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE COLUMNS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $500 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MUHLENBERG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds My Sisters Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWBELONG INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELI NAVY SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE COLUMNS INC ↗
  • Who funds MILLBURN SHORT HILLS YOUTH BASEBALL ↗
  • Who funds THE VALERIE FUND ↗

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.

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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 Randi & Eric Sellinger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Randi & Eric Sellinger 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 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)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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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How do I get to Randi & Eric Sellinger Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Randi & Eric Sellinger 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 30 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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