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Robbins Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Robbins Family Charitable 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.

$576k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$479k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$902kEducation$668kPhilanthropy$40kArts & Culture$19kHuman Services$7kYouth Development$6kInternational$3kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
  • $250k+1 grant · $479k
$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARLES RIVER RESEARCH SERVICES US LTD$479,466
UNRAVEL BIOSCIENCES INC$70,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH$12,000
UNITED WAY OF PALM BEACH$4,000
PCBB FOUNDATION$4,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISREAL$2,588
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF NEW YORK$2,573
PALM BEACH SYNAGOGUE$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SNACK: $1k → 17%SNACK: $1k → 17%SNACK: $521 → 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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$599k · 9 repeat orgs$648k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$599k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+14%

Still filing today

56%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $564k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $341k · revenue +44%
  • CG
    COLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2019 · $30k · revenue +25%
  • SI
    STREETSQUASH INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $6k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • F
    FACES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • HP
    HARMONIE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -50%
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 Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
4
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
5
Manhattanville University

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

Education
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
The City University of New York School of Law Foundation Inc

The foundation supports the law school in its mission to increase access to legal education to those from groups underrepresented in the profession and to prepare its graduates for public interest and public service practice.

Education
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Streetsquash Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 35 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARLES RIVER RESEARCH SERVICES US LTD: $479,466 · OtherCHARLES RIVER RESEARCH SERVICES US LTDNYU FACES: $125,000 · OtherNYU FACESTRINITY SCHOOL: $85,000 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOLUNRAVEL BIOSCIENCES INC: $70,000 · OtherUNRAVEL BIOSCIENCES INC+18 more: $80,688 · Other+18 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $215,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $187,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIV…COLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARAT…+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $341,250 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVER…+1 more: $4,000 · HealthJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $2,000 · PhilanthropyHARMONIE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSTREETSQUASH INC: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $2,573 · Civil RightsSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $2,521 · Human Services
Other$840,154Education$433,000Health$345,250Philanthropy$30,000Arts & Culture$17,500Recreation & Sports$6,000Civil Rights$2,573Human Services$2,521

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 budgetTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $341,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $215,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $187,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONIE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $2,573 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $2,521 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $850 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $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.

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 FundNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Robbins Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robbins Family Charitable 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Robbins Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Robbins Family Charitable 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 35 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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