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Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation at a glance

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Robert and Lillian Philipson 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.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
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 2024.

Education$46kHealth$34kInternational$12kPhilanthropy$11kAnimals$8kScience & Tech$8kHuman Services$7kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$324k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCK POINT SCHOOL$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$2,500
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC$2,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL INC$1,500
BRADLEY HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION CORPORATION$1,500
THE PRINTMAKING LEGACY PROJECT INC$1,500
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC$1,500
BREAKTHROUGH T1 D$1,000
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY$1,000
AMERICAN JEWISH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INSTITUTE$1,000
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC$500
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$500
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$500
BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC$500
JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY$250
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 (FY17–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $250 → 10%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $500 → 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $250 → 10%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $350 → 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $250 → 10%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $100 → 6%ST ANN'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILY: $100 → 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $250 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $250 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $100 → 10%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $500 → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $500 → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $500 → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $250 → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE: $250 → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $250 → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $250 → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE: $100 → 8%DRIVEN TO CURE: $500 → 8%DRIVEN TO CURE: $500 → 8%DRIVEN TO CURE: $250 → 8%DRIVEN TO CURE: $250 → 8%DRIVEN TO CURE INC: $250 → 8%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

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$109k · 25 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
53

Total granted

$109k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+30%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalEducationOther
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

  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +4%
  • MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +274%
  • AJ
    AMERICAN JEWISH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +201%
  • WW
    WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +38%
  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
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
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
10
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
11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mote Marine Laboratory 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

57 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. 57 of the 84 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/57
Grantees still filing
41/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROCK POINT SCHOOL: $40,500 · OtherROCK POINT SCHOOLJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,750 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATIONMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $7,500 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCWEST COAST CARE: $3,600 · OtherBRADLEY HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION CORP: $3,000 · Other+35 more: $15,890 · Other+35 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER …MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 · HealthMULTIPLE SCLE…HOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INC: $1,200 · HealthHOPE CONNECTI…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S D…HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,000 · HealthHEBREW HOME O…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH …+11 more: $2,650 · Health+11 moreJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $4,500 · InternationalJEWISH NA…AMERICAN JEWISH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: $4,500 · InternationalAMERICAN …FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,500 · InternationalFRIENDS O…+1 more: $250 · InternationalTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $8,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $2,250 · Human ServicesDRIVEN TO CURE INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $1,350 · Human ServicesBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $850 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $350 · Human ServicesFather Kens Vineyard Inc: $350 · Human Services+3 more: $300 · Human ServicesTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,750 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $500 · Arts & CultureWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $500 · Arts & CultureLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $250 · Arts & CultureVENICE THEATRE INC: $250 · Arts & CultureWILDLIFE CENTER OF VENICE INC: $3,350 · AnimalsBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $2,500 · AnimalsPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $250 · Animals+1 more: $100 · Animals
Other$83,240Health$16,850International$11,750Philanthropy$9,000Human Services$7,700Arts & Culture$7,250Animals$6,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: $4,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF VENICE INC: $3,350 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBRADLEY HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION CORP: $3,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRINTMAKING LEGACY PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDRIVEN TO CURE INC: $1,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUSH SCHOOL: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $610 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAST CELL DISEASE SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Kens Vineyard Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST STAR INSTITUTE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYLOIDOSIS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE THEATRE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ADOPTION SUPPORT AND EDUCATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CHARLES COUNTY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI-NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $100 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.

The Gary and Pennie A…Clark-Winchcole Found…T Rowe Price Program …The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…The Aaron and Cecile …Sanford and Doris Sla…The Rona and Jeffrey …Galena-Yorktown Found…United Way of the Nat…Louis & Helen Fanarof…Bender Foundation Inc
The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable FoundationMD19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family Foundation · Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc · The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation · Bender 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 Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd: 28% of income from government
  • St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: 6% of income from government
  • Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Venice Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to Robert and Lillian Philipson 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 84 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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