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Roberta Schaefer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Roberta Schaefer Family Foundation Inc

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.

$385k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$121k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.7MReligion$331kPhilanthropy$210kHuman Services$36kArts & Culture$35kEducation$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kEmployment$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $306k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$120,750
DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC$105,000
LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER CO NORTHWELL HEALTH INC$80,000
CONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL$35,000
NORTH SHORE VILLAGE THEATRE INC$25,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSICAL FESTIVAL INC$5,000
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$3,000
ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS INC$1,000
SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC$600
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 (FY24–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20k → 6%SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $600 → 6%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 11 repeat orgs$425k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
11

Total granted

$2.0M
$319k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

73%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $401k · revenue +3%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $210k · revenue +46%
  • NN
    NAMI National
    3× · 2021–2024 · $36k · revenue +211%

Funded once

  • NS
    NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL - LONG ISLAND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $80k · revenue 0%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of 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 future…

Health
2
Northwell Health Inc

Northwell health is the parent company of a fully integrated health system that is committed to promote clinical care, health education, conduct biomedical research, and caring for the community regardless of ability to pay.

Community Improvement
3
Northwell Healthcare Inc

Northwell healthcare inc. coordinates policy making and strategic planning by providing advisory and administrative support services to affiliated health care organizations within northwell health; whose mission is to improve the health of…

Health
4
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of 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 future…

Health
5
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of 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 future generations…

Health
6
Northern Westchester Hospital Association

Northern westchester hospital association is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care;…

Health
7
Glen Cove Hospital

Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…

Health
8
John T Mather Memorial Hospital

John t. mather memorial hospital ("mather") is a non-profit community hospital that is part of northwell health. mather strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical…

Health
9
Staten Island University Hospital

Staten island university hospital is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
10
Plainview Hospital

Plainview hospital is part of northwell health, inc ("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 future…

Health
11
Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Reha

The mission is to enable residents to be independent through short-term rehabilitation, and to provide extended care to those who need it regardless of ability to pay.

Health
12
Central Suffolk Hospital

Central suffolk hospital ("csh") d/b/a peconic bay medical center ("pbmc") is a not-for-profit hospital consisting of acute health care, a skilled nursing facility and a certified home care agency. csh provides a full range of health care…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center; the most unlike its peers is North Shore Village Theatre 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $678,600 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INCNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $401,250 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONLONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER: $80,000 · HealthLONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER+5 more: $96,000 · Health+5 moreLONG ISLAND JEWISH HOSPITAL: $305,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND JEWISH HOSPITALCONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL: $280,000 · OtherCONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAELNORTH SHORE HOSPITAL - LONG ISLAND: $100,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE HOSPITAL - LONG ISLANDLONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER CO NORTHWELL HEALTH INC: $80,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER CO NOR…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $50,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEALIndividual grant recipient: $33,300 · Other+5 more: $19,500 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $210,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…NORTH SHORE VILLAGE THEATRE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSICAL FESTIVAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS ACADEMY: $30,000 · EducationSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,600 · Human ServicesISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $20,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Health$1,255,850Other$867,800Philanthropy$210,000Arts & Culture$35,000Education$30,000Human Services$20,600Public Safety & Disaster$20,000

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 budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $678,600 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $401,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $210,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $36,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS ACADEMY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLuisa Diaz Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSICAL FESTIVAL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT: $1,000 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.

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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 Roberta Schaefer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roberta Schaefer Family Foundation Inc. 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
    3report 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

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    How do I get to Roberta Schaefer Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Roberta Schaefer Family Foundation Inc 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 25 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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