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Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Inc at a glance

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Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$132k
Granted FY2020
18
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Religion$67kCrime & Legal$61kArts & Culture$59kEducation$54kPhilanthropy$36kRecreation & Sports$30kHealth$25kYouth Development$13kOther$0
02FY2020 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k13 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $93k
$4,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Book Council$31,000
Central Park Conservancy$20,000
The Innocence Project Inc$20,000
The Isidore Newman School$12,000
St Germaines Service$10,000
Chinese Missionary Baptist Church$8,000
Robin Hood Foundation$5,000
Boys Town of Jerusalem$5,000
The Fund for the City of New York$4,500
Metropolitan Museum Of Art$3,500
Actors Fund of America$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
RISE (Fund for The City of New York)$2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center$2,000
Wall Street 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 (FY17–20, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Henry Street Settlement: $5k → 17%Henry Street Settlement: $4k → 17%The Innocence Project Inc: $20k → 17%The Innocence Project Inc: $15k → 17%The Innocence Project Inc: $10k → 17%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$328k · 19 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
12

Total granted

$328k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+52%

Still filing today

68%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthOther
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

  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $55k · revenue +135%
  • IN
    ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $47k · revenue +39%
  • JB
    JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $46k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • HF
    HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +52%
  • DS
    Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
  • PH
    POETS HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +73%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
Columbia University Press

Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
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
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
9
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
10
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
11
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
12
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Henry Street Settlement; the most unlike its peers is Charles B Israel Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Chinese Missionary Baptist Church: $34,500 · OtherChinese Missionary Baptist ChurchSt Germaines Service: $15,000 · OtherSt Germaines ServiceBoys Town of Jerusalem: $13,000 · OtherBoys Town of JerusalemWALL STREET SYNAGOGUE INC: $6,500 · OtherDominican Sisters of Hawthorne: $6,000 · OtherPet Orphans of So Cal: $5,000 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INCEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,000 · Other+14 more: $27,000 · Other+14 moreTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJ…HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $9,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTL…JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL INC: $45,500 · Arts & CultureJEWISH BOOK COUNC…POETS HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePOETS HOUSE INCROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATR…METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,500 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSE…ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $47,000 · EducationISIDORE NEWMA…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $17,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FO…FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $14,500 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR THE …HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC: $9,000 · PhilanthropyHIRSHBERG FOU…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA ST…CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 · Health
Other$123,000Human Services$64,000Arts & Culture$59,000Education$47,000Philanthropy$45,500Recreation & Sports$30,000Health$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $47,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH BOOK COUNCIL INC: $45,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOETS HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPET PRIDE OF NEW YORK INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 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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Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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 Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Samuel Goldberg & Sons 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 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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