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Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation at a glance

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Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family 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.

$215k
Granted FY2023
29
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$632kEducation$214kHealth$206kFood & Nutrition$82kRecreation & Sports$80kPhilanthropy$54kHuman Services$30kArts & Culture$9kOther$0
02FY2023 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k22 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$17k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROWN CENTER - MEALS ON WHEELS$50,000
B'NAI AMOONA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN$30,000
COVENANT PLACE FOUNDATION$30,000
MIRIAM FOUNDATION - STL CAPITAL FUN$25,000
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$17,500
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$10,000
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY$10,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER CULTURAL AR$8,700
JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS$8,000
B'NAI AMOONA LIPNICK FOUNDATION$5,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY - ELIOT SOCIE$2,500
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY - BUSINESS$2,500
SHAVING ISRAEL$1,550
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$1,500
GATEWAY TO HOPE$1,500
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 (FY17–23, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT PLACE FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE - PANTRY: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE - PANTRY: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE - PANTRY: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE - PANTRY: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE - PANTRY: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE - PANTRY: $1k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FILM FESTIVAL: $700 → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FILM FESTIVAL: $650 → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FILM FESTIVAL: $650 → 11%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 40 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2023, 24 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
6

Total granted

$1.1M
$82k

Still filing today

38%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsScience & TechInternationalOther
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

  • LF
    LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $80k · revenue +149%
  • SM
    SAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +0%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL
    3× · 2020–2023 · $40k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • MB
    MO BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • BH
    BJC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION - EVELYN HOUSE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • BH
    BJC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
2
Jewish Senior Life

To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.

Religion
3
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City

To sustain and enhance jewish life at home and around the world.

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
6
Greater St Louis Inc

Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…

Community Improvement
7
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
8
The Missouri Foundation for Health

To eliminate underlying causes of health inequities, transform systems and enable individuals and communities to thrive

Health
9
The Jewish Publication Society

Our mission has always been to enhance jewish literacy through the publication of great books.

—
10
St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa

To enhance the quality of life for the people of the siouxland region by obtaining funds in support of the health-care mission of st. luke's health system.

—
11
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
12
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Shaving Israel. 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

17 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. 17 of the 59 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HADASSAH THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - TOWER PLEDGE: $184,000 · OtherHADASSAH THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - TOWER PLEDGECONVENANT PLACE: $153,750 · OtherCONVENANT PLACEMISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $64,000 · OtherMISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (WOMEN'S LEAGUE): $54,600 · OtherJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (WOMEN'S LEAGUE)MIROWITZ JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $53,600 · OtherMIROWITZ JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONCROWN CENTER - MEALS ON WHEELS: $53,000 · OtherCROWN CENTER - MEALS ON WHEELSCONGREGATION B'NAI AMOONA RABBI LIPNICK FOUNDATION: $42,400 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER NEW JEWISH THEATRE: $36,400 · OtherMIRIAM FOUNDATION - CAPITAL FUND: $34,500 · OtherWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY - ELIOT SOCIETY: $33,000 · OtherMIRIAM FOUNDATION - THE LEARNING DISABILITY EXPERTS: $33,000 · Other+34 more: $237,900 · Other+34 moreLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL: $75,000 · Education+1 more: $600 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $40,000 · HealthGATEWAY TO HOPE: $10,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $6,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $4,000 · HealthJewish Federation of St Louis: $51,100 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCOVENANT PLACE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $18,000 · Science & TechSHAVING ISRAEL: $5,300 · International
Other$980,150Recreation & Sports$80,000Education$75,600Health$60,000Philanthropy$52,100Human Services$42,000Science & Tech$18,000International$5,300

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 budgetLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis: $51,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT PLACE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY TO HOPE: $10,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetST LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT: $6,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $600 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.

  • Who funds LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of St Louis ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT PLACE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY TO HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT ↗
  • Who funds SHAVING ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗

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.

Milford & Lee Bohm Ch…Sam and Marilyn Fox F…The Kranzberg Family …Jewish Federation of …St Louis Community Fo…The Chod Family Found…Gallop Family Foundat…The Patriot FoundationStaenberg Family Foun…The Foundation for Ba…Millstone FoundationCentene Foundation
Milford & Lee Bohm Charitable FoundationMO22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Milford & Lee Bohm Charitable Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Chod Family Foundation · Gallop Family Foundation · The Patriot Foundation · Staenberg Family Foundation · The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital · Millstone Foundation · Centene Foundation

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 Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 59 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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