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Schwarz Family Foundation at a glance

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Schwarz 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.

$39k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$58kPhilanthropy$50kCivil Rights$48kReligion$35kEducation$29kHuman Services$24kCrime & Legal$3kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$144k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UJA-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NY INC$10,000
WNET$10,000
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES INC$10,000
PROJECT EZRA$3,600
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION$2,500
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$1,800
PROJECT KESHER$360
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY$180
BAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC$100
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 (FY20–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $200 → 6%JCC OF MANHATTAN: $20k → 17%JCC OF MANHATTAN: $10k → 17%PROJECT EZRA: $5k → 17%PROJECT EZRA: $4k → 17%PROJECT EZRA: $4k → 17%PROJECT EZRA: $4k → 17%DOROT INC: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
AL
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 8 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
17

Total granted

$205k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+19%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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

  • AT
    AVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $48k · revenue +51%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $45k · revenue +5%
  • FH
    FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -10%
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -66%
  • K
    KIVUNIM
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -8%
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 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
2
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
3
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
4
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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6
Jewish Electorate Institute

The jewish electorate institute (jei) is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that surveys, interprets, reports, and educates the public about the perspectives, voting behaviors, and motivations of the american jewish…

Civil Rights
7
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
8
Yeshiva University High Schools

The yeshiva university high schools has as its educational mission to teach and perpetuate the values of torah and secular studies. see schedule o.

Education
9
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc

Yivo's mission is to study the thousand-year history of jewish life in eastern europe and russia in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways and material culture. yivo's archive and library preserves a significant collection…

Religion
10
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
11
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Facing History & Ourselves Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

24 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. 24 of the 31 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY & OURSELVE…WNET: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWNET+2 more: $280 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CEN…Project Ezra: $15,800 · Human ServicesProject EzraFOOTSTEPS INC: $7,160 · Human ServicesFOOTSTEPS INC+2 more: $700 · Human ServicesUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-F…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATIONAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $47,500 · Community ImprovementAVODAH THE JEWISH SER…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES…KIVUNIM: $1,800 · EducationKIVUNIMCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationWellesley College: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $180 · EducationHEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION: $2,500 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $2,300 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $1,500 · OtherCHARITY: $750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500 · OtherNEW ISRAEL FUND: $2,000 · OtherMOVING TRADITIONS: $1,000 · OtherFeeding America: $1,000 · Other+5 more: $1,198 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$57,780Human Services$53,660Philanthropy$50,000Community Improvement$47,500Education$28,980Other$12,748Civil Rights$2,500

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 budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $47,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezra: $15,800 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $7,160 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIVUNIM: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVING TRADITIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Kesher: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESS FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT LYME: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $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.

Jewish Communal FundDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · 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 Schwarz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schwarz Family Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 31 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home