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Selkowitz Family Foundation at a glance

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Selkowitz Family Foundation

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.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$442kHuman Services$240kEnvironment$158kRecreation & Sports$136kArts & Culture$135kEducation$70kReligion$55kInternational$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC$20,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF STAMFORD$15,000
STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
JWV COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS INC$7,500
MILL RIVER PARK COLLABORATIVE$5,500
LUPUS LA$5,000
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY$3,000
DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIAT$2,500
BARTLETT ARBORTUM GARDENS$2,100
AMERICAN PROMISE$1,000
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TIDES CENTER: $1k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $1k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY: $500 → 17%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $4k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $4k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $4k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $3k → 9%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 28 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
15

Total granted

$1.2M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+8%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $278k · revenue +55%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $224k · revenue +100%
  • SM
    Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $150k · revenue +135%

Funded once

  • TB
    TEMPLE BETH EL
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • TM
    THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • BT
    BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +46%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
6
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
7
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
8
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
9
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mill River Collaborative Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roundabout Theatre Company 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

34 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. 34 of the 46 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $223,650 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INCSTAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $61,000 · OtherSTAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONTEMPLE BETH EL: $50,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH EL+21 more: $74,350 · Other+21 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $278,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERLUPUS LA CO EMERGE: $80,500 · HealthLUPUS LA CO EMERGE+2 more: $19,000 · HealthStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $150,000 · Arts & CultureStamford Museum & Nature…AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $106,000 · Arts & CultureAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER…DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $11,400 · Arts & CultureMILL RIVER COLLABORATIVE INC: $136,000 · Recreation & SportsMILL RIVER …JWV COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS INC: $42,500 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $2,750 · EducationAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,000 · InternationalBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $13,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human Services
Other$409,000Health$377,500Arts & Culture$282,400Recreation & Sports$136,000Education$55,250International$26,000Human Services$15,500

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 budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $278,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $223,650 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMILL RIVER COLLABORATIVE INC: $136,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $106,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetLUPUS LA CO EMERGE: $80,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetJWV COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS INC: $42,500 over 6y, 42% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHAREWELL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONVERSATIONS ON THE GREENINC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAMFORD LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

Fairfield County's Co…Boehm Family Foundati…Stamford Rotary Trust…Claire L Helsing Foun…Rich Foundation IncSimmons Family Founda…Garden Homes FundAlexander Family Foun…The Pitney Bowes Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Herbert & Nell Si…Peoples United Commun…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Boehm Family Foundation · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · Claire L Helsing Foundation · Rich Foundation Inc · Simmons Family Foundation Inc · Garden Homes Fund · Alexander Family Foundation Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community 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 Selkowitz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Selkowitz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Mill River Collaborative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Stamford Land Conservation Trust Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Pacific House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Selkowitz Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Selkowitz Family 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 46 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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