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Seller-Lehrer Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.4M
Granted FY2022
16
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$1.4M
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, FY2018 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$4.5MPhilanthropy$1.6MEnvironment$1.3MHuman Services$425kHealth$349kCivil Rights$345kCommunity Improvement$180kRecreation & Sports$158kOther$0
02FY2022 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.8M
$125,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$1,355,325
DRAMATISTS GUILD FOUNDATION$400,000
VOTERIDERS$245,000
MOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$176,727
WILD EARTH ALLIES$160,000
RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY$150,000
HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC$125,000
THE BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE$100,000
THE GREENING OF DETROIT'S DETROIT CONSERVATION CORPS$100,000
JULLIARD$100,000
ARTS IGNITE FKA ARTISTS STRIVING TO END POVERTY INC$75,000
THE 52ND STREET PROJECT INC$75,000
SEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY$50,000
SAY DETROIT$50,000
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 (FY19–22, $500k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $30k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $125k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $100k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $100k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $100k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $45k → 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

MI
NY
OH
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 21 repeat orgs$462k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
8

Total granted

$7.2M
$262k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+55%

Still filing today

81%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • TD
    THE DRAMATISTS GUILD FUND INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2.0M · revenue +0%
  • MY
    MOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT
    5× · 2018–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +14%
  • HF
    HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $425k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • EA
    ENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +220%
  • BA
    BLACK ARTS INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • AA
    ARRAY ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -37%
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
7
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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8
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
9
New York Restoration Project

New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…

Environment
10
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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11
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
12
The Alliance for Collective Action

The Alliance for Collective Action convenes leaders of environmental and social movements to advance solutions for a thriving planet. We advance our mission through the Alliance Center building and community, as well as through Collective…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

27 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. 27 of the 32 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DRAMATISTS GUILD FUND INC: $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DRAMATISTS GUILD FUND INCMOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT: $1,100,000 · Arts & CultureMOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROITARTS IGNITE INC: $375,000 · Arts & CultureARTS IGNITE INCTHE 52ND STREET PROJECT INC: $275,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 52ND STREET PROJECT INC+2 more: $150,000 · Arts & CultureARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE: $450,000 · EnvironmentARCHANGEL ANCIENT…Wild Earth Allies Inc: $320,000 · EnvironmentWild Earth Allies…SEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY: $250,000 · EnvironmentSEQUOIA PARKS CON…RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $157,500 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE PARK CO…ENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT AMERI…THE GREENING OF DETROIT: $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE GREENING OF D…+1 more: $30,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,355,325 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMEN…University of Michigan: $344,727 · OtherUniversity of Mi…PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND (KAHN THEATER): $318,000 · OtherPEF ISRAEL ENDOW…JULLIARD: $200,000 · OtherJULLIARDIPPFWestern Hemisphere Region Inc: $125,000 · OtherIPPFWestern Hemi…BLACK ARTS INSTITUTE: $100,000 · OtherBLACK ARTS INSTI…SAY DETROIT: $100,000 · OtherSAY DETROITHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $80,000 · OtherHISPANIC FEDERAT…+6 more: $75,000 · Other+6 moreHEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $425,000 · Human ServicesBROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesVOTERIDERS: $345,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $4,000 · Civil RightsWEARE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$3,900,000Environment$1,407,500Philanthropy$1,355,325Other$1,342,727Human Services$500,000Civil Rights$349,000Education$150,000

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 budgetTHE DRAMATISTS GUILD FUND INC: $2,000,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,355,325 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT: $1,100,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE: $450,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $425,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetARTS IGNITE INC: $375,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetVOTERIDERS: $345,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $344,727 over 3y, 54% of budgetWild Earth Allies Inc: $320,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE 52ND STREET PROJECT INC: $275,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetSEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY: $250,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $157,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWEARE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 97% of budgetENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSAY DETROIT: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE GREENING OF DETROIT: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $27,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $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.

American Endowment Fo…Hispanic Federation I…Broadway Caresequity …Tides FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
American Endowment FoundationOH15.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Hispanic Federation Inc · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · Tides Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Seller-Lehrer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Seller-Lehrer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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

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    How do I get to Seller-Lehrer Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Seller-Lehrer 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 32 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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