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Selma Schechter Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Selma Schechter Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$35k
Granted FY2019
13
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0175% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Religion$88kInternational$54kArts & Culture$14kHuman Services$12kHealth$11kEducation$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2019 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k12 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED HATZALAH$13,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BAIS CHANA$5,000
BIKUR CHOLIM$2,500
JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES$2,500
Jewish Leadership Institute$2,500
Dranoff International 2$1,000
A F Kindness and Charity$700
DEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION$500
Mesivta of Greater Miami$500
Congregation Beth Israel$396
YAD EZRA$360
Yad L'Achim$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%DEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 → 13%BIKUR CHOLIM OF MIAMI BEACH: $2k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 15%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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$110k · 8 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
36

Total granted

$110k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationReligionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • JL
    JEWISH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $18k · revenue +52%
  • YI
    Yehudi Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +116%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • YT
    Yeshiva Toras Chaim
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • YT
    YESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TORAS EMES
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • BJ
    BETH JACOB CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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3
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
4
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
Yotzer Ohr Inc

Our school is run on a system of mutual respect, for teachers, administration and students. in a warm and caring environment, full of creativity and multi-faceted approaches to education, we ignite a spark in each girl to love hashem and…

Education
7
Sherit Isroel
—
8
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
9
American Friends of Yeshivat Nachalat Yossef

The organization will provide financial assistance to educational institutions that promote the observance of the jewish religion, its laws and traditions, and sacred texts, including yeshivat nachalat yossef, located in jerusalem, israel.

Religion
10
American Friends of Ohev Yisrael

Support for study of torah and chasiddus in ramat shilo, israel

Religion
11
Yeshiva Yesodei Hachaim

To provide secondary high school education in Brooklyn, NY

—
12
Yeshivas Nachlas Bnei Shimon

To provide financial assistance to jewish educational and charitable causes.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emunah of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Debbie's Dream 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

14 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. 14 of the 50 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $42,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYeshiva Toras Chaim: $15,000 · OtherYeshiva Toras ChaimCONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL INC: $13,596 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL INCYESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TORAS EMES: $12,500 · OtherYESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TORAS EMESBETH JACOB CONGREGATION: $10,250 · OtherBETH JACOB CONGREGATIONMIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY KOLLEL INC: $7,500 · OtherLUBAVITCH EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $5,720 · OtherMesivta of Greater Miami: $5,500 · Other+29 more: $46,560 · Other+29 moreJEWISH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC: $18,200 · InternationalJEWISH LEADE…EMUNAH OF AMERICA INC: $7,500 · InternationalEMUNAH OF AM…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KINDNESS & CHAR: $1,350 · InternationalYehudi Inc: $14,800 · ReligionYESHIVA OF MIAMI INC: $1,500 · ReligionFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $13,500 · Arts & CultureJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesBIKUR CHOLIM OF MIAMI BEACH INC: $1,800 · Human ServicesDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 · Human ServicesCHARGE SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah: $2,500 · EducationYESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,200 · EducationMESIFTA OF GREATER MIAMI-LOUIS: $1,000 · Education
Other$159,126International$27,050Religion$16,300Arts & Culture$13,500Human Services$12,800Philanthropy$10,000Education$4,700

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 budgetJEWISH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC: $18,200 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetYehudi Inc: $14,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $13,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARGE SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEMUNAH OF AMERICA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF MIAMI BEACH INC: $1,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KINDNESS & CHAR: $1,350 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMESIFTA OF GREATER MIAMI-LOUIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYAD EZRA: $360 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Yehudi Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARGE SYNDROME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EMUNAH OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah ↗
  • Who funds BIKUR CHOLIM OF MIAMI BEACH INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA OF MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KINDNESS & CHAR ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds MESIFTA OF GREATER MIAMI-LOUIS ↗

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 FundAlice G Hanson Family…The Russell & Ronalee…Greater Miami Jewish …The Ojc FundThe Dennis Berman Fam…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…
Jewish Communal FundNY16.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Alice G Hanson Family Foundation · The Russell & Ronalee Galbut Family Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Ojc Fund · The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment 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 Selma Schechter Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Selma Schechter Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Yehudi Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 50 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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