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Sheiffer 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$282kReligion$198kArts & Culture$35kEducation$29kPhilanthropy$11kHuman Services$3kYouth Development$3kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
$7,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$850k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND CLINIC$18,850
PBMC FOUNDATION$10,000
TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL$8,050
VERO BEACH ART MUSEUM$7,000
Individual grant recipient$6,600
ST MARK'S CHURCH$5,000
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS$3,355
THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$1,115
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 (FY19–19, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $500 → 7%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

NY
MA
OH
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
FL
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$391k · 20 repeat orgs$188k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
46

Total granted

$391k
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+31%

Still filing today

15%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TB
    TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL OF PORT WASHINGT ON
    4× · 2022–2025 · $114k
  • PB
    PECONIC BAY HOSPITAL
    3× · 2019–2023 · $70k
  • SM
    ST MARKS CHURCH
    4× · 2018–2022 · $39k

Funded once

  • IR
    INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $43k
  • JM
    JANET MCCARTY ALS FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • TM
    THE MACULA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $13k · revenue +47%
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
Northwell Health Foundation

Northwell health foundation inc. is dedicated toward helping donors, patients, and leaders link their vision and philanthropic support toward helping the underserved and uninsured, advancing the latest frontiers in medical technology and…

Health
2
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
3
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
4
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
5
Glen Cove Hospital

Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…

Health
6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…

Health
8
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
9
Staten Island University Hospital

Staten island university hospital is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
10
John T Mather Memorial Hospital

John t. mather memorial hospital ("mather") is a non-profit community hospital that is part of northwell health. mather strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical…

Health
11
Northwell Healthcare Inc

Northwell healthcare inc. coordinates policy making and strategic planning by providing advisory and administrative support services to affiliated health care organizations within northwell health; whose mission is to improve the health of…

Health
12
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Broadcasters Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Shalvah 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

18 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. 18 of the 69 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL OF PORT WASHINGT ON: $113,500 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ISRAEL OF PORT WASHINGT ONPECONIC BAY HOSPITAL: $70,000 · OtherPECONIC BAY HOSPITALJANET MCCARTY ALS FUND: $40,000 · OtherJANET MCCARTY ALS FUNDST MARKS CHURCH: $39,450 · OtherST MARKS CHURCHCLEVELAND CLINIC: $38,850 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINICCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $21,980 · OtherPBMC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherST MARK'S CHURCH: $19,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $18,400 · Other+45 more: $99,615 · Other+45 moreINDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $43,000 · HealthINDIAN RIVER…THE MACULA FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · HealthTHE MACULA F…THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATI…+2 more: $800 · HealthRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $1,115 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATION: $1,005 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureNORTHWELL HEALTH INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $500 · PhilanthropyOLDFIELDS SCHOOL INC: $500 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationEast End Hospice Inc: $500 · Human Services
Other$480,795Health$61,300Arts & Culture$19,870Community Improvement$10,000Philanthropy$5,000Education$1,000Human Services$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MACULA FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $1,115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $1,005 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLDFIELDS SCHOOL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $250 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 INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MACULA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHALVAH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds PBS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Sheiffer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheiffer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 69 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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