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Shmerler Foundation Inc

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.

$218k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$55,600
Organizations funded a year
34 to 48
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$838k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Shmerler Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving44$162k11%
FY202444$161k9%
FY202348$151k21%
FY202245$127k22%
FY202134$108k9%
FY202041$103kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$472kHealth$245kYouth Development$205kPhilanthropy$85kReligion$38kHuman Services$36kArts & Culture$20kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
TN
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Shmerler Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Surprise Lake Camp$187,00061%
Lehigh University$119,00060%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$72,50060%
White Plains Hospital Medical Center$65,50060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$61,25760%
Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc$36,00060%
Congregation Kol Ami$33,8536n/a
Westchester Children's Association Inc$26,00061%
Feeding Westchester Inc$15,00060%
The Main Idea Inc$12,50061%
The Daily Pennsylvanian Inc$8,90060%
Artsmart World Foundation Inc$7,5003n/a
Hopes Door Inc$7,00060%
Northern Westchester Hospital Association$6,00060%
The Glaucoma Foundation Inc$6,00060%
Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc$6,00060%
Rutgers University Foundation$5,00050%
Jill E Solomon Charitable Foundation$5,00063%
Student Advocacy Inc$4,50050%
Junior Tennis Foundation Inc$4,25031%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$4,00060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,00040%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$3,00040%
Pet Rescue Incorporated$3,00060%
Parkinson Research Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Greenwich Hospital$3,00060%
Copland House Inc$2,00030%
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Inc$1,5002n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,50020%
Live Like Blaine Foundation$1,50060%
Little Star Foundation Inc$1,50050%
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated$1,50060%
Westchester Philharmonic Inc$1,05030%
Friends of Karen Inc$1,05020%
Concert Artists Guild Inc$1,00010%
Opera Maine$1,00010%
Hero Inc$60041%
Temple Emanu-El$5001n/a
Decorators Club Education Fund Inc$50010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5001n/a
Center for Educational Innovation Inc$50010%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$50010%
Stand Up to Cancer$5001n/a
National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$50010%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$36010%
Westchester Community College Foundation Inc$25010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$25010%
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc$10010%
Meals-On-Wheels of White Plains Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shmerler Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSurprise Lake Camp: $187,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetLehigh University: $119,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $72,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $65,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $61,257 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $36,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWestchester Children's Association Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFeeding Westchester Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Main Idea Inc: $12,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Daily Pennsylvanian Inc: $8,900 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHopes Door Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Westchester Hospital Association: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Glaucoma Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetScarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJill E Solomon Charitable Foundation: $5,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetStudent Advocacy Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Tennis Foundation Inc: $4,250 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPet Rescue Incorporated: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetParkinson Research Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Hospital: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCopland House Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLive Like Blaine Foundation: $1,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Star Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Philharmonic Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Karen Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConcert Artists Guild Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Maine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHero Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDecorators Club Education Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Tennis Centers Foundation Inc: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Community College Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals-On-Wheels of White Plains Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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 FundNY22.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Jandon Foundation · The V & L Marx Foundation · St Faith's House Foundation · The Toby and Nataly Ritter Family Foundation · Pcsb Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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.

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About Shmerler Foundation Inc

How much does Shmerler Foundation Inc give?
Shmerler Foundation Inc reported 46 grants totaling $218,111 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 48 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Shmerler Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Health (21%), Youth Development (18%).
Who are Shmerler Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Surprise Lake Camp ($187k), Lehigh University ($119k), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($73k).
Does Shmerler Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Shmerler Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Shmerler Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, Jandon Foundation.
Where is Shmerler Foundation Inc based?
Shmerler Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 75 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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