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Shuchman Philanthropies Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$390k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Human Services$800kCivil Rights$340kSocial Science$160kPublic Benefit$160kPhilanthropy$136kEducation$111kPublic Safety & Disaster$90kReligion$83kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $275k
$30,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE$100,000
INSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH$75,000
REASON FOUNDATION$30,000
OPEN TO DEBATE FOUNDATION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS & EXPRESSION$25,000
PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $485k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LET GROW INC: $190k → 17%LET GROW INC: $140k → 17%LET GROW INC: $100k → 17%LET GROW INC: $55k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.5M · 14 repeat orgs$352k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +34% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$1.5M
$202k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+34%

Still filing today

71%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LG
    LET GROW INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $485k · revenue +164%
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    3× · 2021–2023 · $300k · revenue +17%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH
    4× · 2018–2024 · $190k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue +9%
  • TF
    THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • JJ
    JOHN JAY SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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.

2
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
3
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
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
6
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

9
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
10
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

12
Allbritton Journalism Institute

Allbritton journalism institute aims to train a new generation of non-partisan political reporters from diverse backgrounds to produce high-quality, fact-based journalism.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and the most unlike its peers is The Harvard Independent Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVeteran Support ServicesGovernment Accountability R…Independent K-8 SchoolsJewish Community FederationsDomestic Violence Crisis Se…Classical Music EnsemblesLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%42%35–55yr16%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%35%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr16%39%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%5%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,540

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LET GROW INC — $485,000 · Human ServicesLET GROW INC+1 more — $15,000 · Human ServicesHARVARD LAW SCHOOL — $100,000 · OtherHARVARD LAW SCHOOLFIRE — $90,000 · OtherFIREPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC — $73,016 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INCIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES — $25,000 · OtherTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FO…JOHN JAY SOCIETY INC — $25,000 · OtherJOHN JAY SOCIETY INCIndividual grant recipient — $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC — $25,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL…OPEN TO DEBATE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · OtherOPEN TO DEBATE FOUNDATION+5 more — $19,000 · OtherSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $300,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMER…INSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH — $190,000 · Public BenefitINSTITUTE FOR …CATO INSTITUTE — $35,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTEMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — $35,000 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN INST…THE REASON FOUNDATION — $100,000 · EducationTHE REASON …Horace Mann School — $56,000 · EducationHorace Mann…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN …REAL CLEAR FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationREAL CLEAR …New Civil Liberties Alliance — $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Harvard Independent Inc — $20,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC — $16,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,800 · Arts & CultureSilicon Valley Community Foundation — $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $18,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE — $17,500 · Philanthropy
Human Services$500,000Other$457,016Health$300,000Public Benefit$260,000Education$211,000Arts & Culture$137,800Philanthropy$135,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLET GROW INC — $485,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH — $190,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNew Civil Liberties Alliance — $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorace Mann School — $56,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE — $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN TO DEBATE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Harvard Independent Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE — $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC — $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC — $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERTS IN MOTION INC — $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Harjen Charitable FoundationNY15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Harjen Charitable Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Shuchman Philanthropies Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Shuchman Philanthropies Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Shuchman Philanthropies 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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