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Silbert Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$4k
Granted FY2018
21
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2018 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$100
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION$1,000
BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC$500
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$300
WNET$300
FRACTURED ATLAS INC$200
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$200
DALTON SCHOOLS INC$200
NEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASES FUND$200
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NEW YORK INC$100
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$100
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC$100
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$100
CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS$100
FRESH AIR FUND$100
THE DOE FUND INC$100
02The need
02

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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER: $100 → 14%SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NEW YORK INC: $100 → 12%BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $500 → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $50 → 28%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%NEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASES FUND: $200 → 17%UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION: $1k → 17%MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 → 17%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $100 → 17%FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $200 → 17%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $300 → 17%WNET: $300 → 17%DALTON SCHOOLS INC: $200 → 17%FRESH AIR FUND: $100 → 17%CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $100 → 17%GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $50 → 17%VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $100 → 17%INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $100 → 17%THE DOE FUND INC: $100 → 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.

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 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
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
3
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
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.

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6
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
7
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
8
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp

To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.

Community Improvement
9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
11
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc and the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 46 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%5%10–20yr21%10%20–35yr14%55%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%8%10–20yr21%8%20–35yr14%58%35–55yr13%27%55yr+

The field is 18% 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 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
10%
2,179/20,861

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.

03the grantee network

21 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $1,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $300 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATIONTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND — $200 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUNDBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC — $500 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $100 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC — $100 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INCVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK — $100 · OtherVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW Y…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $100 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA IN…SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $100 · OtherSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONTHE DOE FUND INC — $100 · OtherTHE DOE FUND INCWildlife Conservation Society — $50 · OtherWNET — $300 · Arts & CultureWNETFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $200 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCINTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC — $100 · Arts & CultureINTREPID MUSEUM FOU…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $100 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CE…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $200 · Civil RightsDALTON SCHOOLS INC — $200 · EducationFRESH AIR FUND — $100 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $100 · Recreation & SportsCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $100 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $50 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$1,500Other$1,150Arts & Culture$700Civil Rights$200Education$200Recreation & Sports$200Food & Nutrition$150

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALTON SCHOOLS INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Silbert Family Charitable Foundation 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.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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

    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.

    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 21 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2019) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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