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Sophie and David Rubin Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Sophie and David Rubin Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

Education$12kReligion$9kFood & Nutrition$7kHuman Services$5kHealth$2kPhilanthropy$2kInternational$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LEFFELL SCHOOL$7,000
JCC OF GREATER COLUMBUS$2,500
COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$2,500
CONG AGUDAS ACHIM$2,000
MAZON$2,000
UNITED JEWISH FED OF NNJ$1,000
ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION$1,000
THE LEFFELL SCHOOL$500
JCC OF GREATER COLUMBUS$500
JEWISH FAM AND CHILDRENS SVC$500
NECHAMA$500
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENT FOR THE BLIND$300
MIDNIGHT RUN$250
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID$200
ALISA ANN RUCH BURN FOUNDATION$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 (FY20–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENT FOR THE BLIND: $300 → 6%PROJECT EZRA: $500 → 17%DOROT: $500 → 17%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

NH
MN
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
WV
MD
DC
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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11k · 3 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +115% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
11

Total granted

$11k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+115%
+41%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
Human ServicesInternationalEducationEmploymentHealthOther
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

  • MA
    MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger
    2× · 2020–2021 · $6k · revenue +45%
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k · revenue +115%
  • N
    NECHAMA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1k

Funded once

  • MS
    MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • MA
    MARBURN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -20%
  • SL
    SURPRISE LAKE CAMPgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +97%
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
3
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc

Avodah develops lifelong social justice leaders whose work is informed by jewish values and who inspire the jewish community to work toward a more just and equitable world.

Community Improvement
4
Joint Israel

To help build a more just society by creating model programs for disadvantaged populations. The activities focus primarily on helping Israel overcome the challenges facing five groups (cont. on sched O):

International
5
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
6
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
7
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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8
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
9
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc

Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has acted on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to fulfill the principle that "kol Yisrael arevim zeh l'zeh" - all Jews are responsible for one…

International
10
American Jewish University

American jewish university (aju) advances and elevates the jewish journey of individuals, organizations and our community through excellence in scholarship, teaching, engaged conversation, and outreach. aju is a thriving center of jewish…

Education
11
Akiva School

At akiva, we pursue excellence, foster critical inquiry, and inspire informed jewish living. we believe in, promote, and expect academic excellence in our general studies and jewish studies curriculum. our educational program incorporates…

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12
Dorot Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dorot Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 28 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LEFFELL SCHOOL: $7,500 · OtherTHE LEFFELL SCHOOLMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $6,000 · OtherMAZON A Jewish Response to HungerTHE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION: $3,500 · OtherTHE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGIONTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS: $3,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUSMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER: $2,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCERCONG AGUDAS ACHIM: $2,000 · OtherCONG AGUDAS ACHIM+10 more: $6,700 · Other+10 moreTHE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationTHE COLUMBU…MARBURN ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationMARBURN ACA…FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $500 · InternationalHIAS INC: $500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $200 · InternationalProject Ezra: $500 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $500 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $300 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMIDNIGHT RUN INC: $250 · EmploymentALISA ANN RUCH BURN FOUNDATION: $100 · Health
Other$30,700Education$4,000International$1,700Human Services$1,300Philanthropy$1,000Employment$250Health$100

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 budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARBURN ACADEMY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSURPRISE LAKE CAMP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezra: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDNIGHT RUN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALISA ANN RUCH BURN FOUNDATION: $100 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.

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Sophie and David Rubin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sophie and David Rubin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Sophie and David Rubin Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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