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Spektor Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Spektor Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$208k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$565kEducation$199kAnimals$180kInternational$135kCivil Rights$135kReligion$112kHealth$80kPhilanthropy$67kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $177k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$656k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$40,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$29,000
WNET NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA$20,000
Individual grant recipient$18,000
HOOF HAND AND PAW CONNECTION$15,000
GREENPOINT REFORMED CHURCH$15,000
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC$10,000
RUNNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$10,000
ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH$8,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
SCOA INC ARTS CENTER$5,000
MARK MORRIS DANCE TROUPE$5,000
BAY STREET THEATER FESTIFAL$2,500
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 (FY18–21, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHELTERBOX: $5k → 9%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $15k → 14%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $2k → 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

VT
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 48 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 40 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
59

Total granted

$1.3M
$372k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+30%

Still filing today

65%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsEducationInternationalPhilanthropyHuman 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

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $100k · revenue +67%
  • NY
    NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    5× · 2017–2023 · $50k · revenue +33%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • JJ
    JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -54%
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
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
3
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
4
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
7
Bang On a Can

Presenting, commissioning, performing, recording and teaching contemporary music. bang on a can believes in exposing exciting new music as broadly and accessibly as possible. through it's summer institute, bang on a can hopes to bring this…

Arts & Culture
8
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
9
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
10
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
11
St Ann's Warehouse Inc

See schedule ost. ann's warehouse fills a vital niche on new york city's cultural landscape as an artistic home for the american avant-garde, international companies of distinction, and highly talented emerging artists ready to work on a…

Arts & Culture
12
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Hoof Hand Paw Connection 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

61 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. 61 of the 117 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/61
Grantees still filing
46/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WQXR: $110,000 · OtherWQXRPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $60,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODIndividual grant recipient: $53,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $50,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTSPS3SCC (THE CHARRETTE SCHOOL): $40,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN JEWISH CENTER: $35,000 · Other+73 more: $586,051 · Other+73 moreNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESP…AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $30,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SYMPHON…OPERA AMERICA INC: $28,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA AMERICA IN…WNET: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWNETMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $22,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUS…American Museum of Natural History: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum …GAINESVILLE YOUTH CHORUS INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureGAINESVILLE YOUT…Museum of Modern Art: $11,000 · Arts & CultureUNIONDOCS INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $32,400 · Arts & Culture+10 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100,000 · InternationalInternation…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $34,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTR…HIAS INC: $25,000 · InternationalHIAS INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FR…HOOF HAND PAW CONNECTION INC: $90,000 · AnimalsHOOF HAND …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERIC…BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $25,000 · AnimalsBALTIMORE …+3 more: $9,500 · Animals+3 moreSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $45,000 · EducationSCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL THE JOHN MELSER CHARRETTE SCHOOL PS 3: $25,000 · EducationHAYGROUND SCHOOL INC: $12,500 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $10,000 · EducationUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $35,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $30,000 · Civil Rights
Other$934,051Arts & Culture$245,900International$169,000Animals$154,500Education$92,500Philanthropy$65,000Civil Rights$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOOF HAND PAW CONNECTION INC: $90,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $34,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA AMERICA INC: $28,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWNET: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL THE JOHN MELSER CHARRETTE SCHOOL PS 3: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHIAS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGAINESVILLE YOUTH CHORUS INC: $17,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGS FOOD PANTRY INC: $13,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHAYGROUND SCHOOL INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIONDOCS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEO POLITICAL COWGIRLS INC: $8,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYork Theatre Company Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAHA HEHE GLOBAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCREATIVE MINDS NYC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC: $1,700 over 2y, 3.0% 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Ford FoundationThe Reba Judith Sandl…The Howard Gilman Fou…ImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
Jewish Communal FundNY17× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ford Foundation · The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Spektor Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spektor Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%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
3get no government money at all
17report 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.

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 117 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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