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Spodek Family Foundation

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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
63
Grants FY2024
63
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$698,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 63
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$85k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Spodek Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionHealthPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving63$1.2M37%
FY202363$1.3M33%
FY202257$1.2M35%
FY202151$2.1M31%
FY202054$865k30%
FY201946$352k39%
FY201850$339k70%
FY201737$248kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$4.8MReligion$1.6MEducation$472kInternational$254kFood & Nutrition$94kHuman Services$80kHealth$64kArts & Culture$59kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mesorah Heritage Foundation$292,43151%
Shul of Bal Harbour Inc$175,3166n/a
Religious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada Inc$140,42521%
Ramaz School$139,6248n/a
Fifth Avenue Synagogue$106,8687n/a
Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach$83,7798n/a
Congregation Tiferes Shulem D Nadvorna Inc$81,3905n/a
Chabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank$45,48072%
Yad David Inc$44,00040%
Chabad Relief Project Inc$40,00085%
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All grantees of Spodek Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mesorah Heritage Foundation$292,43151%
Shul of Bal Harbour Inc$175,3166n/a
Religious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada Inc$140,42521%
Ramaz School$139,6248n/a
Fifth Avenue Synagogue$106,8687n/a
Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach$83,7798n/a
Congregation Tiferes Shulem D Nadvorna Inc$81,3905n/a
Chabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank$45,48072%
Yad David Inc$44,00040%
Chabad Relief Project Inc$40,00085%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$37,22760%
Moise Safra Community Center Inc$36,70640%
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun$34,8555n/a
Tov Vachesed Inc$27,00071%
American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc$25,00010%
Chabad House Publications$25,00014%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$23,77520%
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy$22,6855n/a
Trustees of Boston University$22,36060%
Belev Echad Inc$20,00010%
West Side Institutional Synagogue$18,1195n/a
Bonei Olam Inc$18,00010%
Grove Street Mikvah Inc$18,00021%
Rockaway Citizens Safety Patrol Inc$15,7812n/a
Nefesh Yehudie Inc$15,00011%
Tomchei Shabbos-Yad Yeshaya Inc$12,60060%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$11,10040%
Nison Pinson Foundation$11,00026%
Lincoln Square Synagogue Inc$10,9104n/a
The Altneu Synagogue$10,8761n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,80030%
Masbia$10,00010%
Carmei Ha'Ir International$10,00031%
Israel Emergency Alliance$10,00010%
Camp Hasc Inc$8,60020%
Congregation Beth Sholom$8,2801n/a
Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County Inc$7,50040%
Chabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc$7,0704n/a
Chabad of South Orlando Inc$6,8002n/a
Keren or Inc$6,06050%
Achiezer Community Resource Center Inc$5,60030%
For Our Heroes Benefit Fund$5,5101n/a
Keren Hachesed$5,4003n/a
Chai Lifeline Inc$5,36030%
Atlantic Beach Rescue Unit Inc$5,18029%
Centurion Foundation Inc$5,02930%
US Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc$5,00010%
Congregation Chesed Shel Emes Inc$5,0001n/a
Heartbeet Lifesharing Corporation$4,08040%
American Brain Tumor Association$4,00040%
The Special Children Center$3,00030%
Island Harvest Ltd$2,50010%
Dallas Torah Institute$2,3602n/a
Israel Special Kids Fund$2,00020%
Congregation Ahavath Torah$1,8481n/a
American Friends of Migdal Torah Inc$1,80010%
Rutgers Learning Network Inc$1,80010%
Shulamith School for Girls Inc$1,80010%
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid$1,8001n/a
Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin$1,8001n/a
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$1,80010%
Hachaim Vehashalom Inc$1,8001n/a
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$1,60020%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$1,02310%
Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc$1,0001n/a
Cheder Menachem INC$1,00010%
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$1,00010%
Chabad of St Maarten$1,0001n/a
Project Purple Inc$1,00010%
National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Mitzvah Man Foundation Corp$1,00010%
Misaskim Corp$1,00010%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$1,00010%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$1,00010%
Emunah of America Inc$55020%
Gateways Organization Inc$50610%
Bais Tefila of Inwood$5001n/a
American Friends of Nishmat Inc$50010%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$50020%
Sharing Seats Inc$50010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$50010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$37520%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$36020%
Tacoma Arts Live$18010%
Chasdei Yisroel Inc$18010%
American Museum of Natural History$15010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 99 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spodek Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMesorah Heritage Foundation: $292,431 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetReligious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada Inc: $140,425 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank: $45,480 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetYad David Inc: $44,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChabad Relief Project Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $37,227 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMoise Safra Community Center Inc: $36,706 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTov Vachesed Inc: $27,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChabad House Publications: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $23,775 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $22,360 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBelev Echad Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrove Street Mikvah Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNefesh Yehudie Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTomchei Shabbos-Yad Yeshaya Inc: $12,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $11,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNison Pinson Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMasbia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCarmei Ha'Ir International: $10,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Hasc Inc: $8,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKeren or Inc: $6,060 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAchiezer Community Resource Center Inc: $5,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $5,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Beach Rescue Unit Inc: $5,180 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetCenturion Foundation Inc: $5,029 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUS Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeartbeet Lifesharing Corporation: $4,080 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Special Children Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Harvest Ltd: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Special Kids Fund: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal Torah Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRutgers Learning Network Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShulamith School for Girls Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $1,023 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCheder Menachem INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Purple Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMitzvah Man Foundation Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMisaskim Corp: $1,000 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 62.

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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 FundNY42.3× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Swieca Children Foundation · The Ojc Fund · Fjc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · E R G Foundation · The Jmg Foundation · The Setton Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Anne and Natalio Fridman Foundation · Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation · David & Esther Muschel 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.

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About Spodek Family Foundation

How much does Spodek Family Foundation give?
Spodek Family Foundation reported 63 grants totaling $1,245,816 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Spodek Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (63%), Religion (22%), Education (6%).
Who are Spodek Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mesorah Heritage Foundation ($292k), Shul of Bal Harbour Inc ($175k), Religious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada Inc ($140k).
Does Spodek Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Spodek Family Foundation 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 Spodek Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Swieca Children Foundation, The Ojc Fund.
Where is Spodek Family Foundation based?
Spodek Family Foundation 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 191 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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