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Spohler Foundation Inc % Linda Spohler

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.

$640k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fund
0182% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$1.5MHealth$750kInternational$399kHousing & Shelter$190kYouth Development$190kPhilanthropy$120kHuman Services$81kCommunity Improvement$80kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $450k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER$150,000
ROOM TO READ$100,000
LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
PROJECT MORRY$50,000
REMAIN IN LIGHT FOUNDATION INC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL$30,000
DRESS FOR SUCCESS$25,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$20,000
MARKET STREET MISSION$20,000
HAND IN HAND PARENTING$20,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$10,000
GREEN SCHOOL BALI$10,000
ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL$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 (FY23–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT INC: $25k → 14%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
NJ
CA
DC
OK
TX
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.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 7% of Spohler Foundation Inc % Linda Spohler’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Spohler Foundation Inc % Linda Spohlerlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.7% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.6M · 23 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of -3% since the first grant, against -31% for the ones you funded once.

23 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
8

Total granted

$3.6M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
-31%

Still filing today

26%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesOther

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

  • RT
    ROOM TO READ
    8× · 2017–2024 · $675k · revenue +23%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    5× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +52%
  • WF
    WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • CO
    Children of the Night
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +9%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • DB
    DUBIN BREAST CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $20k

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
The Malala Fund

We work to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. by completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own life…

Education
2
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
3
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
4
Earthchildren Rescue Incorporated

Earthchildren builds sustainable cities and communities in dark and hard to reach places with a focus on vulnerable women and orphaned children. we create programs that deliver holistic and balanced services including learning centers and…

International
5
Sesame Workshop

Sesame workshop's mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder. (see schedule o)

Arts & Culture
6
Childhood Education International

To promote innovative solutions to education challenges and inspire action that creates positive, sustainable futures for children and youth worldwide

7
United Nations International School

Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…

Education
8
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
9
School the World Inc

School the world is committed to solving extreme poverty through the power of education. using a grassroots model, we unite community leaders, parents, and teachers to combat failing school systems, improve learning outcomes, and disrupt…

Philanthropy
10
International Humanity Foundation
Philanthropy
11
World Learning Inc

Creating a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world through education, development, and exchange since 1932. as both an accredited academic institution and an international ngo, world learning, inc. offers the best of theory and practice…

International
12
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity International Inc D/B/a Opportunity International-Us and the most unlike its peers is Women for Women International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

05the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 33 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER — $500,000 · OtherMORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTERPROJECT MORRY — $220,000 · OtherPROJECT MORRYIndividual grant recipient — $215,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST GABRIEL HOME FOUNDATION — $190,000 · OtherST GABRIEL HOME FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $180,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDRESS FOR SUCCESS — $180,000 · OtherDRESS FOR SUCCESSTRUSTEES OF COLUMIBA UNIVERSITY — $160,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMIBA UNIVERSITYIMPACT A VILLAGE INC — $133,500 · OtherIMPACT A VILLAGE INCCHANGE FOR KIDS INC — $130,000 · OtherNYS PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE — $100,000 · OtherLAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL — $90,000 · Other+10 more — $285,000 · Other+10 moreROOM TO READ — $675,000 · EducationROOM TO READTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $350,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSI…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $110,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT…HAND IN HAND PARENTING — $56,000 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · EducationOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $155,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL — $100,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $10,000 · InternationalGREEN SCHOOL BALI INC — $65,000 · PhilanthropyChildren of the Night — $25,000 · Human ServicesMS HOPE FOR A CURE INC — $10,000 · Health
Other$2,483,500Education$1,196,000International$265,000Philanthropy$65,000Human Services$25,000Health$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetROOM TO READ — $675,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $155,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT A VILLAGE INC — $133,500 over 6y, 34% of budgetCHANGE FOR KIDS INC — $130,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL — $100,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN SCHOOL BALI INC — $65,000 over 8y, 49% of budgetHAND IN HAND PARENTING — $56,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetChildren of the Night — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMS HOPE FOR A CURE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conscious Kid — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds ROOM TO READ
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US
  • Who funds IMPACT A VILLAGE INC
  • Who funds CHANGE FOR KIDS INC
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
  • Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds GREEN SCHOOL BALI INC
  • Who funds HAND IN HAND PARENTING
  • Who funds Children of the Night
  • Who funds MS HOPE FOR A CURE INC
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND
  • Who funds The Conscious Kid

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.

Network for GoodDC8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · 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 Spohler Foundation Inc % Linda Spohler 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 · 10%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY2024

    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 Spohler Foundation Inc % Linda Spohler?

    Find your warmest path to Spohler Foundation Inc % Linda Spohler 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 33 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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