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Steven Broitman 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.

$206k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Philanthropy$165kCivil Rights$138kInternational$86kPublic Benefit$60kEducation$58kArts & Culture$47kHealth$25kReligion$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $56k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPEWELL FUND$50,000
ACCELERATE CHANGE INC$50,000
AMERICA VOTES EDUCATION FUND$50,000
Individual grant recipient$5,200
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$5,000
INNOCENCE PROJECT INC$5,000
PHILADELPHIA BUDDIST ASSOCIATION$5,000
GRAND OPERA HOUSE INC$3,500
APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY$2,500
LEGAL ACTION CHICAGO$2,500
PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE CED SOCIETY$2,500
GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,500
WHYY$2,500
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST$2,500
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOC FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES$2,500
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 (FY23–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
WV
MD
DE
DC
AL

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 11% of Steven Broitman Foundation’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.

Steven Broitman Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% 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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$350k · 22 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +14% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

22 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
5

Total granted

$350k
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+1%

Still filing today

77%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Civil RightsInternationalArts & CultureEducationHealthCrime & LegalOther

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

  • WA
    WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BROITMAN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $115k · revenue +99%
  • OXFAM-AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -7%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +1%

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
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

2
American Arbitration Association Inc

The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.

Crime & Legal
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
9
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
10
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
American Intellectual Property Law Association

The association was formed to maintain a high standard of professional ethics among its members and to aid in the institution of improvements in legal education and to provide information to the public in laws relating to patents,…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amnesty International of the Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Broitman Foundation Inc. 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 38 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%38%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%11%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%16%20–35yr13%39%35–55yr16%12%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 11% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/26
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,539

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.

05the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE BROITMAN FOUNDATION INC — $115,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BROITMAN FOUNDATION INCHOPEWELL FUND — $50,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUNDAmerica Votes Education Fund — $60,000 · Civil RightsAmerica Votes Education FundACCELERATE CHANGE INC — $50,000 · Civil RightsACCELERATE CHANGE INCANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $30,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $10,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVE…AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE — $7,500 · Civil RightsOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $20,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $20,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $20,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS W…SEVA FOUNDATION — $12,500 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIO…AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $10,000 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERN…WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND — $50,000 · EducationWORKING AM…WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 · EducationWIKIMEDIA …Individual grant recipient — $10,200 · OtherIndividual grant…THE PHILADELPHIA BUDDHIST ASSOCIA- TION — $10,000 · OtherTHE PHILADELPHIA…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FDTN — $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL L…CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST — $7,500 · OtherCORPORATION FOR …INSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY INC — $7,500 · OtherINSIGHT MEDITATI…PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE CED SOCIETY — $3,500 · OtherMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC — $17,500 · OtherMULTIDISCIPLINAR…GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $7,500 · OtherGLAUCOMA RESEARC…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $10,000 · OtherTHE INNOCENCE PR…APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY — $7,500 · OtherAPPALACHIAN TRAI…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $17,500 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC — $10,500 · Arts & CultureBRANDYWINE FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC INC — $7,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND OPERA HOUSE INC — $3,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $30,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC — $5,500 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$165,000Civil Rights$157,500International$82,500Education$57,500Other$91,200Arts & Culture$39,000Crime & Legal$35,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAmerica Votes Education Fund — $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC — $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWHYY INC — $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDYWINE FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC INC — $7,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC — $5,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND OPERA HOUSE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundNY11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Steven Broitman 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.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 5%
  • Grand Opera House Inc5% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
typical government reliance, FY2025

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

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How do I get to Steven Broitman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Steven Broitman 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 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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