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Steven Broitman Foundation at a glance

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Steven Broitman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$251k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Philanthropy$165kCivil Rights$138kInternational$86kPublic Benefit$60kEducation$58kArts & Culture$47kHealth$25kReligion$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY C3 OPERATIONS$50,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CTR$20,000
BRANDYWINE VALLEY FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC$10,000
FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE$10,000
WHYY$10,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$10,000
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$10,000
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
PHILADELPHIA BUDDIST ASSOCIATION$10,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$10,000
OXFAM AMERICA$10,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
INSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY$5,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–25, $15k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%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
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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
WV
MD
DE
DC
AL
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 11% of Steven Broitman Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Steven Broitman Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$574k · 26 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
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Total granted

$574k
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+99%

Still filing today

81%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsInternationalArts & CultureHealthEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • WA
    WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BROITMAN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $115k · revenue +99%
  • AC
    ACCELERATE CHANGE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -7%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FDTN
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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.

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American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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2
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
3
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…

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4
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
5
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
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
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
8
Open Technology Fund

The open technology fund aims to advance internet freedom globally by supporting the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies that provide secure and uncensored access to the internet.

Arts & Culture
9
American Civil Liberties Union Inc

As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu is "to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due…

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10
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
11
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
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,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc; 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.
05the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

America Votes Education Fund: $60,000 · Civil RightsAmerica Votes Education …ACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsACCELERATE CHANGE INCANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $40,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $20,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO P…AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $12,500 · Civil RightsAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEP…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE BROITMAN FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BROITMAN FOUNDATI…HOPEWELL FUND: $50,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUNDFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY C3 OPERATIONS: $50,000 · OtherFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY C3 OPE…THE PHILADELPHIA BUDDHIST ASSOCIA- TION: $20,000 · OtherTHE PHILADELPHIA BUDDHIST …Individual grant recipient: $16,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY INC: $12,500 · OtherINSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FDTN: $10,000 · OtherPARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE CED SOCIETY: $8,500 · OtherCORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST: $7,500 · OtherMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $22,500 · OtherMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIAT…GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATI…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INCAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $12,500 · OtherAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVA…FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $10,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $30,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA I…HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $25,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WA…SEVA FOUNDATION: $17,500 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIONAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $15,000 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNA…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $27,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …WHYY INC: $20,500 · Arts & CultureWHYY INCBRANDYWINE FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureBRANDYWIN…GRAND OPERA HOUSE INC: $8,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND OPE…WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · EducationSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC: $10,500 · Crime & Legal
Civil Rights$192,500Philanthropy$165,000Other$207,200International$117,500Arts & Culture$74,000Education$62,500Crime & Legal$60,500

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 budgetAmerica Votes Education Fund: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWHYY INC: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRANDYWINE FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC INC: $17,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND OPERA HOUSE INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $5,000 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.

Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
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

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 Steven Broitman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven Broitman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Grand Opera House Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% 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, 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.
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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home