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Stober Lafer 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.

$767k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$445k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.5MRecreation & Sports$398kArts & Culture$376kReligion$205kHealth$53kPublic Benefit$51kEducation$44kCivil Rights$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $247k
  • $250k+1 grant · $445k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS GIFT FUND$445,000
THE ROUNDABOUT THEATRE$34,408
THE TONY BLAIR FOUNDATION$25,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$25,000
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS$25,000
THE ROUNDABOUT THEATRE$24,524
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN$23,500
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$23,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$23,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN$12,000
CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM$11,520
METROPOLITAN OPERA$10,000
LINCOLN CENTER PATRONS$10,000
PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$9,230
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$9,200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $3k → 7%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $2k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $2k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $2k → 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
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
KY
VA
MD
KS
DC
OK
AL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 47 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
56

Total granted

$2.5M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+13%

Still filing today

68%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCivil RightsHealthEducationReligionHuman 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

  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $398k · revenue +167%
  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $67k · revenue +64%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $66k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • Cornell University
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +23%
  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $24k · revenue -8%
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +37%
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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Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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7
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
8
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
9
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
10
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
11
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum of Manhattan; the most unlike its peers is Mamafilm 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

82 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. 82 of the 120 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)
81/82
Grantees still filing
54/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS GIFT FUND: $1,465,000 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS GIFT FUNDCONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM: $84,175 · Other+69 more: $405,979 · Other+69 moreCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $398,080 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CON…+1 more: $250 · Recreation & SportsROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $67,350 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $36,640 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical Society: $22,010 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $15,052 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $13,487 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $8,390 · Arts & CultureAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $8,035 · Arts & Culture+17 more: $38,004 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $65,928 · ReligionFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $25,400 · Religion+1 more: $3,000 · ReligionTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $23,600 · Civil RightsNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: $19,840 · Civil RightsA IS FOR: $10,100 · Civil RightsJEWISH ELECTORATE INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Civil Rights+4 more: $3,350 · Civil RightsTHE BRONX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyJazz Foundation of America Inc: $19,760 · Philanthropy+2 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyCornell University: $25,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $5,051 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,294 · EducationNew York University: $2,462 · Education+3 more: $2,250 · Education
Other$1,955,154Recreation & Sports$398,330Arts & Culture$222,968Religion$94,328Civil Rights$61,890Philanthropy$46,760Education$39,057

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 budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $398,080 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $67,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $65,928 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $36,640 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $25,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCornell University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRONX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTONY BLAIR AFRICA GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE -US D/B/A TONY BLAIR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $23,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $22,010 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: $19,840 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $19,760 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $15,052 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $13,487 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA IS FOR: $10,100 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAMILTON PARTNERSHIP FOR PATERSON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE COMMON GOOD FORUM INC: $8,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $8,390 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $8,035 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,873 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $5,051 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH ELECTORATE INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $4,604 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $4,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,294 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $4,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHURU INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC: $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $3,385 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAMAFILM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetNEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $2,462 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORKERS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 New York Communit…The Hilaria and Alec …The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Community Foun…The Ayco Charitable F…The Ford FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…
Jewish Communal FundNY20.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Ford Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Hamilton Partnership for Paterson Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Stober Lafer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stober Lafer Family 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 120 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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