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Stuart & Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust at a glance

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Stuart & Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust

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.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$122kHealth$98kReligion$78kHuman Services$41kEducation$31kFood & Nutrition$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION$20,000
CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM$10,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER WASHINGTON$7,500
ACTIVE MINDS INC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$5,000
UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM$5,000
JILL'S HOUSE$5,000
CAMP NO LIMITS$5,000
SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$2,500
COAST GUARD FOUNDATION$1,000
ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION$1,000
EISENHOWER FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–24, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%INTERCAMBIO UNITING COMMUNITIES: $5k → 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $15k → 8%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $1k → 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%INTERCAMBIO UNITING COMMUNITIES: $1k → 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $8k → 8%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $500 → 12%RUNNING STRONG FOR AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH: $1k → 6%HIPS: $15k → 14%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

ME
VT
MN
MI
NY
CT
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
GA
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$261k · 10 repeat orgs$133k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$261k
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+8%

Still filing today

70%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsCrime & 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

  • BJ
    BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON
    3× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +11%
  • AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $28k · revenue +20%
  • AM
    Active Minds Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • ST
    SIGNATURE THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +41%
  • H
    HIPS
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +12%
  • JF
    JEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +104%
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.

1
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yachad Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

25 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. 25 of the 33 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION: $57,674 · OtherWASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATIONMAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION: $31,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC FOUNDATIONJILLS HOUSE INC: $15,000 · OtherJILLS HOUSE INCSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $9,800 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHUniversity of Michigan: $8,500 · OtherUniversity of MichiganUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM: $5,000 · OtherACTIVE MINDS INC - ADDED 20K: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $9,000 · Other+7 moreLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $62,500 · Arts & CultureLillian and Albert Small Capital J…SIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSIGNATURE THEATRE INCThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $6,000 · Arts & CultureBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $32,500 · Human ServicesBENDER JCC OF GR…HIPS: $15,000 · Human ServicesHIPSINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $7,500 · Human ServicesINTERCAMBIO DE C…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthJEWISH FERTI…Active Minds Inc: $12,500 · HealthActive Minds…BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE RESCUE SQUAD INC: $5,000 · HealthBETHESDA-CHE…NO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS: $5,000 · HealthNO LIMITS FO…HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP: $2,500 · HealthHELPING ADUL…SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthSUBURBAN HOS…+2 more: $1,500 · HealthAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $28,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $2,500 · EducationYACHAD INC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterBETHESDA COMMUNITY BASE BALL CLUB: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$140,974Arts & Culture$118,500Human Services$56,000Health$44,000Education$30,500Housing & Shelter$3,000Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $62,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIPS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $9,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $8,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE RESCUE SQUAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYACHAD INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA COMMUNITY BASE BALL CLUB: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $500 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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…Bubes Family Foundati…The Dorothy G Bender …Clark-Winchcole Found…American Endowment Fo…American Gift FundThe Julius and Doroth…Ronald & Joy Paul Fam…The Rona and Jeffrey …Bender Foundation IncPosner-Wallace Founda…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Bubes Family Foundation Inc · The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Gift Fund · The Julius and Dorothy Lazarus Foundation Inc · Ronald & Joy Paul Family Foundation Inc · The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation · Bender Foundation Inc · Posner-Wallace 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 Stuart & Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stuart & Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
6report 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.
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How do I get to Stuart & Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Stuart & Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust 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 33 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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