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Sunny and Alvin Grossblatt Family Foundation at a glance

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Sunny and Alvin Grossblatt Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$585k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$155k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$591kEmployment$318kHuman Services$25kArts & Culture$12kYouth Development$7kReligion$7kHousing & Shelter$6kEducation$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$145,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$155,049
CITY OF HOPE$145,000
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE$145,000
JEWISH HEALING CENTER$140,000
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 (FY17–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISTA DEL MAR: $2k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%PROJECT LEMONADE: $3k → 12%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 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

WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$941k · 25 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 21 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
27

Total granted

$941k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+98%

Still filing today

36%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    4× · 2017–2023 · $167k · revenue +63%
  • NW
    NAMI WESTSIDE LA
    5× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue +789%
  • SC
    Seattle Children's Foundation
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD CWE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • SC
    SEATTLE CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • TI
    TETEA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
2
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
5
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
6
Via Care Community Health Center

Providing health care services to the poor and underserved of los angeles.

Health
7
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
8
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
9
El Paso Guidance Center Inc dba El Paso Child Guidance Center

Improving the health and well-being of children and families in a safe environment through mental health services, education and awareness.

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10
La Familia Medical Center

Our mission is to foster community well-being in partnership with our patients by providing excellent, accessible, family-centered medical, dental, and behavioral health care. our vision is "healthy lives for all in a healthy santa fe"…

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11
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
12
New Alternatives Inc

New alternatives, inc. is committed to providing abused and negelected youth with hope and opportunities through a comprehensive array of social, residential and mental health services that we provide in san diego and orange county.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health America of Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is The Alano Club of Portland Oregon. 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

18 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. 18 of the 52 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE: $316,550 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICEJEWISH HEALING CENTER: $175,000 · OtherJEWISH HEALING CENTERCITY OF HOPE: $170,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPE+37 more: $123,575 · Other+37 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $167,049 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL …NAMI WESTSIDE LA: $12,500 · HealthNAMI WESTSIDE LA+2 more: $5,500 · HealthPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY DOGS NEW LIFE SHELTER: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $800 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $600 · AnimalsGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $1,525 · Arts & CultureJACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC: $1,250 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$785,125Health$185,049Human Services$10,500Animals$2,400Arts & Culture$1,525Housing & Shelter$1,250Youth Development$1,000

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 budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $167,049 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI WESTSIDE LA: $12,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $1,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALANO CLUB OF PORTLAND OREGON: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF BENTON COUNTY INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY DOGS NEW LIFE SHELTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $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.

  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NAMI WESTSIDE LA ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT LEMONADE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds THE ALANO CLUB OF PORTLAND OREGON ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF BENTON COUNTY INC ↗

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 Oregon Community …Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sunny and Alvin Grossblatt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sunny and Alvin Grossblatt Family 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc: 59% of income from government
  • The Arc of Benton County Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 52 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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