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Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$248k
Granted FY2026still arriving
105
Grants FY2026still arriving
14
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$316kHealth$304kArts & Culture$146kReligion$135kHuman Services$117kFood & Nutrition$98kHousing & Shelter$81kAnimals$71kOther$0
02FY2026 · 105 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k104 grants · $238k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOICES CENTER FOR RESILIENCE$10,400
SPECTRUM DESIGNS FOUNDATION$9,000
STONE RIDGE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$8,000
MEMORIAL-SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR$7,000
ST JOSEPH'S HEALTH FUND$7,000
WHITE PLAINS BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION INC$6,000
OUR LADY OF SORROWS CHURCH$6,000
WOMANS CLUB OF WHITE PLAINS FOUNDATION$6,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE$5,000
THE CENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN$5,000
WHITE PLAINS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$5,000
WASTE NOT INC$5,000
KEYS TO CHANGE$5,000
ST MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
NEW CANAAN YMCA$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–26, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1k → 8%SOUTH EAST CONSORTIUM FOR SPECIAL: $1k → 9%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 → 8%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $4k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $2k → 12%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $2k → 12%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $2k → 12%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 9%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 9%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $2k → 12%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $2k → 12%CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $2k → 12%SQUASH HAVEN INC: $1k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $4k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $3k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $3k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $3k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $2k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $2k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $2k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $2k → 11%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $2k → 9%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $1k → 16%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $1k → 16%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $1k → 16%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $1k → 16%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $550 → 16%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $1k → 9%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $500 → 16%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $1k → 9%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $500 → 16%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $1k → 9%YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $500 → 16%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $1k → 9%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $1k → 9%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
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 151 repeat orgs$97k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

151 repeat relationships: 91 still active in FY2026, 60 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

151
39

Total granted

$1.7M
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+16%

Still filing today

62%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • WP
    WHITE PLAINS BEAUTIFICATION FDNINC
    8× · 2019–2026 · $41k · revenue +39%
  • CA
    CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC
    8× · 2019–2026 · $36k · revenue +74%
  • KI
    KIDS IN CRISIS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • CB
    COMMUNITY BRIDGES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +39%
  • TS
    The Stamford Hospitalgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +49%
  • CS
    CATHOLIC SCHOOL REGION CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
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
2
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals International. 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

132 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. 132 of the 205 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/132
Grantees still filing
100/132
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $35,000 · OtherCENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC: $36,000 · OtherWHITE PLAINS BEAUTIFICATION FDNINC: $41,000 · Other+118 more: $820,916 · Other+118 moreSTONE RIDGE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $64,000 · EducationSTONE RIDGE LIBR…THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $29,000 · EducationTHE WILLISTON NO…TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLAR…ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $14,000 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIV…BRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $11,500 · EducationThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $10,500 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $10,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $9,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · Education+15 more: $77,900 · Education+15 moreVOICES OF SEPTEMBER 11 INC: $35,800 · HealthVOICES OF …PRISMA COMMUNITY CARE (FKA SOUTHWEST CENTER HIV/AIDS INC): $28,000 · HealthPRISMA COM…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $21,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'…PROJECT SLEEP: $15,000 · HealthPROJECT SL…FAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC: $12,000 · HealthFAMILY OF …MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10,000 · HealthMEMORIAL S…White Plains Hospital Medical Center: $9,500 · HealthWhite Plai…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,500 · Health+10 more: $22,683 · Health+10 moreWhite Plains Performing Arts Center: $33,000 · Arts & CultureGREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $24,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureWATKINS GLEN MOTOR RACING RESEARCH COUNCIL INC: $17,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH EAST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL: $8,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureWAMC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureROSENDALE THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC: $6,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $34,664 · Food & NutritionWaste Not Inc: $32,985 · Food & NutritionMEALS-ON-WHEELS OF WHITE PLAINS INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $7,500 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $6,855 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $4,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionWOMANS CLUB OF WHITE PLAINS FOUNDATION Inc: $34,000 · PhilanthropyNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $31,483 · PhilanthropyNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 · PhilanthropyDaughter's of Liberty Legacy Inc: $8,100 · PhilanthropyAmerican Serbian Association for Prosperity: $6,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $24,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley: $21,000 · Human ServicesSQUASH HAVEN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSTAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $6,050 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,100 · Human Services
Other$967,916Education$257,900Health$168,983Arts & Culture$137,000Food & Nutrition$102,004Philanthropy$100,083Human Services$74,150

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTONE RIDGE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $64,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetWHITE PLAINS BEAUTIFICATION FDNINC: $41,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC: $36,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES OF SEPTEMBER 11 INC: $35,800 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $34,664 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOMANS CLUB OF WHITE PLAINS FOUNDATION Inc: $34,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetWhite Plains Performing Arts Center: $33,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWaste Not Inc: $32,985 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $31,483 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHomeless Youth Connection Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHuman Services Campus Inc: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $29,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRISMA COMMUNITY CARE (FKA SOUTHWEST CENTER HIV/AIDS INC): $28,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $27,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN: $27,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $24,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION INC: $22,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $21,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWATKINS GLEN MOTOR RACING RESEARCH COUNCIL INC: $17,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE: $15,950 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $15,900 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT SLEEP: $15,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS OF WHITE PLAINS INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERS OF RECOVERY: $14,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLiberty Wildlife Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOME FUR GOOD ANIMAL RESCUE AND PLACEMENT: $12,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFURNISHING DIGNITY: $12,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUlster County Historical Society: $12,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMOHONK PRESERVE INC: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSQUASH HAVEN INC: $10,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetULSTER COUNTY SPCA: $10,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC: $8,692 over 4y, 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 STONE RIDGE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE PLAINS BEAUTIFICATION FDNINC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICES OF SEPTEMBER 11 INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS IN CRISIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds WOMANS CLUB OF WHITE PLAINS FOUNDATION Inc ↗
  • Who funds White Plains Performing Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds Waste Not Inc ↗
  • Who funds NICHOLAS CENTER LTD ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Youth Connection Inc ↗
  • Who funds Human Services Campus Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PRISMA COMMUNITY CARE (FKA SOUTHWEST CENTER HIV/AIDS INC) ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CARDINAL HAYES HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds GREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗
  • Who funds NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds WATKINS GLEN MOTOR RACING RESEARCH COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE 5 INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SLEEP ↗
  • Who funds MEALS-ON-WHEELS OF WHITE PLAINS 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.

Community Foundations…Kvistad FoundationArizona Community Fou…Ulster Savings Charit…New Canaan Community …The Dyson FoundationFairfield County's Co…Bank of Greene County…American Express Foun…The Newcombe Foundati…Hobbs Family Charitab…Thunderbirds Charities
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley IncNY22.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · Kvistad Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Dyson Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Newcombe Foundation · Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · Thunderbirds Charities

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 Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Squash Haven Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Stamford Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc 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 205 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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