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The Abe & Kathyrn Selsky Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Abe & Kathyrn Selsky Foundation Inc

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.

$278k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$139k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$4.3MHuman Services$335kArts & Culture$300kFood & Nutrition$299kHealth$242kInternational$195kHousing & Shelter$150kReligion$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $139k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $139k
$46,374
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HENRY AND ANNE REICH FAMILY FOUNDATION$139,122
GARY AND PENNIE ABRAMSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$46,374
RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION$46,374
GALENA-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION$46,012
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 (FY17–23, $323k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%NATIONAL FOUNDATION TO END SENIOR HUNGER: $9k → 9%NATIONAL FOUNDATION TO END SENIOR HUNGER: $9k → 9%NATIONAL FOUNDATION TO END SENIOR H: $9k → 9%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $28k → 10%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $23k → 10%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $23k → 10%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $13k → 10%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $10k → 10%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $10k → 10%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $10k → 10%JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $20k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $15k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $15k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $15k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $15k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $15k → 8%SELF HELP FOR ELDERLY: $10k → 10%SELF HELP FOR ELDERLY: $10k → 10%SELF HELP FOR ELDERLY: $10k → 10%SELF HELP FOR ELDERLY: $10k → 10%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
WI
NY
IA
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 40 repeat orgs$734k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
3

Total granted

$5.4M
$688k

Still filing today

50%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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
Human ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • TG
    THE GARY AND PENNIE ABRAMSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $715k · revenue +24% · 38% of their budget
  • JS
    JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $120k · revenue +100%
  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $110k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ANNE AND RONALD ABRAMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $668k
  • JH
    JEWISH HEART FOR AFRICA INNOVATIONAFRIC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE-WEIZMANN INSTITU
    one grant, 2019 · $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.

1
The Gerson and Helene Finkelstein Burn Patient Foundation
Human Services
2
Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation
—
3
Kenneth & Nira Abramowitz Foundation
Philanthropy
4
The Goldenberg Family Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Chaim Maleh Foundation
Philanthropy
6
The Mayer - Rothschild Foundation
Health
7
Marie and Naim Farah Foundation
Philanthropy
8
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Philanthropy
9
The James Beard Foundation Inc

The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…

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10
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation

To provide with compassion and dedication superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults and to directly or indirectly coordinate arrangements and provision for comprehensive health care and social support services to frail…

Health
11
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc

The jewish federation of greater washington (federation) envisions a connected and vibrant jewish community that cares for each other, fosters jewish learning and journeys, embraces jewish peoplehood and israel, and acts as a force for…

Philanthropy
12
Joseph and Malka Melohn Foundation
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Table Inc; the most unlike its peers is Galena-Yorktown Foundation. 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

23 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. 23 of the 46 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HENRY&ANNE REICH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,143,617 · OtherHENRY&ANNE REICH FAMILY FOUNDATIONTHE ANNE AND RONALD ABRAMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $668,165 · OtherTHE ANNE AND RONALD ABRAMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION+28 more: $1,188,000 · Other+28 moreTHE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION: $714,539 · PhilanthropyTHE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAM…THE GARY AND PENNIE ABRAMSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $714,539 · PhilanthropyTHE GARY AND PENNIE ABRAMS…+1 more: $46,012 · PhilanthropyJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $120,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $117,000 · Human ServicesSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $40,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL FOUNDATION TO END SENIOR HUNGER INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $110,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionProject Open Hand: $31,000 · Food & NutritionHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $100,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $70,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 · HealthJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $115,000 · InternationalHumane World for Animals Inc: $70,000 · Animals
Other$3,999,782Philanthropy$1,475,090Human Services$322,500Food & Nutrition$211,000Health$191,000International$115,000Animals$70,000

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 budgetHENRY&ANNE REICH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,143,617 over 2y, 98% of budgetTHE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION: $714,539 over 2y, 24% of budgetTHE GARY AND PENNIE ABRAMSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $714,539 over 2y, 38% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $120,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $117,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $115,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $110,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $100,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $65,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $62,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGALENA-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION: $46,012 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetProject Open Hand: $31,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION TO END SENIOR HUNGER INC: $25,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $10,000 over 2y, 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 HENRY&ANNE REICH FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GARY AND PENNIE ABRAMSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GALENA-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF RUTH ↗
  • Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION TO END SENIOR HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ↗

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 Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable 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 The Abe & Kathyrn Selsky Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Abe & Kathyrn Selsky Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Abe & Kathyrn Selsky 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 46 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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