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The Bassuk Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Bassuk Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$258k
Granted FY2020
14
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$209kCrime & Legal$101kInternational$58kReligion$39kArts & Culture$22kCivil Rights$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2020 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $195k
$5,349
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AIEF$95,000
The Shalem Foundation$50,000
JDRF$50,000
Westchester Reform Temple$15,000
The Washington Institute$10,000
Camera Foundation$10,000
Temple Beth Israel$5,349
Israel Emergency Alliance$5,000
White plains Hospital$5,000
American Jewish Committee$5,000
Cornea Research Foundation$5,000
Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulence Corp$1,000
Scarsdale Police Benevolent Associa$1,000
Jewish Museum$250
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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lustgarten Foundation: $1k → 6%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
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$798k · 13 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$798k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+38%

Still filing today

62%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthCivil RightsFood & NutritionSocial ScienceOther
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

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    4× · 2017–2020 · $195k · revenue +49%
  • TS
    The Shalem Foundation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $100k · revenue +185%
  • WI
    WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $42k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHEVRA HATZALAH
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -9%
  • HU
    HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION
    one grant, 2017 · $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
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
3
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
4
The Jerusalem Connection
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5
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
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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7
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
8
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
11
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
12
Moskowitz Prize for Zionism Inc
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust; the most unlike its peers is The Moore Charitable Foundation 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

24 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. 24 of the 38 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
20/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AIEF: $385,000 · OtherAIEFWestchester Reform Temple: $23,166 · Other+20 more: $54,052 · Other+20 moreBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $195,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D+1 more: $5,000 · HealthThe Shalem Foundation: $100,000 · Crime & LegalThe Shalem Fo…WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $41,925 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 · Civil RightsCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,800 · Arts & CultureEDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $610 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $175 · Arts & CultureCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $2,100 · Food & Nutrition
Other$462,218Health$200,000Crime & Legal$100,000International$57,925Civil Rights$20,000Arts & Culture$6,585Food & Nutrition$2,100

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 budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $195,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shalem Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $41,925 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOORE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEVES CAMP AT HORIZON FARMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $610 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $175 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Bassuk Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bassuk Family Foundation Inc. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 38 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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