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The Bendit Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bendit Family Foundation

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.1MHealth$157kArts & Culture$120kFood & Nutrition$85kEducation$79kReligion$70kCivil Rights$51kEnvironment$42kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,083,688
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INV CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,083,688
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 (FY17–20, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $2k → 17%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
MD
DC
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$490k · 20 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
26

Total granted

$490k
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+12%

Still filing today

80%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
EnvironmentEducationInternationalHealthArts & CultureCrime & 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

  • ES
    EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD NEW YORK
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +3%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +25%
  • NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $26k · revenue +135%

Funded once

  • PI
    PENCIL INC
    one grant, 2018 · $35k · revenue -14%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +3%
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
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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7
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
8
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
9
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
Center for Arms Control and

A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century, thereby retaining its focus on nuclear weapons but expanding to include other present emerging security threats.

International
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ignite; the most unlike its peers is Esperanza Ny 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

38 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. 38 of the 49 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INV CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,083,688 · OtherFIDELITY INV CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDCONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM: $70,000 · Other+28 more: $299,250 · Other+28 moreTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureEDIBLE SCHOOLYARD NEW YORK: $30,000 · EducationIGNITE: $20,000 · EducationFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $12,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL INC: $11,000 · EducationNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $26,000 · EnvironmentFUND TEXAS CHOICE: $10,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $10,000 · EnvironmentWestern Pennsylvania Fund for Choic: $10,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $7,500 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentMake the Road New York: $50,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE: $30,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · HealthHOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $7,500 · HealthPENCIL INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,452,938Arts & Culture$80,000Education$73,500Environment$64,500Crime & Legal$60,000Health$47,500Philanthropy$45,000

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 budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMake the Road New York: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPENCIL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEDIBLE SCHOOLYARD NEW YORK: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $22,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORNER FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetIGNITE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUND TEXAS CHOICE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetESPERANZA NY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSALISBURY WINTER SPORTS ASSOC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMet Council Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $1,000 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Network for Good
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good

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 Bendit Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bendit Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 49 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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