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The Benjamin and Susan Winter Foundation at a glance

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The Benjamin and Susan Winter Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$944k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$213k
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$4.7MEducation$1.3MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$1.0MReligion$989kCrime & Legal$328kPhilanthropy$266kPublic Benefit$188kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $849k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANHATTAN THEATRE$212,500
NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION$170,000
92NY$141,400
MORSELIFE FOUNDATION$100,000
UJA FEDERATION NEW YORK$100,000
PALM BEACH FRIENDS OF AFMDA$75,500
THE BREARLY SCHOOL$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$25,000
PALM BEACH SYNAGOGUE$10,000
PROMISE FUND$10,000
BARNARD COLLEGE$10,000
KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$10,000
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$10,000
UJA FEDERATION RE LUNCHEON$3,600
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 (FY18–25, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $250 → 6%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 11%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 24 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
30

Total granted

$8.0M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+27%

Still filing today

71%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesCrime & 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

  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $611k · revenue +40%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2025 · $318k · revenue +16%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • FM
    FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue -6%
  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · $210k
  • WC
    WEIL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
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
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
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
4
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
5
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
6
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
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
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
9
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
10
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
11
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
12
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

42 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. 42 of the 63 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)
42/42
Grantees still filing
28/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL: $5,040,000 · OtherFRANKLIN & MARSHALLALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $416,000 · OtherALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINEPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $358,000 · Other+32 more: $1,279,888 · Other+32 moreFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $1,000,000 · EducationFRANKLIN & MA…THE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $150,000 · EducationTHE BREARLEY …BARNARD COLLEGE: $60,000 · Education+3 more: $25,250 · EducationTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $611,000 · ReligionTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $150,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $84,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $32,500 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $56,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $317,750 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & LegalUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $230,180 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human Services
Other$7,093,888Education$1,235,250Religion$611,000Arts & Culture$483,000Crime & Legal$327,750Philanthropy$255,180Human Services$110,250

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 budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $611,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $317,750 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $230,180 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $150,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $84,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $59,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $32,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONIE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $12,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $5,920 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTSCONNECTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNY NEW PALTZ FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1,583 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE ACTION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFSHD SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL: $250 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 FundLisa and Steven Tanan…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Lisa and Steven Tananbaum Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Benjamin and Susan Winter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Benjamin and Susan Winter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 63 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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