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The Bisgeier Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$240kReligion$98kPhilanthropy$48kAnimals$38kInternational$37kHuman Services$22kRecreation & Sports$19kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$4,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$119k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISRAELI GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION$10,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMAN$6,100
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN$6,100
SHRINERS HOSP FOR CHILDREN$6,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION$6,000
HATZOLAH$5,000
OPERATION SMILE$5,000
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES$5,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$5,000
BIDE-A-WEE$4,000
THE LOTUS FOUNDATION$4,000
MESIVITA YESHIVA CHAIM BERLIN$4,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH FOUNDATION$4,000
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO$3,000
WAGGYTAIL RESUE$3,000
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 (FY19–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE: $5k → 8%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $2k → 9%PAWS FOR ABILITY: $2k → 9%JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 17%JCC OF MANHATTAN: $2k → 17%JCC OF MANHATTAN: $2k → 17%WORLD CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION: $3k → 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

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MN
NY
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NJ
CA
TN
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$445k · 29 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
23

Total granted

$445k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+26%

Still filing today

41%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $25k · revenue +27%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $24k · revenue +43%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $22k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • UG
    US GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • IH
    INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +18%
  • NC
    NATIONAL COUNCIL JEWISH WOMAN
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
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
3
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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4
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
5
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
6
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
7
The Way Back Inc

To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving…

Human Services
8
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
9
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
10
Physician Affiliate Group of New York Pc

To provide accountable, responsive quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of our diverse, multilingual population while fulfilling the professional and educational needs of our members.

Health
11
New York Apartment Association Inc

Nyaa provides services to landlords including computerized rent registration of rent stabilized apartments with the new york state division of housing and community renewal in compliance with nys & nyc laws & regulations.

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12
Seva Foundation

Seva foundation partners worldwide to create self-sustaining programs that preserve and restore sight. our vision is a world free of avoidable blindness.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sanctuary for Families Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lotus 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

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 59 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $36,100 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUNCONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN NEW YORK: $36,000 · OtherCONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN NEW YORKHATZOLAH: $28,000 · OtherHATZOLAHSHRINERS HOSP FOR CHILDREN: $26,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSP FOR CHILDRENSAVE THE CHILDREN: $26,000 · OtherSAVE THE CHILDRENOPERATION SMILE: $23,000 · OtherOPERATION SMILEISRAELI GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION: $22,000 · OtherISRAELI GUIDE DOG FOUNDATIONNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMAN: $17,100 · OtherMESIVITA YESHIVA CHAIM BERLIN: $16,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH: $15,000 · Other+31 more: $124,000 · Other+31 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEW…LOTUS FOUNDATION: $23,000 · PhilanthropyLOTUS FOUN…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $24,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $2,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,000 · HealthHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthINDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $4,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesWORLD CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND: $2,500 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $22,000 · InternationalBIDEAWEE INC: $17,000 · AnimalsWAGGYTAIL RESCUE INC: $3,000 · AnimalsRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentKennebunkport Conservation Trust: $1,000 · Environment
Other$369,200Philanthropy$48,000Health$31,000Human Services$23,000International$22,000Animals$20,000Environment$7,000

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOTUS FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFight for Sight Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWest Side Hatzoloh: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKennebunkport Conservation Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds LOTUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BIDEAWEE INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds WAGGYTAIL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Bisgeier Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bisgeier Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 85%
  • Independence House Inc: 85% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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 59 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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