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The Brodsky Family 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 38
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations The Brodsky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterCrime & LegalReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving29$1.3M10%
FY202425$866k12%
FY202326$969k12%
FY202227$905k19%
FY202138$1.2M13%
FY202034$1.2M9%
FY201936$1.3M14%
FY201832$1.2M19%
98% 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$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.8MHealth$2.0MEducation$662kPublic Benefit$297kHuman Services$290kRecreation & Sports$290kInternational$279kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CO
VA
MD
DE
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of The Brodsky Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$990,00080%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$765,00080%
Education Through Music Inc$410,00091%
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America$320,00096%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$290,00060%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$280,00040%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$270,00090%
Amherst College Trustees$225,00020%
Foundation for Women's Health$200,000220%
Prep for Prep$180,00080%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$175,00020%
The Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical$160,000810%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$160,00050%
The Macula Foundation Inc$125,00086%
New American Leaders Inc$120,00042%
Trustees of Tufts College$116,00080%
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc$115,00071%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$90,00030%
Women for Women International$85,00020%
New America Foundation$82,00090%
The Potomac School$75,00080%
Search for Common Ground$56,00080%
Lutheran Social Services of New York Inc$45,0001n/a
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$40,00010%
Casita Maria Inc$40,00040%
Centre Symphony Society Inc$30,0002n/a
Wnet$25,00020%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$25,00080%
National Public Radio Inc$25,00010%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$25,00010%
The Brookings Institution$10,00010%
Calvary Hospital Inc$10,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$5,00010%
The Harlem Chamber Players Inc$1,05010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brodsky Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $990,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $765,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEducation Through Music Inc: $410,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetReflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America: $320,000 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $290,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $280,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region: $270,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmherst College Trustees: $225,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Women's Health: $200,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetPrep for Prep: $180,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical: $160,000 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetImmigrant Justice Corps Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Macula Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetNew American Leaders Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $116,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen for Women International: $85,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew America Foundation: $82,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Potomac School: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSearch for Common Ground: $56,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasita Maria Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWnet: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $25,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalvary Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harlem Chamber Players Inc: $1,050 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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 Ford FoundationNY12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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.

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How do I get to The Brodsky Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Brodsky Family Foundation 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.

About The Brodsky Family Foundation

How much does The Brodsky Family Foundation give?
The Brodsky Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $1,289,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Brodsky Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Philanthropy (27%), Health (19%).
Who are The Brodsky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc ($990k), National Multiple Sclerosis Society ($765k), Education Through Music Inc ($410k).
Does The Brodsky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Brodsky Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Brodsky Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is The Brodsky Family Foundation based?
The Brodsky Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 69 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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