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The Bruce and Julie Menin Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Bruce and Julie Menin Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$132kRecreation & Sports$37kReligion$36kPhilanthropy$33kArts & Culture$10kYouth Development$6kCommunity Improvement$4kInternational$2k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$127k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARVARD COLLEGE FUND$20,000
DALTON SCHOOLS TRUST$5,000
SHUL OF DOWNTOWN$1,800
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY: $5k → 16%UNITED STATES SQUASH RAQUETS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 17%SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC: $2k → 10%JUINTI KOSHI CORP: $1k → 12%HARVARD COLLEGE FUND: $20k → 15%AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOLS INC: $27k → 8%NEW YORK CARES INC: $5k → 17%FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH: $10k → 15%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%DALTON SCHOOLS TRUST: $5k → 15%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2k → 17%SHUL OF DOWNTOWN: $2k → 15%DALTON SCHOOL TRUST: $50k → 17%KETER ABRAHAM OF CHABAD INC: $2k → 15%UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY: $18k → 17%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF GREATER MIAMI: $1k → 15%UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY: $10k → 17%KETER ABRAHAM OF CHABAD INC: $1k → 15%KETER ABRAHAM OF CHABAD INC: $360 → 15%KETER ABRAHAM OF CHABAD INC: $360 → 15%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 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
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
5
United Nations International School

Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…

Education
6
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
7
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
8
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
9
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
12
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is Juinti Koshi Corp. 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

12 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. 12 of the 19 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DALTON SCHOOL TRUST: $50,000 · OtherDALTON SCHOOL TRUSTHARVARD COLLEGE FUND: $20,000 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE FUNDFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAHDALTON SCHOOLS TRUST: $5,000 · OtherBOSTON SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS INC: $3,600 · OtherKETER ABRAHAM OF CHABAD INC: $3,520 · Other+2 more: $2,800 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSI…American Heritage Schools Inc: $26,600 · EducationAmerican Heritage Schools IncUNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOC INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES SQ…Northwestern University: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern Uni…SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,800 · Recreation & SportsUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY: $27,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF …NEW YORK CARES INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK CARES…LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 · InternationalFriendship Circle of Miami Beach and North Dade Inc: $1,200 · Youth Development
Other$94,920Education$76,600Recreation & Sports$36,800Philanthropy$32,500Arts & Culture$15,000International$2,000Youth Development$1,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heritage Schools Inc: $26,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Circle of Miami Beach and North Dade Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Bruce and Julie Menin Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bruce and Julie Menin Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Bruce and Julie Menin Charitable Foundation Inc 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.

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 19 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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