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The Buchalter Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2017
30
Grants FY2017
8
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

90% of The Buchalter Foundation’s FY2017 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 22 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What you fund
01FY2017 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k23 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $119k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $87k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$1,213,604
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$87,257
THE GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC$33,086
BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC$30,042
BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$16,000
B CURED INC$15,000
ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$7,510
FOODALLERGYORG$5,000
KIDS IN CRISIS$5,000
INNISFREE FOUNDATION INC ATTN MARIL BIALOUSZ$2,500
CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION$2,500
GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL$1,500
THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY$1,500
NYULMC OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT$1,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 8% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%TABOR ACADEMY: $250 → 8%ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $8k → 8%YOU CARE: $30 → 11%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1.2M → 7%HABITAT FOR HUNANITY: $250 → 10%THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY: $2k → 6%INNISFREE FOUNDATION INC ATTN MARIL BIALOUSZ: $3k → 9%WGA CSF: $404 → 9%NYULMC OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $1k → 17%NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $275 → 28%KIDS IN CRISIS: $5k → 9%SHARSHERET: $360 → 7%CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $87k → 7%WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%FOODALLERGYORG: $5k → 17%GREENWICH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%NEW YORK ROAD RUNNER: $1k → 17%WILLIAM RAVEIS CHARITABLE FUND INC: $260 → 9%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $50 → 17%THE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $825 → 9%NORWALK GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION: $500 → 9%THE GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $33k → 9%BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $30k → 9%YMCA GREENWICH: $16k → 9%GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $2k → 9%THE FAMILY CENTER INC: $500 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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3
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc

The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.

Public Safety & Disaster
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United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
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
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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
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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
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Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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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
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Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
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Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust and the most unlike its peers is Innisfree Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $1,300,861 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC — $30,042 · HealthBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · HealthB CURED INC — $15,000 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $7,510 · Health+3 more — $910 · HealthGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $33,086 · EducationChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation — $2,500 · Education+1 more — $250 · EducationIndividual grant recipient — $16,000 · OtherFOODALLERGYORG — $5,000 · OtherKIDS IN CRISIS INC — $5,000 · OtherINNISFREE FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · OtherGREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC — $1,500 · Other+7 more — $3,694 · OtherTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC — $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC — $825 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $275 · EnvironmentANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION — $500 · Civil RightsNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC — $500 · Recreation & SportsHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF VENTURA COUNTY — $250 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$1,300,861Health$78,462Education$35,836Other$33,694Environment$2,600Civil Rights$500Recreation & Sports$500Housing & Shelter$250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $1,300,861 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $33,086 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC — $30,042 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetB CURED INC — $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $7,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNISFREE FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC — $825 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 47% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Center Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc — $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTABOR ACADEMY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF VENTURA COUNTY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Buchalter Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc — 4% of income from government
  • The Family Center Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2018) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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