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The Center for Spiritual Studies at a glance

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The Center for Spiritual Studies

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.

$207k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0176% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$550kReligion$303kEducation$180kCommunity Improvement$35kPhilanthropy$20kInternational$15kAnimals$5kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
$7,001
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY OF$65,000
PORTLEDGE SCHOOL$50,000
NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS$30,000
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$30,000
Individual grant recipient$7,001
Individual grant recipient$5,000
YOUNG INDIAN CULTURE GROUP INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER$5,000
THE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%ISLAND HARVEST: $5k → 7%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $5k → 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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 7 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$1.0M
$165k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+6%

Still filing today

57%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $490k · revenue +43%
  • NY
    New York University
    2× · 2021–2025 · $130k · revenue +30%
  • AB
    ARSHA BODHA CENTER A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $10k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - HINDU CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • HR
    HEALTH RESEARCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -31%
  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +6%
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
Nyu Langone Health System

The board adopted mission statement is: the corporation is operated exclusively for the benefit of nyu langone hospitals and its affiliated organizations. in this capacity, the corporation, may, in order to improve the health and welfare…

Health
3
Long Island Community Hospital At Nyu Langone Health

The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…

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4
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
5
Brookhaven Health Care Services Corp

The goals and objectives of the foundation are as follows:to support the mission and charitable purposes of nyulhs, nyu langone hospitals ("nyulh"), lich and the medical schools owned and operated by new york university (collectively, "nyu…

Health
6
Northwell Health Inc

Northwell health is the parent company of a fully integrated health system that is committed to promote clinical care, health education, conduct biomedical research, and caring for the community regardless of ability to pay.

Community Improvement
7
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
8
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
9
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
10
Staten Island University Hospital

Staten island university hospital is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
11
Northwell Healthcare Inc

Northwell healthcare inc. coordinates policy making and strategic planning by providing advisory and administrative support services to affiliated health care organizations within northwell health; whose mission is to improve the health of…

Health
12
Northern Westchester Hospital Association

Northern westchester hospital association is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care;…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City; the most unlike its peers is Arsha Bodha Center a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $490,000 · HealthNYU LANGONE HOSPITALSHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $25,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthHINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY OF NA: $238,000 · OtherHINDU TEMPLE SOCIETY OF NAIndividual grant recipient: $106,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherPORTLEDGE SCHOOLNEW YORK UNIVERSITY - HINDU CENTER: $50,000 · OtherNEW YORK UNIVERSITY - HINDU CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $30,102 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+9 more: $50,000 · Other+9 moreNew York University: $130,000 · EducationNew York Un…THE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY: $35,000 · Community ImprovementNEW YORK CARES INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 · InternationalARSHA BODHA CENTER A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Religion
Health$540,000Other$524,102Education$130,000Community Improvement$35,000Philanthropy$20,000International$15,000Religion$10,000

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 budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $490,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $130,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARSHA BODHA CENTER A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG INDIAN CULTURE GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $5,000 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.

The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Center for Spiritual Studies funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Center for Spiritual Studies. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Center for Spiritual Studies?

    Find your warmest path to The Center for Spiritual Studies 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 24 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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