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The Donald F & Barbara L Newman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Donald F & Barbara L Newman Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.6M
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$877k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$2.6MYouth Development$275kHealth$180kArts & Culture$151kScience & Tech$128kEducation$121kReligion$26kCrime & Legal$19kOther$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$877,346
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHAEL AND MARCY NEWMAN FUND$877,346
NEWMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION$877,346
THOMAS AND CAROL NEWMAN CHARITABLE FUND$877,346
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 (FY17–19, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BORDER ANGELS: $3k → 11%BORDER ANGELS: $3k → 11%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $6k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $5k → 13%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

NY
OH
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$615k · 25 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
26

Total granted

$615k
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+51%

Still filing today

68%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • NS
    NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO
    4× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue +48%
  • BUFFALO PREP INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $49k · revenue +49%
  • KALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • LM
    LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $120k · revenue +8%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHTOWNS
    one grant, 2020 · $85k
  • TB
    The Boys and Girls Club of the Northtowns Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $47k · revenue +37% · 46% of their budget
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
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
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
4
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates 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
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Invest Buffalo Niagara Inc

To attract new employers to the buffalo niagara region through outreach to growing companies around the world. to support business attraction, expansion and entrepreneurship, invest buffalo niagara collaborates with local businesses,…

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Inc

By mobilizing members and strategic partners around common goals, the partnership grows private investment and jobs in buffalo niagara through advocacy, business development, and convening.

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11
Erie Community Foundation

The erie community foundation works to improve the quality of life for all in our region by evaluating and addressing community issues, building permanent charitable endowments, and by promoting philanthropic and community leadership.

Philanthropy
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ecmc Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Newman Family 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.
04the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 55 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THOMAS AND CAROL NEWMAN CHARITABLE FUND: $877,346 · OtherTHOMAS AND CAROL NEWMAN CHARITABLE FUNDMICHAEL AND MARCY NEWMAN FUND: $877,346 · OtherMICHAEL AND MARCY NEWMAN FUNDTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $133,000 · OtherTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHTOWNS: $85,000 · Other+29 more: $262,500 · Other+29 moreNEWMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $877,346 · PhilanthropyNEWMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INCROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $58,500 · PhilanthropyROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDAT…+2 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $120,000 · Science & TechBUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $20,500 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $19,000 · Arts & CultureINVESTIGATIVE POST INC: $19,000 · Arts & CultureJUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER INC: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureKALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthECMC FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 · HealthMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthJupiter Medical Center Inc: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $50,000 · EducationCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationThe Boys and Girls Club of the Northtowns Foundation Inc: $47,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,235,192Philanthropy$950,846Science & Tech$120,000Arts & Culture$95,000Health$92,000Education$72,000Youth Development$47,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $120,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBUFFALO PREP INC: $49,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Boys and Girls Club of the Northtowns Foundation Inc: $47,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetKALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetECMC FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $20,500 over 4y, 50% of budgetMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE POST INC: $19,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMHERST POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetClearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE SUNCOAST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOXAHATCHEE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBORDER ANGELS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUFFALO ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF WNY: $4,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVICTORY SPORTS GLOBAL OUTREACH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $1,000 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 Baird FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Osc Charitable Fo…The Western New York …The Ralph C Wilson Jr…The Margaret L Wendt …First Niagara Foundat…Children's Foundation…The Richard W Rupp Fo…The Cameron and Jane …Rich Family FoundationCullen Foundation
The Baird FoundationNY26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Baird Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Osc Charitable Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · The Richard W Rupp Foundation · The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation · Rich Family Foundation · Cullen 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 Donald F & Barbara L Newman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald F & Barbara L Newman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Loxahatchee River Historical Society Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Donald F & Barbara L Newman 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.

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 55 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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