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The Elise and Andrew Brownstein Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Elise and Andrew Brownstein Charitable Trust

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.

$178k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$879kArts & Culture$680kHealth$195kPhilanthropy$38kRecreation & Sports$12kReligion$10kInternational$8kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$3,600
Median grant
3
States reached
$998k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PUBLIC ART FUND$60,720
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA$40,000
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL$39,830
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,200
ISEF FOUNDATION$5,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$3,600
UJA FEDERATION$3,600
JEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS$3,600
TRINITY SCHOOL$1,800
PURSUIT$1,800
MOBILIZATION FOR JUSTICE$500
THE TAFT SCHOOL$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND: $40k → 8%JEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS: $4k → 7%TEMPLE SHAARAY TEFILE: $4k → 9%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $10k → 17%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $20k → 8%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $10k → 17%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND: $20k → 8%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $10k → 17%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $20k → 8%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $10k → 17%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $5k → 17%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $5k → 17%BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $5k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $190k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $180k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $61k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $60k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $50k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $40k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $40k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $30k → 17%PUBLIC ART FUND: $30k → 17%UJA FEDERATION: $18k → 17%UJA FEDERATION: $10k → 17%UJA FEDERATION: $4k → 17%THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY CHILDREN: $5k → 17%BRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%BRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%CONGREGATION EMMANU-EL: $7k → 17%TRINITY SCHOOL: $20k → 17%TRINITY SCHOOL: $20k → 17%PREP FOR PREP: $10k → 17%TRINITY SCHOOL: $5k → 17%TRINITY SCHOOL: $5k → 17%ISEF FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $160k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $155k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $105k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $60k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $55k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $50k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $50k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $40k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $20k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $100k → 17%ASPHALT GREEN: $5k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $40k → 17%ASPHALT GREEN: $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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 16 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
9

Total granted

$1.8M
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+8%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalPhilanthropyCrime & LegalHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • TM
    THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
    2× · 2023–2025 · $140k · revenue +18%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +39%
  • AG
    ASPHALT GREEN INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • PF
    PREP FOR PREP
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -38%
  • TJ
    THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY CHILDREN
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • SI
    SCAN-HARBOR INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +8%
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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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2
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
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
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
9
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
10
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
11
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Legal Aid Society; the most unlike its peers is Bronx Letters Foundation. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 15 of the 28 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
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA: $694,320 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIAPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $680,325 · OtherPUBLIC ART FUND INCTRINITY SCHOOL: $60,800 · OtherBRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDAT: $55,000 · Other+12 more: $84,760 · Other+12 moreTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $139,830 · HealthPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $60,000 · EducationBRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION: $11,500 · EducationPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $32,600 · PhilanthropyASPHALT GREEN INC: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,400 · Civil RightsTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $2,500 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC: $1,500 · InternationalFOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · International
Other$1,575,205Health$139,830Education$83,500Philanthropy$32,600Recreation & Sports$11,000Civil Rights$5,400Crime & Legal$2,500International$2,500

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 budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $680,325 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $139,830 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $32,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetASPHALT GREEN INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCAN-HARBOR INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMobilization for Justice Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $250 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.

  • Who funds PUBLIC ART FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds BRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASPHALT GREEN INC ↗
  • Who funds PREP FOR PREP ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds SCAN-HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Mobilization for Justice Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Elise and Andrew Brownstein Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elise and Andrew Brownstein Charitable Trust. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–15%
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.

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 28 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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