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The Engel 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.

$62k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$59k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$698kCivil Rights$311kReligion$90kInternational$68kEducation$44kHealth$39kArts & Culture$36kHuman Services$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $2k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$312
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ILENE ENGEL CHARITABLE FUND$59,286
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,800
NOVA UKRAINE$312
GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING$150
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$100
MISCELANEOUS$68
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILIES FIRST: $1k → 8%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $513 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $53 → 11%JEWISH INTEREST FREE LOANS OF ATLANTA: $186 → 14%FAMILIES FIRST: $256 → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $52 → 9%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $397 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $75 → 14%JEWISH INTEREST FREE LOANS OF ATLANTA: $184 → 14%FAMILIES FIRST: $250 → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 9%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $103 → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS: $500 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $40 → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS: $500 → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS: $250 → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS: $100 → 9%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS: $1k → 14%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS: $513 → 14%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS: $500 → 14%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS: $257 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND CAREER SERVICES: $2k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $2k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND CAREER SERVICES: $2k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND CAREER SERVICES: $1k → 14%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%ATLANTA MISSION: $120 → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $50 → 13%MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER: $250 → 13%MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER: $100 → 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

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ID
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MI
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IN
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CA
CO
NE
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VA
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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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$788k · 105 repeat orgs$353k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 101 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
107

Total granted

$788k
$294k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+16%

Still filing today

72%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $290k · revenue +68%
  • TA
    THE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $48k · revenue +107%
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • IE
    ILENE ENGEL DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $235k
  • TE
    TEMPLE EMANU-EL BHAM
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +172%
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
5
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
9
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
10
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
11
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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12
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Community Advanced Practice Nursesinc. 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

139 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. 139 of the 226 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
136/139
Grantees still filing
96/139
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ILENE ENGEL DONOR ADVISED FUND: $235,186 · OtherILENE ENGEL DONOR ADVISED FUNDJEWISH WOMEN'S FUND OF ATLANTA: $139,250 · OtherJEWISH WOMEN'S FUND OF ATLANTATHE TEMPLE: $67,745 · OtherTHE TEMPLEILENE ENGEL CHARITABLE FUND: $59,286 · OtherILENE ENGEL CHARITABLE FUND+130 more: $153,293 · Other+130 moreAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $290,247 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $12,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $550 · Civil RightsJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $182,192 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF …THE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $48,003 · PhilanthropyTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FO…WALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,260 · Philanthropy+8 more: $16,145 · Philanthropy+8 moreAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $21,341 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $4,836 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,538 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $3,250 · International+9 more: $5,520 · InternationalMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $9,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $7,670 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE: $6,400 · Arts & CultureAMAS MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $1,468 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $3,251 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC: $18,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,199 · HealthGEORGIANS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE INC: $1,500 · HealthSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $850 · Health+8 more: $1,569 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $5,810 · Human ServicesNEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC: $2,297 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $1,756 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,350 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $1,013 · Human ServicesCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $610 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human Services+7 more: $1,452 · Human Services
Other$654,760Civil Rights$303,297Philanthropy$255,600International$68,485Arts & Culture$32,789Health$24,118Human Services$14,788

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $290,247 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $182,192 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $48,003 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $21,341 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATIONAL LOAN FUND INC: $19,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,260 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $9,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $7,670 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE: $6,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $5,810 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMAS MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $4,836 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHillels of Georgia Inc: $3,854 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,538 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC: $2,297 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,199 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $1,765 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $1,756 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $1,666 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIANS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $1,468 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,445 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA: $1,371 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,259 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $1,180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,129 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $1,013 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC: $985 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAHIMSA HOUSE INC: $975 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $875 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Home Life Communities Inc: $760 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $686 over 4y, 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.

Jewish Federation of …The Community Foundat…The Frank Family Foun…Luci and Stan Sunshin…The Zaban Foundation …The Allan & Melanie N…Ron and Lisa Brill Ch…The Marcus Foundation…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Cooper Family Foundat…The Selig Foundation …Lisa and Alan Engel F…
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta IncGA36.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Frank Family Foundation Inc · Luci and Stan Sunshine Family Foundation · The Zaban Foundation Inc · The Allan & Melanie Nelkin Foundation Inc · Ron and Lisa Brill Charitable Trust · The Marcus Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Cooper Family Foundation Inc · The Selig Foundation Inc · Lisa and Alan Engel 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 Engel Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Engel Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to The Engel Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Engel 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 226 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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