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The Erica and Mark Groussman Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Erica and Mark Groussman 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.

$3k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Youth Development$96kHuman Services$81kEducation$44kHealth$29kArts & Culture$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kPhilanthropy$10kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$192k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $4k) 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%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$200k · 4 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
27

Total granted

$200k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+45%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • SF
    SOUTH FLORIDA AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STARS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $94k · revenue +9%
  • MB
    MIAMI BEACH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $79k · revenue +36%
  • LC
    LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • NC
    NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • MC
    MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +64%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue ×15
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Pediatric Specialty Group Inc

Pediatric specialty group, inc. (d/b/a nicklaus children's pediatric specialists ("ncps")) is a physician-directed, multi-specialty pediatric group with a regional, national, and international presence in providing pediatric-centric care…

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3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
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
5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
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
7
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
8
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
9
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
12
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is After-School All-Stars; the most unlike its peers is Colorado Safe Haven for Newborns. 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
22/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIAMI BEACH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $78,850 · OtherMIAMI BEACH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INCNICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,200 · OtherNICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONTHE CENTER FOR THE ARTS EDUCATION: $7,500 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR THE ARTS EDUCATIONCHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT PTCO CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ELEMENTARY: $6,900 · OtherROGER FEDERER FOUNDATION: $5,315 · OtherCOMPETE 2 GIVE INC: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $23,740 · Other+14 moreSOUTH FLORIDA AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STARS INC: $93,500 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTH FLORIDA AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STA…LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationLEHRMAN COMMU…MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationMIAMI COUNTRY…+2 more: $1,500 · EducationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthNorthwest Community Hospital: $5,000 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,000 · HealthDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $540 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,901 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $3,657 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $8,200 · Arts & Culture
Other$137,505Youth Development$93,500Education$36,500Health$14,190International$10,000Philanthropy$9,558Arts & Culture$8,200

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 budgetSOUTH FLORIDA AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STARS INC: $93,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMIAMI BEACH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $78,850 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT PTCO CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ELEMENTARY: $6,900 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,901 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Community Hospital: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $3,657 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Green: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORKVILLE COMM SCHOOL PS 151 PT ASSOC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $200 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.

Leon J Simkins Charit…The Miami Foundation …Mightycause Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Leon J Simkins Charitable FoundationFL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leon J Simkins Charitable Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Erica and Mark Groussman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Erica and Mark Groussman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
7report 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
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 35 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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