· Private foundation
The Finkelstein Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k17 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOODLEY HOUSE INC | $11,000 |
| THE BRISCOE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTORY | $5,000 |
| SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC | $5,000 |
| PMC COHAN SHAPIRO HELLMAN | $3,750 |
| HARRY RANSOM CENTER | $3,000 |
| LEARNING UNDEFEATED INC | $2,500 |
| MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC | $2,000 |
| GEORGE H W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION | $2,000 |
| THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA | $1,000 |
| WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEARING | $1,000 |
| YELLOW BOOMERANG INC | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| DC CENTRAL KITCHEN | $500 |
| UJA FEDERATION OF NY | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WHWOODLEY HOUSE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $29k · revenue +43%
PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $21k · revenue +49%- SISOME INC4× · 2017–2020 · $18k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- JJJUSTIN J WATT FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -62%
- TGThe George Washington Universitygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +30%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
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.
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…
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
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,…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.core valueswe share these values of our founding patron, george washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility,…
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 61 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WOODLEY HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds SOME INC ↗
- Who funds IMAGINATION STAGE INC ↗
- Who funds Learning Undefeated Inc ↗
- Who funds SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC ↗
- Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
- Who funds Memorial Park Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds JUSTIN J WATT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The George Washington University ↗
- Who funds MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING ↗
- Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S WISH GROUP OF RHODE ISLAND ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
- Who funds NAMI National ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Finkelstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Finkelstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Imagination Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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