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The Germanacos Foundation at a glance

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The Germanacos Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$535k
Granted FY2021
12
Grants FY2021
5
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Germanacos Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to New Israel Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Germanacos Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $535k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

13
’17
13
’18
12
’19
8
’20
8
’21
4
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$6.8MEducation$1.5MArts & Culture$1.1MCivil Rights$635kReligion$365kScience & Tech$260kYouth Development$250kHealth$188kOther$0
02FY2021 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $435k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YALE UNIVERSITY$75,000
HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS$60,000
IGNITE NATIONAL$50,000
KQED$50,000
EDUCATIONAL EXPLORATIONS (UCSF MERI CENTER)$50,000
FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE (FMEP)$50,000
ALLIANCE FOR GIRLS$50,000
VOICE OF WITNESS$50,000
SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$25,000
KAHINI$25,000
BARD COLLEGE$25,000
JUST VISION$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A HOME WITHIN: $10k → 10%COMMONWEAL: $25k → 8%COMMONWEAL: $25k → 8%COMMONWEAL: $25k → 8%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
DC
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 27 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2021, 17 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
12

Total granted

$3.4M
$535k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+14%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NU
    NLI USA INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $300k · revenue +74%
  • VO
    VOICE OF WITNESS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $235k · revenue +1%
  • IA
    INTERFAITH AMERICA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200k · revenue +395%

Funded once

  • U(
    UCSF (JEWISH STUDIES & SOCIAL JUSTICE)
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • UF
    USF FOR SWIG JSSJ
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • SU
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY- STANFORD HISTORY EDUCATION GROUP
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
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
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
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
6
Dialogue Institute Dba Journal of Ecumenical Studies

To foster global peace and cooperation through the work of interreligious and intercultural dialogue. the dialogue institute teaches religious, civic, and academic leaders the skills of respectfull dialogue and critical thinking,…

Education
7
Ie New York College

(see schedule o)

Education
8
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

To promote, encourage, aid and advance higher and secondary education, research and training in all branches of knowledge. as the standard bearer of excellence, the university strives to ensure and foster outstanding achievements in all…

Education
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
Manhattanville University

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

Education
11
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
12
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Middle East Peace. 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

31 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. 31 of the 50 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW ISRAEL FUND: $6,562,693 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND+3 more: $235,000 · InternationalYALE UNIVERSITY: $225,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYTHE TRUSTEES OF THE U OF PENN (BRUNEAU LAB): $180,000 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF THE U…USF (JEWISH STUDIES & SOCIAL JUSTICE): $150,000 · OtherUSF (JEWISH STUDIES &…EDUCATIONAL EXPLORATIONS (UCSF MERI CENTER): $150,000 · OtherEDUCATIONAL EXPLORATI…NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL USA INC: $150,000 · OtherNATIONAL LIBRARY OF I…UCSF (JEWISH STUDIES & SOCIAL JUSTICE): $150,000 · OtherUCSF (JEWISH STUDIES …UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $135,500 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIO…SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $110,700 · OtherTHE KIVUNIM INSTITUTE: $100,000 · OtherUSF FOR SWIG JSSJ: $100,000 · OtherEducation Outside: $90,000 · OtherCOMMONWEAL: $75,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: $75,000 · Other+12 more: $452,500 · Other+12 moreNLI USA INC: $300,000 · EducationNLI USA I…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $150,000 · EducationPresident…HEBREW COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationHEBREW CO…IGNITE: $100,000 · EducationIGNITESpelman College: $50,000 · EducationSpelman C…BARD COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationBARD COLL…BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationBRANDEIS …+3 more: $62,500 · Education+3 moreKQED INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureLINGUA FRANCA MEDIA INC: $140,000 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco Arts Education Project: $86,500 · Arts & CultureCenter for the Art of Translation: $67,500 · Arts & CultureHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $60,000 · Arts & CultureSUKKAT SHALOM INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureZAMBALETA: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAlliance for Girls: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentINTERFAITH AMERICA: $200,000 · ReligionTHE JEWISH STUDIO PROJECT: $50,000 · ReligionVOICE OF WITNESS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION: $235,000 · Civil Rights
International$6,797,693Other$2,143,700Education$912,500Arts & Culture$679,000Youth Development$250,000Religion$250,000Civil Rights$235,000

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 budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $6,562,693 over 1y, 11% of budgetNLI USA INC: $300,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAlliance for Girls: $250,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetKQED INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVOICE OF WITNESS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION: $235,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetINTERFAITH AMERICA: $200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW COLLEGE: $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLINGUA FRANCA MEDIA INC: $140,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetIGNITE: $100,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetT'RUAH: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEducation Outside: $90,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSan Francisco Arts Education Project: $86,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: $75,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCOMMONWEAL: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCenter for the Art of Translation: $67,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetABOUT-FACE MEDIA LITERACY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetSpelman College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH STUDIO PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetJust Vision Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL EXPLORATIONS: $37,500 over 1y, 58% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZAMBALETA: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA HOME WITHIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% 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 NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds NLI USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Girls ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICE OF WITNESS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LINGUA FRANCA MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds IGNITE ↗
  • Who funds T'RUAH ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS OF PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Education Outside ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Arts Education Project ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE ↗
  • Who funds COMMONWEAL ↗
  • Who funds Center for the Art of Translation ↗
  • Who funds HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ABOUT-FACE MEDIA LITERACY INC ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SUKKAT SHALOM INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH STUDIO PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Just Vision Inc ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL EXPLORATIONS ↗

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 San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…New Israel FundSilicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…The Battery FoundationWalter and Elise Haas…ImpactassetsincMcNabb FoundationTides FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Amalgamated Charitabl…
The San Francisco FoundationCA21.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · New Israel Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Battery Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Impactassetsinc · McNabb Foundation · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable 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 Germanacos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Germanacos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Germanacos Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Germanacos 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 50 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home