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The Ginsburg Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ginsburg Family Foundation

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.

$645k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$280k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$385kEducation$157kInternational$150kHealth$116kHuman Services$100kCivil Rights$60kYouth Development$20kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $330k
  • $250k+1 grant · $280k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$280,000
AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY$70,000
FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM$60,000
KITA CENTER$50,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$50,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE$50,000
BOYS TOWN$20,000
PARKINSON COUNCIL$11,725
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$3,150
WILLS EYE HOSPITAL$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, 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.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $50k → 22%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.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$173k · 3 repeat orgs$726k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
10

Total granted

$173k
$250k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
0%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $475k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationArts & 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

  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +56%
  • AF
    AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $72k · revenue +2%
  • KS
    KATE SVITEK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $950 · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $80k
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • WA
    WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -17%
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
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
2
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
3
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
4
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Physicians for Palestine
Health
6
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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9
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
10
University of Judaism Foundation
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11
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
12
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Our vision is a flourishing jewish community where everyone feels included, supported and inspired. in order to accomplish this vision we cultivate resources, connect people and collaborate across the community to live and fulfill jewish…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $280,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $80,409 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKITA CENTER: $50,000 · OtherKITA CENTERAMERICAN BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherBOYS TOWN: $20,000 · OtherMAIN LINE REFORM TEMPLE: $20,000 · Other+2 more: $15,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $50,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL …FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $30,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE I…WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $25,000 · InternationalWORLD AFFAIRS CO…MIDDLE EAST FORUM: $25,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST FORU…FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $20,000 · InternationalFOREIGN POLICY R…AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $71,800 · EducationAMERICANS FOR…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF T…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $100,260 · HealthTHOMAS JEFFER…THE PARKINSON COUNCIL: $11,725 · HealthTHE PARKINSON…+2 more: $3,650 · HealthFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 · Human ServicesWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,500 · PhilanthropyKATE SVITEK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $950 · Philanthropy
Other$490,409International$150,000Education$121,800Health$115,635Civil Rights$60,000Human Services$50,000Arts & Culture$10,000Philanthropy$6,450

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 budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $100,260 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $71,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $3,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKATE SVITEK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $950 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCITY OF PHILADELPHIA TRUSTEE ADMINISTERING WILLS EYE HOSPITAL: $500 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ginsburg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ginsburg Family Foundation. 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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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 24 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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