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The Gottesman Fund

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.

$84M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
99
Grants FY2024
88
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$29,300,197
Organizations funded a year
88 to 102
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Gottesman Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving95$83M17%
FY202388$36M26%
FY202296$25M19%
FY202192$26M30%
FY2020102$26Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$55MInternational$52MEducation$37MArts & Culture$14MReligion$7.3MFood & Nutrition$6.8MRecreation & Sports$5.9MPhilanthropy$4.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Gottesman Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mount Sinai Health System Inc$10,670,69255%
American Museum of Natural History$10,011,82532%
Yeshiva University$6,000,00021%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$5,713,00044%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$5,498,33341%
Abraham Joshua Heschel School$3,746,11154%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$3,600,80550%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$3,600,000511%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$3,387,00033%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$2,945,88156%
Ramaz School$2,375,0005n/a
The Frisch School$2,025,00051%
The Leffell School$1,975,0005n/a
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy$1,915,0005n/a
Children's Museum of Manhattan$1,666,66713%
Golda Och Academy$1,423,95052%
The University of Vermont Medical Center$1,364,94310%
Yeshiva High School for Girls Inc$1,170,00055%
West Side Center for Community Life$1,085,00043%
Zamir Choral Foundation Inc$1,046,000515%
New York Common Pantry$1,025,00043%
Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc$1,000,00019%
Council on the Environment Inc$925,00042%
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc$890,000512%
Shefa School$825,00032%
Food Bank for New York City$775,00040%
Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital$750,00041%
Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty$555,00031%
Good Shepherd Services$550,00040%
Torah Academy of Bergen County$540,00051%
Montefiore Medical Center$535,00020%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$535,00025%
Luria Academy of Brooklyn$525,00051%
The Children's Aid Society$500,00040%
New York Botanical Garden$500,00011%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$475,00031%
The Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy of Connecticut Incorporated$465,0005n/a
Sanctuary for Families Inc$450,00051%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$400,00050%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$400,00031%
Greater Burlington YMCA Inc$400,00022%
The Jewish Museum$378,00041%
Association to Benefit Children$375,00031%
Meet International Inc$350,000410%
Dorot Inc$325,00051%
Bard College$320,00020%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$305,00051%
Capstone Community Action Inc$300,00041%
Israel on Campus Coalition Inc$300,00032%
The Child Center of Ny Inc$300,00020%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$285,00030%
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc$267,20051%
Advocates for Children of New York$250,00041%
Institute for Sustainable Communities$250,00022%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$225,00040%
Bronx Children's Museum$220,00046%
Kivunim$200,00018%
Bronxworks Inc$200,00010%
New York Cares Inc$200,00031%
Tivnu Building Justice$200,000410%
Intervale Center Inc$185,00052%
Save The Children Federation Inc$180,00040%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$175,00010%
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc$170,00022%
US Friends of Dror Israel Inc$150,000111%
Governors Island Alliance$150,00026%
Institute for Curriculum Services$150,0001n/a
The St Bernard Project Inc$142,50020%
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun$141,5005n/a
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc$140,00041%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$130,00020%
Champlain College Incorporated$130,00050%
Chronicle of a People Foundation Inc$125,000114%
Generator Inc$120,00036%
World Central Kitchen Inc$115,00030%
American Friends of Shenkar College in Israel$115,000470%
Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs Inc$113,70024%
Barnard College$110,00050%
Teachers College Columbia University$100,00010%
Met Council Inc$100,0001n/a
The Jed Foundation$100,00011%
Ifwhenhow$100,00011%
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue$100,0002n/a
The River Fund New York Inc$100,00020%
National Institute for Reproductive Health Inc$100,00011%
Crisis Text Line Inc$100,00021%
Tzohar Israel Foundation$100,00013%
American Friends of Natal Inc$100,00012%
Center for Hearing and Communication$95,00031%
Congregation or Zarua$90,0004n/a
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$90,00020%
Americares Foundation Inc$90,00020%
International Medical Corps$90,00020%
The Foundation for City College$81,25010%
Family Legal Care Inc$75,00012%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$75,00020%
The Jewish Association for Services for the Aged$75,00010%
Council of American Jewish Museums Inc$75,000312%
Champlain Housing Trust$75,00010%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$75,00010%
Plan a Health Inc$62,50022%
Hebrew College$60,00010%
Partnership to End Addiction$60,00040%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$55,00050%
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc$50,00011%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$50,00011%
Yellowhammer Fund$50,00012%
Jtp Professional Service Corporation$50,00011%
Western States Center$50,00011%
Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc$50,00010%
Mayday Medicines Inc$50,00012%
9 Million Reasons Inc$50,0001n/a
Jewish Communities of Vermont Inc$49,000414%
National Gallery of Art$46,00040%
Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc$45,00012%
American Jewish Historical Society$40,00041%
Lawyers for Children Inc$40,00020%
Service Program for Older People Inc$30,00011%
Ramapo for Children Inc$30,00020%
Storahtelling Lab Shul Inc$30,00041%
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club$25,00010%
Parks Foundation of Burlington Inc$25,00014%
The Horticultural Society of New York$25,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$25,0001n/a
Stern Center for Language and Learning$25,00020%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$25,00010%
University of Arizona Foundation$25,00010%
Children of Bellevue Inc$25,00013%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$25,00010%
West Side Hatzoloh$25,00012%
American Friends of Jordan River Village Foundation$25,00012%
Yonkers Partners in Education Inc$20,00020%
Mongabay Org Corp$20,00020%
Malayaka House Inc$20,00027%
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra$20,00020%
Audubon Nature Institute Inc$20,00020%
Shining Hope for Communities Inc$20,00020%
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$18,00010%
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation$15,00012%
New Yorkers for Parks$15,00021%
Via Link Inc$15,00010%
Mission Cure Inc$10,00012%
Experience Camps$10,0001n/a
Rainforest Trust$10,00010%
St John's College$10,00010%
The Working World Inc$10,00020%
City Park Conservancy$10,00010%
Edward Charles Foundation$10,00010%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$10,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00020%
The Bridge Inc$5,00010%
Institute for Jewish Ideas & Ideals Inc$5,00011%
Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc$5,00011%
Temple Beth Abraham$5,0001n/a
American Friends of the Israel Museum$2,50010%
ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA$2,00020%
Greenwich Hospital$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($100M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Gottesman Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 144 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMount Sinai Health System Inc: $10,670,692 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $10,011,825 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetYeshiva University: $6,000,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $5,713,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $5,498,333 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAbraham Joshua Heschel School: $3,746,111 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $3,600,805 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $3,600,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $3,387,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetFoundation for Jewish Camp Inc: $2,945,881 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetThe Frisch School: $2,025,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $1,666,667 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGolda Och Academy: $1,423,950 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetThe University of Vermont Medical Center: $1,364,943 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYeshiva High School for Girls Inc: $1,170,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetWest Side Center for Community Life: $1,085,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetZamir Choral Foundation Inc: $1,046,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetNew York Common Pantry: $1,025,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetNefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetCouncil on the Environment Inc: $925,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetLeahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc: $890,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetShefa School: $825,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $775,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMilton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital: $750,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMetropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty: $555,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGood Shepherd Services: $550,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTorah Academy of Bergen County: $540,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMontefiore Medical Center: $535,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpectrum Youth and Family Services Inc: $535,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLuria Academy of Brooklyn: $525,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Children's Aid Society: $500,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $475,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSanctuary for Families Inc: $450,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $400,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless Inc: $400,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGreater Burlington YMCA Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $378,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAssociation to Benefit Children: $375,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMeet International Inc: $350,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetDorot Inc: $325,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBard College: $320,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc: $305,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCapstone Community Action Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetIsrael on Campus Coalition Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Child Center of Ny Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $285,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStoryville Center for the Spoken Word Inc: $267,200 over 5y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 144.

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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 Communal FundNY43.9× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Covenant Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

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.

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How do I get to The Gottesman Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Gottesman Fund 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.

About The Gottesman Fund

How much does The Gottesman Fund give?
The Gottesman Fund reported 99 grants totaling $83,769,729 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 88 and 102 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Gottesman Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), International (26%), Education (19%).
Who are The Gottesman Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Mount Sinai Health System Inc ($11M), American Museum of Natural History ($10M), Yeshiva University ($6.0M).
Does The Gottesman Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gottesman Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Gottesman Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc.
Where is The Gottesman Fund based?
The Gottesman Fund is based in NY.

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 195 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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