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The Handler Family 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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Animals$138kEducation$75kRecreation & Sports$54kEnvironment$31kHealth$18kHuman Services$11kYouth Development$10kArts & Culture$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$394
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
PACIFIC WILD ALLIANCE$5,000
ANIMAL NATION INC$2,500
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 (FY18–18, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%SHE'S THE FIRST: $8k → 17%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
MT
WI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
DE
NC
TX
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$178k · 6 repeat orgs$206k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
35

Total granted

$178k
$188k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+33%

Still filing today

83%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’24
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • WC
    WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $124k · revenue +6%
  • HP
    HUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN
    2× · 2018–2019 · $8k · revenue +25%
  • TA
    The Abraham Foundation
    2× · 2018–2019 · $6k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • HI
    HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $54k · revenue +70%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +214%
  • THE WINDWARD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +13%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
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
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
8
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
9
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
10
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
11
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
12
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is She's the First Inc; the most unlike its peers is Young Investors Society. 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

39 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. 39 of the 46 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $123,733 · AnimalsWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INCPACIFIC WILD ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 · Animals+2 more: $3,550 · AnimalsUrban Arts Partnership: $35,000 · OtherUrban Arts PartnershipTHE HOME OF THE BRAVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE HOME OF THE BRAVE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCARAMORE: $7,500 · OtherCARAMOREHIAS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $5,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF HILLTOP HANOVER: $5,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF ACTION FUND: $5,000 · OtherThe Abraham Foundation: $6,000 · OtherSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $7,500 · OtherSHE'S THE FIRST INCHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $7,500 · OtherHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENTURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $11,870 · Other+14 moreHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $53,550 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WAL…THE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationTHE WINDW…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationTHE ROCKE…+3 more: $2,500 · Education+3 moreAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGARTH FAGAN DANCE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureDMF YOUTH INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSESAME WORKSHOP: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $60 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,000 · Health
Animals$132,283Other$121,370Recreation & Sports$53,550Education$32,500Environment$25,250Arts & Culture$11,060Health$11,000

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 budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $123,733 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $53,550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Arts Partnership: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE BRAVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Abraham Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC WILD ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF ACTION FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARTH FAGAN DANCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL NATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDMF YOUTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYoung Investors Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAsha Partners: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LELT FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Enviromental Literacy Fdn: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALM CHARITIES INC: $320 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $50 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundThe Hyde and Watson F…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Ibm International Fou…The Chicago Community…Charities Aid Foundat…Tides FoundationUnited Way WorldwideThe Bank of America C…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY17.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Tides Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Bank of America 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 Handler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Handler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • The Home of the Brave Foundation: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Handler Family 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 46 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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