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The Harold Edelstein Foundation at a glance

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The Harold Edelstein 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.

$561k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$3.1MHealth$1.2MHousing & Shelter$647kInternational$455kFood & Nutrition$258kEducation$93kYouth Development$81k
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $446k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONE GENERATION$60,000
LAS FAMILIAS DEL PUEBLO$50,000
MY FRIENDS PLACE$45,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LA$45,000
FOOTHILL FAMILY SHELTER$40,000
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTI$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING$40,000
ST VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELS$25,000
THE SURVIVOR MITZVAH PROJECT$25,000
AVIVA$20,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$20,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF SANTA CLARITA$20,000
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC$18,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF VERDUGOS$17,500
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 (FY17–24, $361k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOUTH: $250 → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $15k → 13%CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOUTH: $250 → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $15k → 13%CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOUTH: $250 → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $15k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $13k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $10k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $10k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $8k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $8k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $20k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $18k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $15k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $15k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $15k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $15k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $12k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $12k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $20k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $15k → 14%Lake Avenue Foundation: $2k → 14%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 27 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +162% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
3

Total granted

$5.9M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+162%
+49%

Still filing today

59%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NH
    NATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $870k · revenue +281%
  • O
    ONEGENERATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $488k · revenue +162%
  • LF
    Las Familias Del Pueblo
    8× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF THE EAST SAN FERN
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • LA
    LAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +49%
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
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
2
The Center in Hollywood

The center provides a place of community to end isolation, build relationships, and introduce housing, health and wellness services to adult individuals experiencing homelessness in hollywood. it contracts with public and non-profit grant…

Human Services
3
Ascencia

To lift people of out homelessness, one person, one family at a time.

Housing & Shelter
4
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
5
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
6
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
7
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
8
Hamburger Home

Aviva believes every child and every family in our los angeles community deserves the chance for a brighter future. we provide compassionate support, therapeutic services and guidance to at-risk children and families.

Education
9
Via Care Community Health Center

Providing health care services to the poor and underserved of los angeles.

Health
10
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
11
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service

Consejo brings healing, health, and hope to communities through holistic, culturally, and linguistically competent behavioral health services and advocacy.

Health
12
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Home Again Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Communities in Schools of Nevada 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

17 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. 17 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ONEGENERATION: $488,000 · OtherONEGENERATIONMY FRIENDS PLACE: $415,250 · OtherMY FRIENDS PLACELas Familias Del Pueblo: $400,000 · OtherLas Familias Del PuebloJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LA: $400,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LAIndividual grant recipient: $399,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTI: $342,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING: $340,000 · OtherJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGINGFOOTHILL FAMILY SHELTER INC: $340,000 · OtherFOOTHILL FAMILY SHELTER INCST VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELS: $217,500 · OtherST VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELSAVIVA: $161,000 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE OF SANTA CLARITA: $159,000 · Other+7 more: $368,500 · Other+7 moreNATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $870,000 · HealthNATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDAT…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $205,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los…VENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $147,500 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINICRAINBOW SERVICES: $125,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $121,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $92,500 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,260 · Human ServicesSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $113,000 · InternationalHOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES: $113,000 · Housing & ShelterWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $40,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,030,750Health$1,222,500Human Services$361,260International$113,000Housing & Shelter$113,000Food & Nutrition$40,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $870,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetONEGENERATION: $488,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetLas Familias Del Pueblo: $400,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetFOOTHILL FAMILY SHELTER INC: $340,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $205,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $147,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOW SERVICES: $125,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $121,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $113,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES: $113,000 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetST BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES: $97,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $92,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUPWARD BOUND HOUSE: $44,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE: $1,510 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Coalition for Youth: $750 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ONEGENERATION ↗
  • Who funds Las Familias Del Pueblo ↗
  • Who funds FOOTHILL FAMILY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Survivor Mitzvah Project ↗
  • Who funds HOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds ST BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC ↗
  • Who funds UPWARD BOUND HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE ↗
  • Who funds California Coalition for Youth ↗

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 Rose Hills Founda…California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…Carrie Estelle Doheny…The Ahmanson Foundati…S Mark Taper Foundati…Shelter Partnership I…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Lon V Smith FoundationUnihealth FoundationUnited Way Inc
The Rose Hills FoundationCA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Lon V Smith Foundation · Unihealth Foundation · United Way 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 Harold Edelstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harold Edelstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Harold Edelstein Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Harold Edelstein 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 30 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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