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The Jacob & Ruth Mazer Foundation Co Michael Mazer

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 60% of THE JACOB & RUTH MAZER FOUNDATION CO MICHAEL MAZER’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$347k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$8,500
ACLU FOUNDATION$5,000
CIVIC CANOPY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
OSBORNE ASSOCIATION$2,800
JEWISH COLORADO$2,750
CAMP KESEM$1,500
GREENWICH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY$1,000
ACLU OF MAINE$1,000
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE SCIENCE$1,000
MAINE FAMILY PLANNING$700
YARMOUTH CARES ABOUT NEIGHBORS$700
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF C$600
FFRF$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP KESEM: $2k → 14%YARMOUTH CARES ABOUT NEIGHBORS: $700 → 7%YARMOUTH CARES ABOUT NEIGHBORS: $500 → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $3k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $2k → 11%AFYA FOUNDATION: $300 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$235k · 29 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
16

Total granted

$235k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
+14%

Still filing today

48%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +65%
  • TO
    THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $11k · revenue +70%
  • GH
    GREENWICH HOSPITAL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • AM
    ARIZONA MUSICFEST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +225%
  • GE
    GREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $750 · revenue +14%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

6
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
7
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
8
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
9
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
10
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
11
Central Maine Medical Center

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ray of Hope Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community FederationsPregnancy Support ServicesVolunteer Fire DepartmentsLand Conservation Organizat…Christian Missionary Organi…Community Arts OrganizationsCommunity Health CentersLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Classical Music EnsemblesGovernment Accountability R…Hospice Care ServicesUnited Way Federations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr16%39%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,536

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
13/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD — $38,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC — $20,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INCNEW PATHWAYS YOUTH — $16,500 · OtherNEW PATHWAYS YOUTHIndividual grant recipient — $14,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE JEWISH EXPERIENCE — $12,500 · OtherTHE JEWISH EXPERIENCEACLU OF COLORADO — $12,000 · OtherACLU OF COLORADOTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC — $10,800 · OtherTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF C — $10,600 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF CDSAFF — $6,000 · Other+26 more — $29,231 · Other+26 moreJEWISHColorado — $26,750 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColor…THE CIVIC CANOPY — $26,000 · Community ImprovementTHE CIVIC …AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Civil RightsWNET — $6,000 · Arts & CultureCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc — $2,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $2,000 · Arts & CultureARIZONA MUSICFEST INC — $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUM — $500 · Arts & CultureGREENWICH HOSPITAL — $8,000 · HealthJBI INTERNATIONAL INC — $2,000 · HealthFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC — $700 · HealthPORT CHESTER-RYE-RYE BROOK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC — $500 · HealthRAY OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $500 · HealthHospice of the Valley — $4,500 · Human ServicesCamp Kesem National — $1,500 · Human ServicesYARMOUTHCAN — $1,200 · Human ServicesTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC — $300 · Human Services
Other$170,131Philanthropy$26,750Community Improvement$26,000Civil Rights$20,000Arts & Culture$12,000Health$11,700Human Services$7,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISHColorado — $26,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CIVIC CANOPY — $26,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC — $20,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC — $10,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL — $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWNET — $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley — $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc — $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC — $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYARMOUTHCAN — $1,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRound Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc — $1,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROYAL RIVER CONSERVATION TRUST — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA MUSICFEST INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC — $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORT CHESTER-RYE-RYE BROOK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAY OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISHColorado
  • Who funds THE CIVIC CANOPY
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds GREENWICH HOSPITAL
  • Who funds WNET
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
  • Who funds Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc
  • Who funds JBI INTERNATIONAL INC
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO
  • Who funds Camp Kesem National
  • Who funds YARMOUTHCAN
  • Who funds Round Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY
  • Who funds ROYAL RIVER CONSERVATION TRUST
  • Who funds ARIZONA MUSICFEST INC
  • Who funds GREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC
  • Who funds FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC
  • Who funds PORT CHESTER-RYE-RYE BROOK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC
  • Who funds THE HEARD MUSEUM

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Maine Community Foundation IncME12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Jacob & Ruth Mazer Foundation Co Michael Mazer funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Greenwich Hospital0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Find your warmest path to The Jacob & Ruth Mazer Foundation Co Michael Mazer 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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