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The James B Mintzer Foundation at a glance

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The James B Mintzer 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.

$238k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$163kYouth Development$120kCivil Rights$98kHealth$86kArts & Culture$80kFood & Nutrition$60kRecreation & Sports$55kHuman Services$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $153k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL$50,000
SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS$20,000
ST JUDES$13,000
MARKS ANGEL FOUNDATION$10,000
SPECIAL STRIDES$10,000
FREE ARTS NYC$10,000
LINCOLN HALL BOYS HAVEN$10,000
ART START INC$10,000
FOOD BANK NYC$10,000
JED FOUNDATION$10,000
THE POINT CDC$10,000
NO KID HUNGRY$10,000
TADA YOUTH THEATER$10,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$10,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FREEDOM READS: $10k → 12%FREEDOM READS: $5k → 12%FREEDOM READS: $5k → 12%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 17%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 17%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $5k → 17%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $5k → 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

MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$680k · 18 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$680k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
-6%

Still filing today

83%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalCrime & LegalHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AI
    AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $95k · revenue +3%
  • SW
    SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $55k · revenue +102%
  • TP
    The Point Community Development Corporation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • EF
    ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +2%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -52%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
3
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
4
Children's Rights Inc

Children's rights is a national advocacy organization that investigates, exposes, and combats violations of the rights of children. through strategic advocacy and civil rights impact litigation, children's rights holds governments…

Civil Rights
5
Refugee Protection International Inc

Rpi's mission is to partner with local non-gov organizations and others to strengthen protection and self-reliance among refugees and internally displaced persons near conflict zones.

International
6
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
7
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
8
Scholars At Risk Inc

Scholars at risk (sar) is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars, promote academic freedom, and defend everyone's freedom to think, question and share ideas.

International
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
11
Relief International Inc

Relief international (ri) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience, and promote long-term health and wellbeing of people in the communities that we serve. relief…

International
12
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marks Angel Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 33 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.

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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 first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $95,000 · OtherAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCILThe Point Community Development Corporation: $40,000 · OtherThe Point Community Development CorporationMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONStandUp for Kids: $30,000 · OtherStandUp for KidsLINCOLN HALL BOYS HAVEN: $30,000 · OtherLINCOLN HALL BOYS HAVENNO KID HUNGRY: $20,000 · OtherNO KID HUNGRY+13 more: $84,500 · Other+13 moreMARKS ANGEL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Crime & LegalMARKS ANGEL FOUNDATI…FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED…CHILDREN OF PROMISE NYC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN OF PROMISE …EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SA…ART START INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureART START I…TADA THEATRE AND DANCE ALLIANCE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTADA THEATR…THE JED FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthTHE JED FO…SPECIAL STRIDES INC: $20,000 · HealthSPECIAL ST…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $13,000 · HealthST JUDE CH…+1 more: $2,500 · HealthSOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM READS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $40,000 · Community Improvement
Other$339,500Crime & Legal$140,000Arts & Culture$80,000Health$75,500Recreation & Sports$55,000Human Services$50,000Community Improvement$40,000

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 budgetAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $95,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Point Community Development Corporation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetART START INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARKS ANGEL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 77% of budgetFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTADA THEATRE AND DANCE ALLIANCE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN OF PROMISE NYC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStandUp for Kids: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL STRIDES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFREEDOM READS INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN HALL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 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.

The Ford FoundationPinkerton FoundationThe New York Communit…Tides FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The Ford FoundationNY18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 James B Mintzer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James B Mintzer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Freedom Reads Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Special Strides Inc: 2% of 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
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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How do I get to The James B Mintzer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The James B Mintzer 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 33 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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