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The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson 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.

$7.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Itemized grants FY2024
49
Organizations funded FY2023
45%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 61
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$176M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesReligionInternationalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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 arriving32$2.5M53%
FY202349$6.1M45%
FY202261$6.5M82%
FY202050$4.0Mn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$4.8MReligion$2.4MHealth$2.2MHuman Services$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$1.2MYouth Development$748kEmployment$704kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Jewish Museum$1,000,43214%
Montefiore Medical Center$605,67930%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$511,49130%
Footsteps Inc$450,00036%
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation at Queens College Inc$421,000321%
Robin Hood Foundation$401,89420%
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation$400,0002n/a
Hunter Hillel Foundation$367,000414%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$290,00031%
Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc$262,02622%
Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Jewish Museum$1,000,43214%
Montefiore Medical Center$605,67930%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$511,49130%
Footsteps Inc$450,00036%
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation at Queens College Inc$421,000321%
Robin Hood Foundation$401,89420%
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation$400,0002n/a
Hunter Hillel Foundation$367,000414%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$290,00031%
Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc$262,02622%
Jewish Food Society Inc$260,00044%
Boundless Israel Inc$250,00036%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$250,00040%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$227,66810%
Comprehensive Youth Development Inc$225,53923%
Braven Inc$215,70430%
Good Shepherd Services$211,00020%
John Jay College Foundation Inc$210,00022%
Women in Need Inc$200,00040%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$190,52131%
Pace University$176,58310%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$174,89820%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$152,36520%
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$150,00030%
Friends of Jcc Krakow Inc$150,00022%
Jewish Funders Network$144,39841%
The Baruch College Fund$125,00010%
Youth Renewal Fund$117,40811%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$108,60410%
Talmar Inc$102,365137%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$101,40910%
Pbs Foundation$101,06711%
Birthright Israel Foundation$100,68210%
Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty$100,00010%
Goddard Riverside Community Center$100,00020%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$100,00022%
Marcy Lab Inc$100,00013%
Commonpoint Ny Inc$100,00020%
Sixpoint Inc$100,00016%
Expanded Schools Inc$100,00011%
Jobsfirstnyc$99,89813%
Per Scholas Inc$75,00010%
4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe$75,00013%
National Jewish Advocacy Center Inc$75,00014%
New York University$75,00020%
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc$60,00022%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$60,00010%
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at Brooklyn College$53,00016%
Lehigh University$50,00010%
National Black Empowerment Council Inc$50,00013%
Nyu Langone Hospitals$50,00010%
Yaffed Inc$50,00016%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$50,00010%
Third Way Institute$50,00010%
Zioness Movement Inc$50,00013%
Itrek Inc$50,00010%
Kavod$50,00011%
National Ramah Commission Inc$50,00010%
Repair the World$50,00010%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Philanthropy New York Inc$30,20020%
Johns Hopkins University$30,00010%
Hillel at Csi Inc$30,00019%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$25,00010%
Baltimore Homecoming Inc$25,00013%
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc$25,00010%
The Bottom Line Inc$25,00010%
Reboot Inc$25,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Jewish Museum: $1,000,432 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMontefiore Medical Center: $605,679 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $511,491 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFootsteps Inc: $450,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation at Queens College Inc: $421,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $401,894 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHunter Hillel Foundation: $367,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetThe Fund for Public Schools Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Society Inc: $262,026 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetJewish Food Society Inc: $260,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetBoundless Israel Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc: $227,668 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetComprehensive Youth Development Inc: $225,539 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBraven Inc: $215,704 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGood Shepherd Services: $211,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Jay College Foundation Inc: $210,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWomen in Need Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSunrise Day Camps Association Inc: $190,521 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPace University: $176,583 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $174,898 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $152,365 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harold Grinspoon Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Jcc Krakow Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $144,398 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Baruch College Fund: $125,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYouth Renewal Fund: $117,408 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Hospital: $108,604 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTalmar Inc: $102,365 over 1y, 37% of budgetThe Shalom Hartman Institute of North America: $101,409 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPbs Foundation: $101,067 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $100,682 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGoddard Riverside Community Center: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSeachange Capital Partners Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMarcy Lab Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCommonpoint Ny Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSixpoint Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetExpanded Schools Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJobsfirstnyc: $99,898 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe: $75,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNational Jewish Advocacy Center Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetNew York University: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBnai Brith Hillel Foundation at Brooklyn College: $53,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetLehigh University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 67.

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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.

United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York IncNY31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Nash Family Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation · The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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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About The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation

How much does The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation give?
The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation reported 37 itemized grants totaling $2,538,100, out of $7,644,739 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (11%), Religion (6%), Health (5%).
Who are The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Jewish Museum ($1.0M), Montefiore Medical Center ($606k), Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($511k).
Does The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation 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 Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation.
Where is The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation based?
The Jeffrey H and Shari L Aronson Family Foundation 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 144 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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