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The Jeffrey W Glazer 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.

$539k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
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.

Education$1.8MPhilanthropy$870kHuman Services$855kScience & Tech$766kArts & Culture$361kCommunity Improvement$291kReligion$97kEnvironment$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $134k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$6,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$300,000
SDSU CAMPANILE FOUNDATION$134,000
DES MOINES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY$25,000
LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
CONREGATION BETH ISRAEL$15,360
LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY$6,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$3,500
CONGREGATION BETH EL$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
HILLEL JEWISH CAMPUS CENTER$1,800
CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDENS$1,500
LA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GILLESPIE SCHOOL: $1k → 11%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
IL
MI
NY
IA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
GA
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.2M · 33 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +78% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
24

Total granted

$5.2M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+78%

Still filing today

33%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationSocial ScienceCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • LF
    LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $837k · revenue +21%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $250k · revenue +14%
  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $34k · revenue +243%

Funded once

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $33k · revenue +3%
  • WM
    WALTER MUNK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $28k
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
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
2
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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11
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 5 Gyres Institute. 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

23 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. 23 of the 60 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SDSU CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $1,305,400 · OtherSDSU CAMPANILE FOUNDATIONLAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $836,700 · OtherLAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYUCSD SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $766,000 · OtherUCSD SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHYSAN DIEGO JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $671,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONINSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $475,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATIONSAN DIEGO STATE AZTEC FOUNDATION: $189,150 · Other+42 more: $576,435 · Other+42 moreINSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $250,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $33,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $93,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $32,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $20,000 · EnvironmentASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $6,500 · EnvironmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $33,500 · Social ScienceLA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Community ImprovementBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,819,685Education$285,500Arts & Culture$148,000Environment$58,500Social Science$33,500Community Improvement$9,000Youth Development$6,000

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 budgetLAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $836,700 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $93,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $33,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $33,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe 5 Gyres Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEACREST FOUNDATION: $2,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GILLISPIE SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds The 5 Gyres Institute ↗
  • Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Jeffrey W Glazer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jeffrey W Glazer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 60 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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