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The Jerrold & Diane Salmanson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$126k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Philanthropy$225kHealth$148kReligion$128kEducation$41kFood & Nutrition$10kInternational$7kHousing & Shelter$4kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RI$50,000
LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION$25,000
TEMPLE EMANUEL$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL$10,000
BRIGHAM WOMEN'S$10,000
READ TO SUCCEED RI$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%CROSSROADS RI: $500 → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $250 → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $250 → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $250 → 14%JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RI: $50k → 14%JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RI: $45k → 14%JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RI: $40k → 14%JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RI: $13k → 14%PROVIDENCE RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RI: $300 → 14%PROVIDENCE RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 14%PROVIDENCE RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 14%PROVIDENCE RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 14%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

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NY
MA
RI
VA
TN
DC
OK
FL

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$585k · 31 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
6

Total granted

$585k
$4k

Still filing today

48%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther

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

  • JA
    JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RHODE ISLAND
    5× · 2019–2025 · $149k · revenue +1%
  • RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +106%
  • TM
    The Miriam Hospital Foundation
    7× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • PH
    PROVIDENCE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • RC
    RI COVID-19
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • FC
    FC CHARITIES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k

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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Brown Emergency Medicine Inc

To provide exceptional emergency medical care, education, research, and service to the people of rhode island and beyond.

Health
3
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
4
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
5
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
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…

Health
8
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
9
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc

The mission of the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation, Inc. is to secure the financial resources required to sustain clinical excellence and quality of care at Jupiter Medical Center, Inc. & its affiliates.

Philanthropy
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
12
Rush Copley Medical Center

To improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and the most unlike its peers is Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer 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

17 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. 17 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TEMPLE EMANUEL — $121,560 · OtherTEMPLE EMANUELBRIGHAM WOMEN'S — $70,000 · OtherBRIGHAM WOMEN'SUNITED WAY — $35,150 · OtherUNITED WAYMISC CONTRIBUTION 250 — $33,926 · OtherMISC CONTRIBUTION 250DANA-FARBER INC — $30,000 · OtherDANA-FARBER INCSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $26,900 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC+19 more — $57,550 · Other+19 moreJEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RHODE ISLAND — $148,708 · Human ServicesJEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RHODE I…MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $30,050 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER …+3 more — $7,250 · Human ServicesThe Miriam Hospital Foundation — $7,350 · HealthJupiter Medical Center Inc — $6,600 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $750 · HealthTHE MIRIAM HOSPITAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION — $536 · HealthLEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC — $10,000 · EducationREAD TO SUCCEED INC — $1,000 · EducationRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $6,500 · InternationalISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC — $500 · InternationalFRENCHMANS CREEK CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC — $5,825 · Philanthropy
Other$375,086Human Services$186,008Health$15,236Education$11,000Food & Nutrition$10,000International$7,000Philanthropy$5,825

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 budgetJEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RHODE ISLAND — $148,708 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $30,050 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital Foundation — $7,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc — $6,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRENCHMANS CREEK CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC — $5,825 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND RESCUE MINISTRIES — $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $1,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND — $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRIAM HOSPITAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION — $536 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 2y, 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 JEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RHODE ISLAND
  • Who funds MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds DANA-FARBER INC
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds The Miriam Hospital Foundation
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Inc
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
  • Who funds FRENCHMANS CREEK CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND RESCUE MINISTRIES
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND
  • Who funds READ TO SUCCEED INC
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC

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.

The Koffler Bornstein Family FoundationRI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Koffler Bornstein Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Jerrold & Diane Salmanson Foundation 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University12% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Jerrold & Diane Salmanson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Jerrold & Diane Salmanson 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 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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