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The Jesse M Sutton Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Jesse M Sutton Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2022
9
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0176% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$44kHuman Services$34kHealth$5kFood & Nutrition$4kPhilanthropy$4kYouth Development$2kEducation$855Arts & Culture$360Other$0
02FY2022 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k8 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$201
Median grant
3
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM$10,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
HILLEL YESHIVA$501
ISRAEL MEDICAL FUND$360
ILAN HIGH SCHOOL$201
SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND$180
AHI EZER YESHIVA$180
Individual grant recipient$101
CHAI LIFELINE$100
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 (FY17–22, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL MEDICAL FUND: $360 → 17%MITZVAH MAN FOUNDATION CORP: $500 → 20%MITZVAH MAN FOUNDATION CORP: $201 → 20%SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM: $10k → 20%SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM: $10k → 20%SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM: $5k → 20%ATIME: $1k → 20%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND: $5k → 20%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.
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 20 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2022, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
46

Total granted

$69k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+47%

Still filing today

45%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionYouth DevelopmentArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $25k · revenue +33%
  • TS
    THE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $4k · revenue +65%
  • DS
    DEAL SEPHARDIC YOUTH CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +346%

Funded once

  • FJ
    FOUNDATION JEWISH PUBLICATIONS
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
  • SC
    SCA CO BETH TORAH
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +9%
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
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
2
Sherit Isroel
—
3
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

—
4
Zichron Chaim Meir Foundation
Philanthropy
5
The Chasdei Shimon Foundation
Religion
6
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
7
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
8
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

—
9
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
10
Chasudim Foundation
—
11
Congregation Beth-El Sephardic Center of Jamaica Estates

Congregation beth-el sephardic center of jamaica estates is a religious institution

Religion
12
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sbh Community Service Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. 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

28 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. 28 of the 68 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION JEWISH PUBLICATIONS: $8,120 · OtherFOUNDATION JEWISH PUBLICATIONSMAGEN DAVID SYNAGOGUE: $7,187 · OtherMAGEN DAVID SYNAGOGUEIndividual grant recipient: $6,202 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCA CO BETH TORAH: $5,200 · OtherSCA CO BETH TORAHMIKDASH ELIYAHU: $5,054 · OtherMIKDASH ELIYAHUOHEL SIMHA SUPERFUND: $2,821 · OtherSSC: $2,600 · OtherHILLEL YESHIVA: $2,504 · OtherRENEWAL: $2,361 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,207 · Other+36 more: $18,072 · Other+36 moreSBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC: $24,500 · Human ServicesSBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK IN…COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND INC+3 more: $2,061 · Human Services+3 moreSEPHARDIC COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER INC: $3,300 · Youth DevelopmentDEAL SEPHARDIC YOUTH CENTER INC: $1,910 · Youth DevelopmentMADRAIGOS INC: $525 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC: $3,971 · Food & NutritionYESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC: $2,433 · EducationILAN HIGH SCHOOL: $402 · EducationREACH FOR THE STARS LEARNING CENTER: $252 · EducationBET YAAKOV OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $200 · EducationTHE BRIDGE ACADEMY INC: $152 · EducationSEPHARDIC INSTITUTE SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING: $2,429 · ReligionVAAD HARABBANIM L'INYANEI TZEDUKA INC: $200 · ReligionCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $153 · ReligionCHAI LIFELINE INC: $613 · HealthBIKUR CHOLIM INC: $500 · HealthSPECIAL CHILDRENS FUND: $351 · HealthLUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $167 · HealthThe Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai: $105 · Health
Other$62,328Human Services$31,561Youth Development$5,735Food & Nutrition$3,971Education$3,439Religion$2,782Health$1,736

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 budgetSBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC: $24,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC: $3,971 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEPHARDIC COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER INC: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC: $2,433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPHARDIC INSTITUTE SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING: $2,429 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDEAL SEPHARDIC YOUTH CENTER INC: $1,910 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE FOUNDATION INC: $1,304 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMITZVAH MAN FOUNDATION CORP: $701 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $613 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMADRAIGOS INC: $525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILAN HIGH SCHOOL: $402 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL MEDICAL FUND CORP: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL CHILDRENS FUND: $351 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREACH FOR THE STARS LEARNING CENTER: $252 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBET YAAKOV OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAAD HARABBANIM L'INYANEI TZEDUKA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $167 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $153 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIDGE ACADEMY INC: $152 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPHARDIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $57 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 SBH COMMUNITY SERVICE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds DEAL SEPHARDIC YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange ↗
  • Who funds MITZVAH MAN FOUNDATION CORP ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds MADRAIGOS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIKUR CHOLIM INC ↗
  • Who funds ILAN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL MEDICAL FUND CORP ↗

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.

Jack Adjmi Family Fou…The Howard Hoffman & …Jewish Communal FundIsaac & Marjorie Gind…Altoon Sutton Memoria…Samuel & Mollie Jemal…The Ralph S Gindi Fam…E R G FoundationCabasso Family Founda…Chehebar Family Found…Sammy R & Barbara Sut…Haddad Brands Family …
Jack Adjmi Family Foundation IncNY36.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Howard Hoffman & Sons Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Isaac & Marjorie Gindi Foundation Inc · Altoon Sutton Memorial Fund · Samuel & Mollie Jemal Foundation Co Jem Realty · The Ralph S Gindi Family Foundation · E R G Foundation · Cabasso Family Foundation · Chehebar Family Foundation · Sammy R & Barbara Sutton Foundation · Haddad Brands Family Foundation

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 Jesse M Sutton Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jesse M Sutton Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to The Jesse M Sutton Foundation Inc 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 68 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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