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The Joselow 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.

$162k
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 92% of THE JOSELOW FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k71 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$500
Median grant
16
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLEL CHABAD$18,000
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$16,526
TALMUDIC COLLEGE OF FLORIDA$15,000
BAYITH LEPLEITOT INC$5,000
THE PUBLIC THEATER$5,000
BIG CAT RESCUE$5,000
THE GUSH ETZION FOUNDATION$5,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$5,000
PETA$5,000
TALMUDIC COLLEGE OF FLORIDA$5,000
COLEL CHABAD$5,000
DIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER OF MIAMI$5,000
FRIENDS OF WLRN$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ASSOC FOR ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTERS$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID$5,000
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 (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BIG CAT RESCUE: $5k → 13%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

NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
TX
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 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.

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World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
Wildlife Sos

Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.

Animals
6
Ric OBarrys Dolphin Project

For Education, Safety, Protection, Recovery, and Prevention From Cruelty for All Cetaceans Especially Dolphins

Animals
7
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
8
Network for Animals Usa Inc

Network for Animals crusades against cruelty to animals by focusing on direct action, often in far-flung, otherwise neglected places around the globe. We receive no government grants and rely on the generosity of our supporters to conduct…

Animals
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Animal Diplomacy

Supporting and assisting with rescue, sheltering, spay/neuter, and rehoming of cats and dogs in needy developing countries. Our current exclusive focus is on Egypt and the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals.

Animals
11
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
12
Good World Animal Rescue and Protection Inc

The organization operates a shelter for over 600 dogs, over 100 cats, and 15 brown bears. The animals receive care and treatment by a core group of daily staff and veterinarians. Healthy dogs and cats fly to the US and CAN to be adopted.…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and the most unlike its peers is Red Bucket Equine Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community FederationsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionWildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Community Arts OrganizationsProfessional Ballet Compani…Government Accountability R…Food Pantries & AssistanceLand Conservation Organizat…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Christian Missionary Organi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%36%20–35yr13%39%35–55yr16%16%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/55
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,705

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

51 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 71 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
16/51
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

See Rider Attached — $675,404 · OtherSee Rider Attached+35 more — $94,472 · Other+35 moreHumane World for Animals Inc — $5,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC — $5,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE — $2,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION — $1,000 · Animals+14 more — $7,146 · AnimalsCentral Fund of Israel — $5,000 · InternationalGush Etzion Foundation % Juliette Landesman — $5,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $5,000 · International+4 more — $2,000 · InternationalNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $5,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER OF MIAMI INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC — $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — $500 · HealthBIG CAT RESCUE CORP — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC — $500 · Human ServicesMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC — $3,000 · PhilanthropyZaka Tel-Aviv Inc — $500 · PhilanthropyHEBRON FUND INC — $500 · Philanthropy
Other$769,876Animals$20,146International$17,000Arts & Culture$15,500Health$5,500Human Services$5,500Philanthropy$4,000

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 budgetTALMUDIC COLLEGE OF FLORIDA INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER OF MIAMI INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBIG CAT RESCUE CORP — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGush Etzion Foundation % Juliette Landesman — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEIR PANIM — $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $646 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESAVERS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY CAT INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZaka Tel-Aviv Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE WOLF SANCTUARY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHooves & Paws Animal Rescue Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World Action Fund — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIMAD ALON MOREH INC — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEYLIM LEV LACHIM — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLION HABITAT RANCH INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASTLETON RANCH HORSE RESCUE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC — $500 over 1y, 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.

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 Gloria and Jacqui…Surendra and Karen Gu…Bradford Family Found…PC Fund for Animals C…Zichron Chaim Charity…Amg Charitable Gift F…Bernard Weinberg Foun…Davidson Foundation f…Grace and Li Yu Famil…Pam Lewis FoundationSeckinger Foundation …The Gerald B Shreiber…
The Gloria and Jacquin D Bierman FoundationFL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gloria and Jacquin D Bierman Foundation · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Bernard Weinberg Foundation · Davidson Foundation for Music Dance and Dramatic Arts · Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation · Pam Lewis Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · The Gerald B Shreiber 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 Joselow 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    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 71 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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