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The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Lester M and Sally Entin 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.

$308k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$87k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$952kFood & Nutrition$423kEducation$388kReligion$313kPhilanthropy$149kHuman Services$84kYouth Development$33kArts & Culture$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $137k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$86,500
FOOD ALLERGY SCIENCE INITIATIVE$50,000
THE PINE CREST FUND$28,000
ISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTER$25,000
CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION$21,500
MORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL$16,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER$15,000
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN$10,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$5,000
CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATIONS$5,000
PBA LOCAL #34$5,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$5,000
THE COMFORT PROJECT 360$5,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY$5,000
DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHANGE 4 CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%JFS OF METRO WEST: $3k → 8%THE SEEING EYE: $500 → 4%THE SEEING EYE: $500 → 4%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $5k → 7%HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES OF METRO WEST: $5k → 16%BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%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

ME
VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 65 repeat orgs$349k to everyone else

65 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
59

Total granted

$2.1M
$335k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+38%

Still filing today

49%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FA
    Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $175k · revenue +38%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $149k · revenue +12%
  • TB
    The Broad Institute Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • FA
    FOOD ALLERGY INIATIVE
    one grant, 2017 · $66k
  • AG
    AMERICAN GIVES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • VE
    VIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue +38%
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
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
2
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
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
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
5
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
6
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
7
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of 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 future…

Health
10
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
11
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
12
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of 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 future…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc; the most unlike its peers is Daughters of Miriam Foundation Inc. 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

63 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. 63 of the 131 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/63
Grantees still filing
41/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc: $175,000 · OtherFood Allergy Science Initiative IncCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $140,450 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUNISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTER: $120,000 · OtherISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTERFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION: $106,000 · OtherFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATIONFOOD ALLERGY INIATIVE: $66,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES - CLIFTON: $46,000 · Other+82 more: $586,346 · Other+82 moreCURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $455,700 · HealthCURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INCCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $148,800 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCThe Broad Institute Inc: $100,000 · HealthThe Broad Institute IncAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: $35,000 · Health5 UNDER 40 FOUNDATION CORP: $30,000 · Health+8 more: $32,250 · HealthMORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL: $97,670 · EducationMORRISTOWN-BE…PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $86,500 · EducationPINE CREST PR…QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $72,500 · EducationQUINNIPIAC UN…University of Miami: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of…MUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $17,500 · EducationMUHLENBERG CO…+3 more: $7,400 · EducationCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $56,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $19,675 · PhilanthropyDAUGHTERS OF MIRIAM FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyBOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMAYOR COHENS CHARITY FUND A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMILLBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePaper Mill Playhouse: $8,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $4,800 · Arts & CultureMaine Alliance for Arts Education: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $4,600 · Human ServicesTrustBridge Foundation Inc: $4,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesBRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Human ServicesCHANGE 4 CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$1,239,796Health$801,750Education$306,570Food & Nutrition$66,000Philanthropy$50,175Arts & Culture$35,800Human Services$20,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $455,700 over 8y, 16% of budgetFood Allergy Science Initiative Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $148,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL: $97,670 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $86,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $72,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $56,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $35,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budget5 UNDER 40 FOUNDATION CORP: $30,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetVIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDaughters of Israel Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $19,675 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA SCORES: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDAUGHTERS OF MIRIAM FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FOOT FORWARD FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPRING STREET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DBA TABLE OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $4,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustBridge Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAYOR COHENS CHARITY FUND A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLISA B FISHMAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY LTD: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILLBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJerusalem International Basketball-Sports Center Corp: $2,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,000 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 CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds MORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds 5 UNDER 40 FOUNDATION CORP ↗
  • Who funds VIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds Daughters of Israel Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MUHLENBERG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA SCORES ↗
  • Who funds DAUGHTERS OF MIRIAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER 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 Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Debra and Kenneth Cap…Community Foundation …Jewish Communal FundAmerican Express Foun…The Hyde and Watson F…Richard & Poppy Segal…The Miller Family End…The Florin Family Fou…The Leon and Toby Coo…Lori & Michael Nash F…
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJNJ20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Communal Fund · American Express Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Richard & Poppy Segal Charitable Trust · The Miller Family Endowment Inc · The Florin Family Foundation Inc · The Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation · Lori & Michael Nash 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 Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 230%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc: 35% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service of Metrowest Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Weston Playhouse Theater: 0% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Morristown-Beard School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get 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
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 131 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home