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The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$19k
Granted FY2026still arriving
23
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$47kHealth$13kEducation$13kPhilanthropy$11kReligion$10kCivil Rights$2kHuman Services$750Food & Nutrition$700Other$0
02FY2026 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
2
States reached
$54k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIT - LWE MATERIALS FUND$5,000
ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA$5,000
WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING$2,500
JEWISH HOME FOUNDATION$2,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER$2,000
CHABAD LUBAVITCH ROCHESTER NY$450
MEMORIAL ART GALLERY$200
INTERVOL$200
ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$200
BRIGHTON VOLUNTEER AMBULENCE$150
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$105
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$100
JCC OF GREATER ROCHESTER$100
HOCHSTEIN SCHOOL$100
UR MEDICINE HOME CARE - UNIV OF ROCHESTER$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–26, $600) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%JCC OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $100 → 14%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$93k · 32 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2026, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
25

Total granted

$93k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
0%

Still filing today

66%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • RP
    ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC
    5× · 2017–2026 · $14k · revenue +15%
  • WP
    WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL
    5× · 2020–2026 · $11k · revenue +34%
  • JS
    JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +303%

Funded once

  • NC
    NARARETH COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    one grant, 2025 · $2k · revenue 0%
  • GT
    GEVA THEATER
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
2
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
3
United Memorial Medical Center Foundation Inc

To raise and manage funds in support of united memorial medical center and it's affiliates.

Health
4
Rochester Area Foundation

Building and enhancing the quality of life in the greater rochester area through philanthropic leadership and community partnerships.

Philanthropy
5
Rochester Contemporary Art Center Inc

To create dialogue and build community through contemporary art exhibitions and related programs

Arts & Culture
6
Jewish Home of Rochester

To improve the health, well being, and quality of life of our jewish community's elderly, as well as that of our general community, being mindful of the values implicit in our jewish heritage.

Health
7
Rochester Downtown Alliance

To create, enhance, and promote a downtown experience that is welcoming, fun, and livable.

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8
Rochester Public Library

To engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff.

Education
9
Rochester Downtown Development Corporation

Rochester Downtown Development Corporation drives economic vitality in Downtown Rochester through innovation and collaboration.

Community Improvement
10
Rochester Art Center

Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…

Arts & Culture
11
Rit Global Delivery Corporation

Provide administrative and other support services to academic programs sponsored by rochester institute of technology both in the united states and abroad.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Senior Life Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 61 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
19/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NARARETH COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherNARARETH COLLEGEWXXI: $8,700 · OtherWXXIJEWISH FEDERATION: $8,038 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONRIT - LWE MATERIALS FUND: $5,000 · OtherRIT - LWE MATERIALS FUNDRIT SCHOOL OF AMERICAN CRAFTS: $4,000 · OtherRIT SCHOOL OF AMERICAN CRAFTSANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 · Other+33 more: $9,623 · Other+33 moreROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $13,540 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA …WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $11,000 · Arts & CultureWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCILGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $7,600 · Arts & CultureGEVA THEATRE CENTER INCInterVol Inc: $1,295 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $1,310 · Arts & CultureJEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH SENIOR …JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $2,100 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNI…+2 more: $400 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $5,900 · EducationRochester Institute of Technology: $2,000 · EducationFriends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library: $500 · EducationJEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $8,000 · ReligionROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $950 · HealthBrighton Volunteer Ambulance: $600 · HealthUR MEDICINE HOME CARE INC: $300 · HealthEQUICENTER INC: $300 · HealthMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC: $700 · Community ImprovementGOOD CAUSES INC: $100 · Community Improvement
Other$47,361Arts & Culture$34,745Philanthropy$15,000Education$8,400Religion$8,000Health$2,150Community Improvement$800

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 budgetROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $13,540 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $8,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $7,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $5,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterVol Inc: $1,295 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBrighton Volunteer Ambulance: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSIDE FOUNDATION: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJoseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARC FOUNDATION OF MONROE INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRILLIUM HEALTH INC: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGARTH FAGAN DANCE INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEQUICENTER INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY: $110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSES FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD CAUSES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSIDE FAMILY OF AGENCIES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF ROCHESTER INC: $50 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 ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SENIOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds GEVA THEATRE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds InterVol Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Brighton Volunteer Ambulance ↗
  • Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds ARC FOUNDATION OF MONROE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRILLIUM HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds UR MEDICINE HOME CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds GARTH FAGAN DANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUICENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗

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.

Rochester Area Commun…Max and Marian Farash…William & Sheila Kona…United Way of Greater…Paychex Charitable Fo…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Greater Rochester Hea…Rochester Area Commun…Esl Charitable Founda…Ames-Amzalak Memorial…Harold & Joan Feinblo…Alstom Signaling Foun…
Rochester Area Community FoundationNY49× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Esl Charitable Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Harold & Joan Feinbloom Family Foundation · Alstom Signaling Foundation Inc

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 Louise and Henry Epstein Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Foundation Inc. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Louise and Henry Epstein Family 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 61 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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