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The Mazursky Family Foundation

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.

$255k
Granted FY2023
29
Grants FY2023
28
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
10
Total assets, FY2023
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Mazursky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202328$255k46%
FY202228$114k68%
FY202119$91k68%
FY20204$12k25%
FY201920$81k50%
FY201820$69k55%
FY201722$97kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$250kEnvironment$123kEducation$108kHealth$89kYouth Development$67kHuman Services$41kInternational$19kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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ID
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WI
MI
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MA
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IN
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CT
CA
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CO
VA
DC
HI
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of The Mazursky Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sun Valley Writers' Conference Inc$61,30031%
Kenyon College$45,00040%
Earth Island Institute Inc$40,80030%
The Painted Turtle$35,50050%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse$25,00010%
There With Care$24,50020%
Utah Film Center$23,00020%
Sun Valley Film Festival Inc$22,00012%
Phase One Foundation$21,00041%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$17,10040%
The Colorado College$16,87440%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$12,50020%
Holocaust Museum La$12,00010%
Earth School Hawaii$11,40031%
Blue Heron Foundation$10,00012%
Bens Lighthouse Inc$10,00025%
Peoples Pottery Project$10,0001n/a
From The Heart Productions$8,45020%
Women Make Movies Inc$8,38030%
Fractured Atlas Inc$8,00010%
Oceana Inc$7,50010%
A Sense of Home$7,00020%
Harvard-Westlake School$7,00020%
Artists for Peace and Justice$6,75020%
New York University$5,50020%
Center for the Study of Young People in Groups$5,28311%
The Foundation for Radiance$5,0001n/a
Watts Labor Community Action Committee$5,00010%
Young Warriors$4,85012%
Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation$4,40010%
Eb Research Partnership Inc$4,15010%
Spirit Series Inc$3,50020%
Hands and Hearts of Hope Foundation$3,500217%
Global Water Challenge$3,05020%
Edward Charles Foundation$2,55010%
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art$2,50010%
Antioch College Corporation$2,50010%
Alliance for Children's Rights$2,50010%
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$2,2001n/a
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation$2,00010%
Tias Hope$2,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$1,25010%
Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit$1,05010%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$1,00010%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$1,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
You Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc$1,00010%
Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc$1,00010%
The Ed Asner Family Center$1,00010%
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund$1,0001n/a
Harper For Kids Inc$80020%
A Window Between Worlds$50010%
Culver City Police Foundation$5001n/a
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit$50010%
Jellys Place$50010%
Ncga Foundation$50010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$40010%
Mexico-Us Solidarity Network$35510%
American Camping Association Inc$25010%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$25010%
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($168k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mazursky Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSun Valley Writers' Conference Inc: $61,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetKenyon College: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $40,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Painted Turtle: $35,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTheater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThere With Care: $24,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUtah Film Center: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSun Valley Film Festival Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPhase One Foundation: $21,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGeffen Playhouse Inc: $17,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado College: $16,874 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHolocaust Museum La: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarth School Hawaii: $11,400 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBlue Heron Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBens Lighthouse Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $8,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $8,380 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Sense of Home: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHarvard-Westlake School: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArtists for Peace and Justice: $6,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for the Study of Young People in Groups: $5,283 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWatts Labor Community Action Committee: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Warriors: $4,850 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEpidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation: $4,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEb Research Partnership Inc: $4,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpirit Series Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHands and Hearts of Hope Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetGlobal Water Challenge: $3,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $2,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Institute for Contemporary Art: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAntioch College Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Children's Rights: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Animal Protection and Conservation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTias Hope: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYou Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ed Asner Family Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarper For Kids Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetA Window Between Worlds: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

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Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Liberty Hill Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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.

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Find your warmest path to The Mazursky Family 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.

About The Mazursky Family Foundation

How much does The Mazursky Family Foundation give?
The Mazursky Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $254,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Mazursky Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Environment (17%), Education (15%).
Who are The Mazursky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Sun Valley Writers' Conference Inc ($61k), Kenyon College ($45k), Earth Island Institute Inc ($41k).
Does The Mazursky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mazursky Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Mazursky Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
Where is The Mazursky Family Foundation based?
The Mazursky Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 92 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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