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The Natalie Bailey & Herbert J Kirshner Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$139k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$149kAnimals$133kCrime & Legal$130kArts & Culture$109kHealth$103kHuman Services$55kEducation$40kInternational$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $97k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOURO LAW CENTER$35,000
NEW GROUND$30,000
LYNN UNIVERSITY$12,000
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$10,000
COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ASSOCIATES$10,000
PIT OF OUR SOULS RESCUE INC$5,000
SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION$5,000
LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET$5,000
PAT CAIRO FAMILY FOUNDATION$2,500
GIFT OF LIFE$2,500
OLD WESTBURY GARDENS$2,500
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$2,500
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$2,500
VETERANS FOR PEACE$2,500
BOBBI & THE STRAYS$2,500
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 (FY20–25, $217k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $10k → 17%NEW GROUND: $30k → 6%NEW GROUND: $27k → 6%DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INSTITUTE: $3k → 7%NEW GROUND: $27k → 6%NEW GROUND: $25k → 6%NEW GROUND INC: $20k → 6%NEW GROUND INC: $20k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $3k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $3k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $3k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $3k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $3k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $3k → 6%COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ASSOCIATES: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ASSOCIATES: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ASSOCIATES: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ASSOCIATES: $10k → 6%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

NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$726k · 24 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
10

Total granted

$726k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+75%

Still filing today

71%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalEducationOther
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

  • NG
    New Ground Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $149k · revenue +77%
  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +67%
  • CM
    Community Mainstreaming Associates Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +75%
  • RH
    RUFF HOUSE RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -72%
  • DB
    DELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +131%
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
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
2
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
3
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.

Animals
4
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
5
Pet Pride of New York Inc

Pet pride of new york has been saving homeless cats and matching them with caring adopters since 1977. we operate a no-kill cat sanctuary and adoption center with an on-site veterinary medical center where we shelter and care for cats and…

Animals
6
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
7
Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut Inc

Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. paws efforts are focused on three critical needs:…

Animals
8
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
9
North Shore Animal League America Inc

Since 1944, the north shore animal league america's mission has been to save the lives of pets through adoption, rescue, education, medical care, spay/neuter and advocacy.

Animals
10
Long Island Bulldog Rescue

The mission of Long Island Bulldog Rescue LIBR is to provide education, prevention, intervention, and adoption services to ensure that all English Bulldogs enjoy long, healthy lives in loving, safe, appropriate homes where they are…

Animals
11
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
12
Lake Humane Society

Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Life's Worc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lynn University 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

24 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. 24 of the 37 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOURO LAW CENTER: $120,000 · OtherTOURO LAW CENTERCMA: $45,000 · OtherCMASCLERODERMA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherSCLERODERMA FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLYNN UNIVERSITY OPERA: $12,000 · OtherThe Pat Cairo Family Foundation Inc: $10,000 · OtherOld Westbury Gardens Inc: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $16,150 · Other+9 moreNew Ground Inc: $149,000 · Human ServicesNew Ground IncCommunity Mainstreaming Associates Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Mainstreaming Associat…LIFE'S WORC INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesLIFE'S WORC INCTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesHumane World for Animals Inc: $90,000 · AnimalsHumane World for An…ALLEYKATTZ INC: $12,500 · AnimalsALLEYKATTZ INCBOBBI AND THE STRAYS INC: $10,000 · AnimalsBOBBI AND THE STRAY…Peace4Paws Inc: $7,500 · AnimalsPeace4Paws IncPIT OF OUR SOULS RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsRUFF HOUSE RESCUE INC: $5,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsMARCH OF DIMES INC: $25,000 · HealthMARCH OF …Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $15,000 · HealthBoca Rato…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 · HealthBLOOD CAN…NATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL …LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNassau County Museum of Art: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $39,000 · EducationTHE GIFT OF LIFE INC: $15,000 · International
Other$248,150Human Services$216,500Animals$131,000Health$65,000Arts & Culture$42,000Education$39,000International$15,000

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 budgetNew Ground Inc: $149,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Mainstreaming Associates Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $39,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLANDMARK ON MAIN STREET INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE'S WORC INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIFT OF LIFE INC: $15,000 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetALLEYKATTZ INC: $12,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pat Cairo Family Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOld Westbury Gardens Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNassau County Museum of Art: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOBBI AND THE STRAYS INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPeace4Paws Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPIT OF OUR SOULS RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetRUFF HOUSE RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNASSAU COUNTY SPCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRACEHORSE REMEMBER ME RESCUE FOUNDA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 New Ground Inc ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds Community Mainstreaming Associates Inc ↗
  • Who funds LYNN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE'S WORC INC ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GIFT OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEYKATTZ INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Pat Cairo Family Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Old Westbury Gardens Inc ↗
  • Who funds Nassau County Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds BOBBI AND THE STRAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds Peace4Paws Inc ↗
  • Who funds PIT OF OUR SOULS RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds RUFF HOUSE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NASSAU COUNTY SPCA INC ↗
  • Who funds RACEHORSE REMEMBER ME RESCUE FOUNDA ↗

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.

Peter & Jeri Dejana FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation · New York Community Bank Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Natalie Bailey & Herbert J Kirshner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Natalie Bailey & Herbert J Kirshner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to The Natalie Bailey & Herbert J Kirshner Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Natalie Bailey & Herbert J Kirshner 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.

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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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