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The Nina and Gary Wexler Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Nina and Gary Wexler 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.

$235k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Recreation & Sports$205kHealth$166kFood & Nutrition$101kInternational$75kPhilanthropy$38kArts & Culture$13kSocial Science$10kReligion$10k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $180k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$32k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MACCABI WORLD UNION$80,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAHL OHR$50,000
TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE$50,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$25,000
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE$15,000
SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $51k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $50k → 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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$555k · 6 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
5

Total granted

$555k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • TF
    TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $101k · revenue +79%
  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $76k · revenue +21%
  • AF
    American Friends of Migdal OHR
    2× · 2018–2024 · $75k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • JL
    JENNIE LITUACK MEMORIAL FUND WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF NEAR EAST POLICY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • TB
    TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK SUSAN STUMER CULTURAL ARTS FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • DC
    DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +13%
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 Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
3
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
4
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
5
Berggruen Institute
Education
6
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc

The institute of contemporary art, miami (ica miami), is dedicated to promoting the work of contemporary artists, and to the exchange of art and ideas throughout the miami region and internationally. through an energetic calendar of…

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
9
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
10
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary

To provide patient care at the highest quality, most technologically advanced and consistent multidisciplinary care in an environment where the safety, dignity and comfort of each patient are paramount. in delivering patient care, new york…

Health
11
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
12
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai; the most unlike its peers is National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MACCABI WORLD UNION: $205,000 · OtherMACCABI WORLD UNIONJENNIE LITUACK MEMORIAL FUND WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF NEAR EAST POLICY: $10,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK SUSAN STUMER CULTURAL ARTS FUND: $10,000 · OtherTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $100,901 · Human ServicesTEENS FOR FOOD JUS…THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $75,754 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE BREAST CA…American Friends of Migdal OHR: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerican Frie…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $60,679 · EducationICAHN SCHOO…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $37,500 · PhilanthropyTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · HealthDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$225,000Human Services$100,901Public Safety & Disaster$75,754Youth Development$75,000Education$60,679Philanthropy$37,500Health$30,000Arts & Culture$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $100,901 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $75,754 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $60,679 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER: $2,500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Nina and Gary Wexler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nina and Gary Wexler Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 13 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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