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The Olitsky Family Foundation Inc

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.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$876kPhilanthropy$412kHealth$251kReligion$76kYouth Development$30kEmployment$26kEnvironment$17kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Best Buddies$1,000
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 (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DOROT: $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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 11 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
20

Total granted

$1.1M
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+36%

Still filing today

73%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2022 · $363k · revenue +10%
  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5× · 2017–2022 · $322k · revenue +15%
  • AI
    ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK
    3× · 2017–2019 · $177k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • EF
    ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $44k · revenue +99%
  • SU
    SPECIALISTERNE USAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $26k · revenue +36%
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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
5
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
6
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
7
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
8
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

The health and environmental sciences institute (hesi) is a nonprofit institution whose mission is to engage scientists from academia, government, industry, nonprofit, and other research institutions to identify and resolve global health…

Science & Tech
12
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Aspen Homeless Shelter. 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

22 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. 22 of the 33 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)
21/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $363,000 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $177,000 · EducationACADEMY IN MANAYUNK+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCarnegie Mellon University: $322,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYS…Ascendigo: $30,772 · OtherAscendigoJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER CHABAD OF: $27,900 · OtherSPECIALISTERNE USA: $25,554 · Other+17 more: $114,800 · Other+17 moreJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $411,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUNDASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 · HealthELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $43,500 · Health+1 more: $1,800 · HealthHHT FOUNDATION: $71,000 · Community ImprovementBridging Bionics Foundation: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc: $1,000 · International
Education$541,000Other$571,026Philanthropy$411,500Health$115,300Community Improvement$71,000Youth Development$15,000International$11,000

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $411,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $363,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $322,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $177,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHHT FOUNDATION: $71,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $43,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSPECIALISTERNE USA: $25,554 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBridging Bionics Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE PASS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Homeless Shelter: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOROT INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Farm Collaborative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Aspen Community Found…Jewish Communal FundGreenwald FoundationThe Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aspen Community FoundationCO19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Greenwald Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Olitsky Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Olitsky Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Hht Foundation: 30% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
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 Olitsky Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Olitsky 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 33 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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