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The Peter Daniel Seligman 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.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
0171% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$42kEducation$9kReligion$7kPhilanthropy$3kInternational$3kArts & Culture$2kRecreation & Sports$1kCivil Rights$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$13k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNT SINAI$5,000
JAFCO$2,500
CONTRIBUTION PAID$1,668
PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC$1,000
OLD OAKS FOUNDATION$1,000
MAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION$500
MUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET$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, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $1k → 7%HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7k → 9%HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%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
PA
CT
CA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62k · 10 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
25

Total granted

$62k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+57%

Still filing today

30%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI
    5× · 2021–2025 · $28k
  • TH
    THE HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $7k · revenue +223%
  • SL
    SKY LAKE SYNAGOGUE INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $6k

Funded once

  • GE
    GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +66%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • WM
    Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
2
Friends of Harim Inc

Charitable grantmaking to religious institutions.

Religion
3
Mjhs Medical Associates Pc

The purpose for which the corporation is formed is to practice the profession of medicine for affiliates of metropolitan jewish health system, inc., which provide medical and health services.

Health
4
American Friends of Migdal Ohr

Migdal Ohr means "tower of light" in Hebrew and serves as a beacon of hope to thousands of orphaned and neglected children. We serve over 10,000 children every year and raise them to become thriving, successful adults. Migdal Ohr gives…

Youth Development
5
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
6
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association

Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
7
Friends of Ir David Inc

To provide assistance to organizations in the old city of jerusalem and the ancient city of david.

International
8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation

Operating under the name mjhs foundation, the mission of this philanthropic organization is to raise the funds necessary to support the charitable health care efforts of the organizations within the mjhs health system family. with roots…

Health
9
Greenwood House Foundation Inc

Greenwood house foundation, inc.'s (foundation) mission is to provide financial and other support for the causes of the aged in its community; this is accomplished by making contributions to greenwood house, home for jewish aged, a…

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10
Greater New York Hospital Association Inc

Greater new york hospital association (gnyha) is a trade association that advocates for its member hospitals, health systems, and continuing care facilities. gnyha's advocacy helps its members deliver high-quality, cost-effective care. for…

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11
Harrington Physician Services Inc

To provide optimal healthcare to the patients of south central massachusetts and northeastern connecticut. harrington physician services is committed to total local care which it provides through physician offices located in communities…

Health
12
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Making Headway Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Global Community College Leadership Network 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

11 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. 11 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNT SINAI: $27,500 · OtherMOUNT SINAISKY LAKE SYNAGOGUE INC: $6,000 · OtherSKY LAKE SYNAGOGUE INCCONTRIBUTION PAID: $5,569 · OtherCONTRIBUTION PAIDVARIOUS GRANTS OF 50 OR LESS: $3,660 · OtherVARIOUS GRANTS OF 50 OR LESSJAFCO: $3,500 · OtherOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $3,300 · OtherKIDS CANCER FUND: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · Other+19 more: $13,708 · Other+19 moreTHE HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $7,100 · Human ServicesTHE HARRISON PUB…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR…PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesPATIENT AIRLIFT …MAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 · InternationalGlobal Community College Leadership Network Inc: $1,000 · EducationMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE HEATHER ON EARTH FOUNDATION INC: $150 · Philanthropy
Other$68,237Human Services$13,100Health$3,000International$2,000Education$1,000Environment$500Arts & Culture$500Philanthropy$150

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $7,100 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $3,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Community College Leadership Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEATHER ON EARTH FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 11% 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 THE HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds Global Community College Leadership Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds White Plains Hospital Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HEATHER ON EARTH FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundNY12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Peter Daniel Seligman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Peter Daniel Seligman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 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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