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The Phyllis & Norman Lipsett Foundation at a glance

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The Phyllis & Norman Lipsett Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
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01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$166kEducation$156kReligion$40kArts & Culture$15kHealth$13kCivil Rights$10kFood & Nutrition$6kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $26,660, the rows itemized in this filing. The $45,350 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,690 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ$8,600
Anti-Defamation League$5,000
American University Hillel$2,000
Mesivta Bevet Chazon Ish$2,000
Sinai Academy$2,000
PEF Israel Endowment Funds$1,800
Echo Institute For Health$1,500
American Friends of Tel Aviv University$1,000
Zaka Search & Rescue Inc.$1,000
Mazon: A Jewish Response To Hunger$500
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America$360
Jewish War Veterans of the USA$250
Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey$250
Southern Poverty Law Center$200
Zionist Organization of America$100
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 27 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
72

Total granted

$189k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+21%

Still filing today

63%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • AF
    American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ
    4× · 2020–2024 · $107k · revenue +203%
  • MS
    MILLBROOK SCHOOL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $14k · revenue +51%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • JF
    Jewish Federation of New Jersey
    one grant, 2021 · $24k
  • TS
    The Silver Academy
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • CT
    Camp The School for Children with Hidden Intelligence
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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.

03Its 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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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2
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
3
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
4
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
5
University of Judaism Foundation
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6
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj; the most unlike its peers is Your New Best Friend Dog Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

51 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. 51 of the 109 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
38/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $109,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERS…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $18,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $13,100 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELP…+4 more: $2,750 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of New Jersey: $23,750 · OtherJewish Federation of New JerseySINAI ACADEMY: $16,000 · OtherSINAI ACADEMYThe Silver Academy: $15,000 · OtherThe Silver AcademyMESIVTA BEVET CHAZON-ISH: $11,200 · OtherMESIVTA BEVET CHAZON-ISHCamp The School for Children with Hidden Intelligence: $5,000 · OtherCeliac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center: $5,000 · OtherMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,700 · Other+69 more: $56,155 · Other+69 moreAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $106,500 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv…+4 more: $3,020 · InternationalMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $13,500 · EducationAFIKIM INC: $4,000 · EducationTHE WINSTON SCHOOL: $3,275 · EducationThe George Washington University: $2,500 · EducationPROCTOR ACADEMY: $2,000 · Education+4 more: $2,470 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,750 · Civil RightsYOUR NEW BEST FRIEND DOG RESCUE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesIsrael Magen Fund Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $650 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $150 · Human ServicesHOPEPHL: $150 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $650 · HealthTHE HEALER WITHIN FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $150 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $150 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $75 · Health
Philanthropy$144,050Other$136,805International$109,520Education$27,745Civil Rights$5,750Human Services$2,950Health$1,775

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 FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $109,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $106,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $18,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $13,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINSTON SCHOOL: $3,275 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican University Hillel Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe George Washington University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAS MOSHE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUR NEW BEST FRIEND DOG RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIsrael Magen Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolda Och Academy: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALER WITHIN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH ORANGE RESCUE SQUAD INC: $500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Content Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $280 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEPHL: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $75 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ ↗
  • Who funds MILLBROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds AFIKIM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WINSTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds American University Hillel Inc ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAS MOSHE ↗
  • Who funds PROCTOR ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER 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 FundThe Ojc FundVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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.
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How do I get to The Phyllis & Norman Lipsett Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Phyllis & Norman Lipsett 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 109 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $65k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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