New York · Private foundation
The Phyllis Backer 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.
- $654k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,872
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $654k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $650k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.7M | 11% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $815k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $757k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Child Center of Ny Inc | $1,830,871 | 6 | 1% |
| Syracuse University | $1,500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $1,407,577 | 4 | 0% |
| Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc | $735,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan | $579,972 | 7 | 0% |
| Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc | $494,872 | 6 | 1% |
| Broadway Housing Communities Inc | $480,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Jewish Child Care Association of New York | $320,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Healthy Humor Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Behind the Book Inc | $296,772 | 7 | 8% |
Show all 24 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation Inc · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc
- How much does The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc give?
- The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $654,359 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Education (18%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Child Center of Ny Inc ($1.8M), Syracuse University ($1.5M), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($1.4M).
- Does The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
- Where is The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc based?
- The Phyllis Backer Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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