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The Rachel Kangisser Sher and Philip Sher Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Rachel Kangisser Sher and Philip Sher Charitable Trust

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$91k
Granted FY2018
13
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Human Services$57kPhilanthropy$35kHealth$7kCivil Rights$3kReligion$1kEnvironment$1kYouth Development$500Education$500Other$0
02FY2018 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k11 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $78k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON$46,450
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$31,379
BROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$4,100
Individual grant recipient$2,500
TEMPLE ISRAEL$1,300
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$1,113
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE (AJC)$1,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$1,000
PROJECT ALS$500
WORCESTER ACADEMY$500
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$100
JEWISH HEALTHCARE CENTER$100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON: $46k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON: $10k → 8%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.
$70k · 7 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$70k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+36%

Still filing today

86%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON
    2× · 2017–2018 · $56k · revenue +19%
  • BC
    BROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +225%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • CS
    CATHLEEN STONE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +183%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +32%
  • JB
    JEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +17%
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
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
The Board of Jewish Education

To provide early childhood and jewish education to the community.

Education
4
The Broad Institute Inc

The mission of the broad institute is to propel progress in biomedicine, through research aimed at the understanding and treatment of disease and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the scientific community to benefit the public.…

Health
5
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
6
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
9
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
10
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington

The bender jcc embraces and welcomes the diversity of our community and encourages everyone to seek meaning and fulfillment by participating in our rich programming inspired by our jewish heritage. we open our doors to everyone, including…

Human Services
11
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc

Our mission is to prevent, treat, and cure diabetes. our vision is a world free of diabetes and its complications.

Health
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON: $56,450 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTONAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $32,492 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION+2 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER: $4,600 · OtherBROOKLINE COM…Individual grant recipient: $4,300 · OtherIndividual gr…TEMPLE ISRAEL INCORPORATED: $1,300 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL…AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN ENDO…JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $1,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500 · Other+1 more: $250 · OtherAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,250 · Civil RightsJEWISH HEALTHCARE CENTER INC: $1,100 · HealthPROJECT ALS INC: $500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 · HealthCATHLEEN STONE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentWORCESTER ACADEMY: $500 · EducationBROOKLINE TEEN CENTER: $500 · Youth Development
Human Services$56,450Philanthropy$33,992Other$13,450Civil Rights$3,250Health$1,800Environment$1,000Education$500Youth Development$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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON: $56,450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $32,492 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER: $4,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HEALTHCARE CENTER INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 over 2y, 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.

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.

Susan & Barry E Tatel…Combined Jewish Phila…Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Susan & Barry E Tatelman Family FoundationMA15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Susan & Barry E Tatelman Family Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Rachel Kangisser Sher and Philip Sher Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rachel Kangisser Sher and Philip Sher Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jewish Healthcare Center Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Brookline Teen Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report 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 20 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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