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The Ratner Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ratner Family Foundation

$2k
Granted FY2020
2
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$153kPhilanthropy$41kHuman Services$36kHealth$27kCivil Rights$24kEducation$19kReligion$18kInternational$7kOther$0
02FY2020 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,997
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH ADOPTION FAMILY CARE OPTIONS$1,997
TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE$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 (FY17–20, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 10%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $15k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $8k → 14%JEWISH ADOPTION FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $2k → 13%JEWISH ADOPTION FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $500 → 13%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
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.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$72k · 10 repeat orgs$273k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2020, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
46

Total granted

$72k
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+28%

Still filing today

60%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropySocial ScienceOther
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

  • RF
    REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $23k · revenue +44%
  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +10%
  • DR
    DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • RF
    RATNER FAMILY FND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $84k
  • IB
    ISRAEL BIBLE MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2018 · $53k · 96% of their budget
  • J
    JSSA
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
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
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
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
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
5
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
8
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
9
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
10
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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12
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Israel Bible Museum 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

27 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. 27 of the 59 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RATNER FAMILY FND MUSEUM: $83,647 · OtherRATNER FAMILY FND MUSEUMJSSA: $25,000 · OtherJSSAJAFCO: $15,000 · OtherJAFCOHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $9,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,500 · Other+34 more: $54,745 · Other+34 moreISRAEL BIBLE MUSEUM INC: $53,236 · Arts & CultureISRAEL BIBLE MUSEUM…VICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVICE PRESIDENT'S RE…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOU…THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDE…JEWISHColorado: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $22,500 · Human ServicesREPRODUCT…THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHELT…Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $2,497 · Human ServicesJewish Ad…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $6,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,800 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $850 · HealthSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · EducationTIKVA CORP: $2,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $500 · EducationTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Social Science
Other$193,892Arts & Culture$63,236Philanthropy$50,000Human Services$30,497Health$17,150Education$11,000Social Science$5,000

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 budgetISRAEL BIBLE MUSEUM INC: $53,236 over 1y, 96% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $2,497 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIKVA CORP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETOGA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $200 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Ratner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ratner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report 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 Ratner Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ratner Family 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 59 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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