New York · Private foundation
The Rita and Burt Tansky 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.
- $576k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $576k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $340k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $251k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $251k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $71k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $193k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $415k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $409k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $375,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kind Kitchen of Palm beach Inc | $142,750 | 3 | 13% |
| Maltz Jupiter Theatre Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanctuary for Families Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple Judea | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $375,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kind Kitchen of Palm beach Inc | $142,750 | 3 | 13% |
| Maltz Jupiter Theatre Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanctuary for Families Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple Judea | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlow University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Insight Through Education Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| KBY Congregations Together Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frenchmans Creek Charities Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach County Food Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding South Florida Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($895k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation
- How much does The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation give?
- The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $576,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (26%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc ($385k), University of Pittsburgh ($375k), Mount Sinai Health System Inc ($250k).
- Does The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation 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 Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation based?
- The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation is based in NY.
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