· Private foundation
The Robert & Christina Silberman Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $141k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| THE NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| DC BAR PRO BONO PROGRAM | $25,000 |
| MK9 SERVICE DOGS | $15,000 |
| SANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION | $13,975 |
| DC PREPATORY ACADEMY | $11,000 |
| ELEVATED ACCESS | $10,000 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY | $10,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | $10,000 |
| PRO PUBLICA | $10,000 |
| EARTH JUSTICE | $10,000 |
| A SENSE OF HOME | $8,290 |
| COMMON THREADS | $7,500 |
| THE LAM FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +128% since the first grant, against +69% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DPDC PREPARATORY ACADEMY8× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +128%
- SHSANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $89k · revenue +122%
- NGNANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +191%
Funded once
- AFAIO FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -96%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $8k
PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +6%
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.
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
How this is measured
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 47 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds DC PREPARATORY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AIO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
- Who funds MK9S SERVICE DOGS ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds Elevated Access Inc ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds A SENSE OF HOME ↗
- Who funds NANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COMMON THREADS ↗
- Who funds The LAM Foundation ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds GAME CONSERVANCY USA INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds ON THE ISLE CORPORATION ↗
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert & Christina Silberman Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert & Christina Silberman Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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