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The Robert and Phyllis Topchik Family Foundation at a glance

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The Robert and Phyllis Topchik Family Foundation

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.

$207k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$109kArts & Culture$85kEducation$75kReligion$29kHealth$19kCivil Rights$4kAnimals$3kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH$50,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
BARRINGTON STAGE$25,000
DORSET THEATRE$20,000
ISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTER VERMONT$10,895
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE$5,000
SOUTHERN VERMONT ART CENTER$4,500
SIMON WEISENTHAL CENTER$2,500
U OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE$2,500
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$2,500
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY LIBRARY$2,000
MANCHESTER RESCUE SQUAD INC$1,500
BENNINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC$1,000
VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP$1,000
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 (FY21–22, $120) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $70 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $50 → 14%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

VT
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$232k · 18 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
11

Total granted

$232k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+36%

Still filing today

56%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthCivil RightsEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • AF
    American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ
    2× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +4%
  • PM
    Paper Mill Playhouse
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +94%
  • SV
    SOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • AA
    ADLER APHASIA CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -48%
  • TM
    TACONIC MUSIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +36%
  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +34%
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
3
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
4
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
5
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc

To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…

Arts & Culture
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
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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12
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Little Smiles 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 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $109,450 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM B…Individual grant recipient: $43,321 · OtherIndividual grant recipientISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTER VERMONT: $28,657 · OtherISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTE…DORSET THEATRE: $21,100 · OtherDORSET THEATRE+15 more: $13,850 · Other+15 moreAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $70,000 · InternationalAmerican Friends of T…BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $34,000 · EducationBARRINGTON…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,000 · EducationTRUSTEES O…Paper Mill Playhouse: $16,000 · Arts & CulturePaper Mil…SOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $6,150 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN …The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,675 · Arts & CultureThe Unite…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $3,250 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIE…TACONIC MUSIC INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $650 · Arts & CultureADLER APHASIA CENTER: $15,000 · HealthMANCHESTER RESCUE SQUAD INC DBA NORTHSHIRE RESCUE SQUAD: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthBennington County Humane Society Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $100 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60 · Animals
Philanthropy$109,450Other$106,928International$70,000Education$36,000Arts & Culture$31,225Health$16,600Animals$1,160

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $109,450 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $34,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetADLER APHASIA CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $6,150 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,675 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTACONIC MUSIC INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMANCHESTER RESCUE SQUAD INC DBA NORTHSHIRE RESCUE SQUAD: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBennington County Humane Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD CUPBOARD INC: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Smiles Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60 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.

The Vermont Community…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Vermont Community FoundationVT15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Robert and Phyllis Topchik Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert and Phyllis Topchik Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Adler Aphasia Center: 12% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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