· Private foundation
The Samuel J & Ethel Lefrak Charitable Foundation Inc
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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $43k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BARNARD COLLEGEBARNARD DEVELOPMENT CASH | $200,000 |
| JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER | $50,000 |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC | $25,000 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND - USA | $18,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 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, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UJUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC2× · 2020–2021 · $200k · revenue +46%
- MSMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $175k · revenue +36%
- TJTHE JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2023 · $100k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- HCHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INCone grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -43%
- SCSYLVESTER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEMone grant, 2022 · $55k
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +44%
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.
The spirit that infuses newark beth israel medical center and children's hospital of new jersey is its commitment to excellence. our mission is to achieve this excellence through: - the delivery of primary health care to all who need our…
The mission of robert wood johnson university hospital is to improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities we serve by fostering an environment of excellence in all areas including the provision of the highest quality,…
To meet the healthcare needs of our community by providing cost-effective quality care. to educate present and future generations of healthcare providers. to provide a continuum of regional tertiary care. please refer to the organization's…
The organization, a not-for-profit acute care hospital serving the ocean county region, is committed to enhancing the overall health status of the community by providing the highest quality healthcare and related services including…
To deliver safe, quality, cost effective healthcare services, providing access and value to the community through a unified effort that meets individual needs with dignity and respect. through its dynamic, strategic partnerships, robert…
Rwj barnabas health, inc. operates as the parent entity of a tax-exempt multi-entity healthcare system. the organization coordinates, supervises and ensures the continuation and improvement of the quality of healthcare services in a cost…
Saint barnabas medical center, a non-sectarian healthcare institution, will pursue the delivery of primary, secondary, and tertiary health services while consistently meeting the highest quality of care and meeting our customers'…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
To be a leader in the provision of world class patient care, teaching, research, and service to local, state, national, and international communities. newyork-presbyterian hospital is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated…
Cmmc is committed to providing exceptional services and quality to the communities they serve through their passion for excellence and perfection. cmmc prides itself on commitment and compassion, leadership and loyalty, accountability,…
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 15 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 UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC ↗
- Who funds Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Samuel J & Ethel Lefrak Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Samuel J & Ethel Lefrak Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
How this is measured
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