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The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher 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.

$54k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
36%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 33
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$95k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionInternationalEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving9$54k56%
FY202311$71k36%
FY202227$106k19%
FY202133$175k48%
FY202033$188k91%
FY20199$103k44%
FY20187$58k43%
FY201711$24kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$352kInternational$279kPhilanthropy$54kHealth$24kHuman Services$9kEducation$9kArts & Culture$6kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CO
MD
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Fund of Israel$183,40080%
Torah Academy Inc$100,0005n/a
One Israel Fund Ltd$33,00030%
American Friends of Mosdos Montreal Inc$29,00032%
Israel Select Charity Fund Inc$18,00021%
Institute for Dayanim$17,20031%
Chofetz Chaim of Lakewood$16,00032%
Minchas Asher Foundation$15,00021%
American Friends of The Rabbinical College Kol Torah Inc$11,00021%
American Friends of Migdal OHR$11,00030%
American Friends of Daf Yomi Advancement Forum Inc$10,000111%
Erase Ptsd Now Inc$10,00010%
Jewish Unity International Inc$10,00012%
The Gesher Foundation Inc$9,00040%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$8,60020%
Mesila International Inc (prev Irgun Siddur Chovos)$7,54031%
Jewish Communities of Vermont Inc$6,4003n/a
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$5,76030%
Friends of Nahal Haredi$5,14021%
Yeshivat Ashreinu Inc$5,00010%
American Friends of Ner Yaakov Inc$5,00011%
Mercaz Beth Jacob in Eretz Yisroel$5,00012%
Amit Children Inc$5,00010%
American Friends of Jacobs Ladder Inc$5,00014%
The Route to Roots Corporation$4,00031%
Bais Yaakov of Scranton$3,8003n/a
Beth Medrosh Gohova of Israel$3,6001n/a
American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc$3,00010%
Ezer Mizion$2,80020%
Yad Yisroel$2,00010%
Ne Eman Foundation USA$1,80010%
American Friends of Yeshivath Kerem B'Yavneh Inc$1,54020%
Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel$1,00010%
Shaare Yosher Yeshiva Inc$1,0001n/a
Generation of Israel Inc$1,00011%
Lost Shul Mural Inc$1,0001n/a
America Gives Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Childrens Adoption Network$5001n/a
Achim Inc$36010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $183,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOne Israel Fund Ltd: $33,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Mosdos Montreal Inc: $29,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetIsrael Select Charity Fund Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetInstitute for Dayanim: $17,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetChofetz Chaim of Lakewood: $16,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMinchas Asher Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Friends of The Rabbinical College Kol Torah Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Daf Yomi Advancement Forum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetErase Ptsd Now Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Unity International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Gesher Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $8,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMesila International Inc (prev Irgun Siddur Chovos): $7,540 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $5,760 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Nahal Haredi: $5,140 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYeshivat Ashreinu Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Ner Yaakov Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMercaz Beth Jacob in Eretz Yisroel: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAmit Children Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jacobs Ladder Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Route to Roots Corporation: $4,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEzer Mizion: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYad Yisroel: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNe Eman Foundation USA: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yeshivath Kerem B'Yavneh Inc: $1,540 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOhr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeneration of Israel Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerica Gives Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAchim Inc: $360 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY26.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Ojc Fund · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Ahavas Avraham Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation Inc · Alyad Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

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.

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About The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc

How much does The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc give?
The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $53,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (45%), International (36%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Fund of Israel ($183k), Torah Academy Inc ($100k), One Israel Fund Ltd ($33k).
Does The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc 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 Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, The Ojc Fund.
Where is The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc based?
The Sandra & Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation Inc is based in VT.

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 79 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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