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The Schneider-Lesser Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Schneider-Lesser Foundation Inc

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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$360k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.4MHuman Services$1.3MHealth$1.1MInternational$603kYouth Development$520kEmployment$240kRecreation & Sports$99kArts & Culture$80kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
  • $250k+2 grants · $660k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UJA FEDERATION NEW YORK$360,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$300,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$150,000
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$100,000
NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$36,000
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND$14,000
WOMEN'S SPORT FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $70k → 9%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $73k → 13%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $200k → 17%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $29k → 9%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $150k → 17%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $18k → 9%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 17%ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 11%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 17%MORSE LIFE FOUNDATION: $120k → 11%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 17%MORSE LIFE FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 17%INCLUDENYC: $50k → 17%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 14 repeat orgs$378k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$4.8M
$282k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+42%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +39%
  • SC
    SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $950k · revenue +67%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    4× · 2017–2022 · $625k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • FI
    FOOTSTEPS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +63%
  • RF
    RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +67%
  • CS
    CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
4
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
6
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
7
Metropolitan Jewish Home Care Inc

Mjhs home care is a not-for-profit, certified home health agency (chha), committed to providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for individuals recuperating at home from an acute episode, often elderly and at-risk members of…

Health
8
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

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…

Health
9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
11
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
12
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Met Council 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

26 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. 26 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,144,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHR…JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $747,520 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUNDSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $520,000 · PhilanthropySTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INCJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC+1 more: $34,000 · PhilanthropySELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $950,000 · Human ServicesSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICE…MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $219,580 · Human ServicesMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INCMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $189,378 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION IN…FOOTSTEPS INC: $75,000 · Human Services+2 more: $75,000 · Human ServicesICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $625,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOO…+2 more: $13,500 · EducationBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $600,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT…+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalINCLUDEDNYC: $70,000 · OtherACA CAMPER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $53,500 · OtherCARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW: $50,000 · OtherNICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $50,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $36,000 · OtherTHE INNOVATE: $25,000 · OtherThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $120,000 · OtherPOWERPLAY NYC INC: $35,000 · Other+6 more: $46,700 · OtherCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $210,000 · HealthRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 · HealthASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT: $120,000 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$2,945,520Human Services$1,508,958Education$638,500International$602,500Other$486,200Health$235,000Community Improvement$120,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,144,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $950,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $747,520 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $625,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $520,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $500,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $219,580 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $210,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $189,378 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT: $120,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNETA FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FERD AND GLADYS ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE OF PALM BEACH C OUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON LIBRARY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSUNCOAST MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $9,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $2,500 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Schneider-Lesser Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schneider-Lesser Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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 · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Schneider-Lesser Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Schneider-Lesser Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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