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The Selma Oritt Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Selma Oritt Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$42k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$9k
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 2024.

Animals$97kArts & Culture$92kPhilanthropy$52kInternational$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kHealth$27kHuman Services$18kCommunity Improvement$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,251
Median grant
5
States reached
$955k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY$9,252
THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FELLOWS PROGRAM$8,252
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$8,251
VENICE ARTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS$8,251
ANIMAL RESCUE CORPS INC$7,251
SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC$500
GUARDIANS OF FLORIDA ANIMAL RESCUE INC$500
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 (FY17–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $550 → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 10%SAFESPACE FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 10%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$325k · 12 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$325k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+37%

Still filing today

83%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • VA
    VENICE ARTS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $92k · revenue +96%
  • TE
    THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +13%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $44k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • CB
    CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +130%
  • FC
    FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • CS
    CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF OAK PARK
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -7%
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
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
2
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
American Cancer Society Inc

Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

Health
5
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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6
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
7
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
8
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
9
Gulf Coast Cares Inc

To support the mission of gulf coast jewish family and community services, inc.

Philanthropy
10
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
11
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
12
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Safespace Foundation 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $73,810 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TE…Animal Rescue Corps Inc: $21,903 · AnimalsAnimal Rescue Corps Inc+1 more: $1,450 · AnimalsVENICE ARTS: $91,577 · Arts & CultureVENICE ARTSMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $44,472 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $40,187 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN IN…+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $36,084 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL…GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER MIAMI J…FAMILIES FOR FRAGILE X INC: $25,509 · OtherFAMILIES FOR…THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FELLOWS PROGRAM: $13,892 · OtherTHE SOCIAL E…TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI: $1,500 · Other+3 more: $2,200 · OtherCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $9,526 · EducationGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $1,833 · EducationCHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF OAK PARK: $1,000 · EducationSafespace Foundation Inc: $8,550 · Human Services
Animals$97,163Arts & Culture$91,577International$85,659Philanthropy$52,084Other$43,101Education$12,359Human Services$8,550

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 budgetVENICE ARTS: $91,577 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $73,810 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $44,472 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $40,187 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $36,084 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FOR FRAGILE X INC: $25,509 over 4y, 62% of budgetAnimal Rescue Corps Inc: $21,903 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $9,526 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSafespace Foundation Inc: $8,550 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $1,833 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGuardians of Florida Animal Rescue Inc: $1,450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF OAK PARK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC: $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.

Mightycause Charitabl…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Selma Oritt Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Selma Oritt Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Epilepsy Florida Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to The Selma Oritt Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Selma Oritt 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 19 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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