· Private foundation
The Serenbetz Family 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $130k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $1.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WATERSIDE SCHOOL INC | $215,000 |
| REACH PREP INC | $150,000 |
| HORIZONS STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM | $120,000 |
| FIRST GRADUATE | $110,000 |
| HARLEM ACADEMY | $110,000 |
| ST VINCENTS SERVICES INC | $80,000 |
| FAMILY & CHILDRENS AGENCY INC | $75,000 |
| THE CARVER INC | $75,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC | $70,000 |
| COTTEY COLLEGE | $45,000 |
| THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC | $40,000 |
| HUDSON RIVER COMMUNITY SAILING INC | $35,000 |
| TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION | $10,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUT | $5,000 |
| HOE MINISTRIES INC | $4,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 11 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWATERSIDE SCHOOL INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +34%
- RPREACH PREP INC8× · 2017–2024 · $811k · revenue +67%
- HAHARLEM ACADEMY8× · 2017–2024 · $597k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +106%
- HMHOE MINISTRIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue +29%
- DLDEERFOOT LODGEone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…
A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."
To help academically talented new york city students from low-income families earn admission into the most selective secondary schools and colleges.
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Mott haven academy charter school empowers children in an educational environment that addresses and reduces the barriers to academic success through the integration of family support services with a rigorous college preparatory academic…
Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
The howard university middle school of mathematics and science is the only middle school in the country that is located on the campus of an hbcu. we were chartered by howard university for the express purpose of creating a pipeline for…
Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 27 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 WATERSIDE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds REACH PREP INC ↗
- Who funds HARLEM ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FIRST GRADUATE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT'S SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARVER INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds HUDSON RIVER COMMUNITY SAILING INC ↗
- Who funds COTTEY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK ↗
- Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds HOE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN CAMPS & CONFERENCE INC ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds LIBERTAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ↗
- Who funds LYCEE FRANCAIS DE SAN FRANCISCO ↗
- Who funds THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Serenbetz Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Serenbetz Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Family & Children's Agency Inc: 47% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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