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The Shoulberg Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$39k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$80kHealth$25kRecreation & Sports$17kCivil Rights$10kHuman Services$5kReligion$4kPhilanthropy$4kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$550
Median grant
7
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$10,000
JFGA$9,700
TULANE UNIVERSITY$5,000
CAMP TWIN LAKES$3,000
BRAWL FOR A CAUSE$1,750
UNITED WAY$1,500
JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER$1,500
GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE$1,000
UTOPIAN ACADEMY$1,000
THE GIVING KITCHEN$1,000
A CURE IN OUR LIFETIME$550
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$500
JEWISH HOMELIFE$500
UJA - FEDERATION OF NY$500
TOMMY NOBIS CENTER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CURING KIDS CANCER: $500 → 8%KEN'S CREW: $500 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $200 → 17%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 14%WEINSTEIN HOSPICE: $180 → 13%WEINSTEIN HOSPICE: $100 → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$193k · 30 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
28

Total granted

$193k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+43%

Still filing today

53%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    7× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +72%
  • PA
    PACE ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $24k · revenue +53%
  • CT
    CAMP TWIN LAKES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • PO
    Project Open Handgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +139%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
3
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
7
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
8
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
9
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Baldrick's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

42 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. 42 of the 70 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JFGA: $54,950 · OtherJFGAIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $3,600 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $3,500 · Other+41 more: $32,956 · Other+41 moreTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCA…PACE ACADEMY INC: $23,500 · EducationPACE ACADEMY INCTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,250 · Education+1 more: $150 · EducationCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $14,500 · Recreation & SportsBRAWL FOR A CAUSE INC: $1,750 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $180 · Recreation & SportsBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,650 · HealthA Cure in Our Lifetime Inc: $1,650 · HealthIAN'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $500 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $500 · Health+4 more: $636 · HealthAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 · Civil RightsCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $3,050 · Human ServicesKEN'S KREW: $500 · Human ServicesCuring Kids Cancer Inc: $500 · Human ServicesThe Vi and Milton Weinstein Hospice Inc: $280 · Human ServicesMARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC: $250 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INC: $200 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 · Religion
Other$102,506Education$76,900Recreation & Sports$16,430Health$14,936Civil Rights$10,000Human Services$4,880Religion$2,500

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 budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPACE ACADEMY INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $3,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRAWL FOR A CAUSE INC: $1,750 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetA Cure in Our Lifetime Inc: $1,650 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Home Life Communities Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Open Hand: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIAN'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION INC: $540 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEN'S KREW: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCuring Kids Cancer Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $410 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vi and Milton Weinstein Hospice Inc: $280 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $222 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR LIFE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $36 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.

  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds PACE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRAWL FOR A CAUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds A Cure in Our Lifetime Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Home Life Communities Inc ↗
  • Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds IAN'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TOMMY NOBIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HAND ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds KEN'S KREW ↗

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.

The Selig Foundation IncGA24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Selig Foundation Inc · Hertz Douglas J Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Ron and Lisa Brill Charitable Trust · Phyllis and Eliot Arnovitz Charitable Foundation Inc · The Stephanie and Blake Selig Family Foundation Inc · Hms Foundation Inc · Horowitz Family Foundation Inc · Henry and Etta Raye Hirsch Heritage Foundation Inc · Rosenberg Family Foundation Inc · The Joyce and Ramie Tritt Family Foundation · Luci and Stan Sunshine Family 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 Shoulberg Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shoulberg Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Shoulberg Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Shoulberg Family 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 70 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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