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The Silver Family 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.

$131k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$51,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 46
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$311k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Silver Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving11$129k9%
FY202422$119k9%
FY202321$113k14%
FY202246$93k50%
FY202123$53k39%
FY202022$12kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$260kHealth$118kArts & Culture$54kReligion$22kPhilanthropy$20kInternational$20kHuman Services$17kCivil Rights$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lehigh University$173,20050%
Georgetown University$50,00050%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$32,50041%
Johns Hopkins University$26,00040%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$19,00030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$17,00060%
Washington Hebrew Congregation$11,8014n/a
University of Colorado Foundation$7,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$6,80020%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$6,5183n/a
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All grantees of The Silver Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lehigh University$173,20050%
Georgetown University$50,00050%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$32,50041%
Johns Hopkins University$26,00040%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$19,00030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$17,00060%
Washington Hebrew Congregation$11,8014n/a
University of Colorado Foundation$7,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$6,80020%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$6,5183n/a
Friends of Port Rowing$6,00021%
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc$6,00010%
Hope for Henry Foundation$5,50040%
American University$3,00030%
Children's Eye Foundation The Foundation Of AAPOS$3,00030%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$2,00020%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,70040%
Jerusalem Chesed-Chasdei Henny$1,00010%
The Community Music School of the Piedmont Inc$90030%
The Supreme Court Historical Society$75040%
Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc$50010%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$50030%
Birthright Israel Foundation$40020%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$40030%
Goose Creek Association$35020%
Republican Jewish Coalition$30030%
American Jewish Committee$30010%
The Heritage Foundation$30030%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$30020%
A Place to Be$30020%
American Jewish Congress Inc$20020%
Boulder Crest Foundation$20010%
Judicial Watch Inc$20020%
Middleburg Community Center Inc$20030%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$10010%
Middleburg Fish$10010%
Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association$10010%
George C Marshall International Center Inc$10010%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$8510%
Bethesda Fire Department Inc$5010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Silver Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLehigh University: $173,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $32,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $6,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Port Rowing: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEdlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Henry Foundation: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Eye Foundation The Foundation Of AAPOS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWills Eye Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJerusalem Chesed-Chasdei Henny: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Community Music School of the Piedmont Inc: $900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Supreme Court Historical Society: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Hand for Relief and Development Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoose Creek Association: $350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRepublican Jewish Coalition: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Place to Be: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Congress Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoulder Crest Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMiddleburg Community Center Inc: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Piedmont Environmental Council: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddleburg Fish: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge C Marshall International Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Museum of Women in the Arts: $85 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Fire Department Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 40.

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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.

The Luminescence Foundation IncVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda · Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation · Duber Family Foundation · Frank Mangano Foundation · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · Posner-Wallace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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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Find your warmest path to The Silver 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.

About The Silver Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Silver Family Foundation Inc give?
The Silver Family Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $131,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 46 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Silver Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (22%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are The Silver Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lehigh University ($173k), Georgetown University ($50k), Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum ($33k).
Does The Silver Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Silver Family 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 Silver Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Luminescence Foundation Inc, Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda, Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation.
Where is The Silver Family Foundation Inc based?
The Silver Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 61 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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