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The Sirota Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Sirota Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$699k
Granted FY2019
12
Grants FY2019
2
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2019.

Health$352kArts & Culture$207kPhilanthropy$100kPublic Benefit$100kEducation$55kReligion$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kInternational$9kOther$0
02FY2019 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $72k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $620k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundatio$160,000
Palm Springs Air Museum$130,000
America's VetDogs$100,000
RTW Charitable Foundation$100,000
Pediatric Cancer Foundation$80,000
New York- Presbyterian Medical Cent$50,000
The Lustgarten Foundation$20,000
Buckley School$20,000
Breast Cancer Research Foundation$20,000
New York Philharmonic$12,000
African Dream Academy Foundation$5,000
UN HCUND Hospitality Committee$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%The Lustgarten Foundation: $20k → 6%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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$276k · 5 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
6

Total granted

$276k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+10%

Still filing today

40%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $535k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $170k · revenue +39%
  • BS
    Buckley School
    3× · 2017–2019 · $50k
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $37k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • NB
    NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • NY
    NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +10%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +9%
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
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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2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
3
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
4
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
5
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
6
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
7
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
8
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rtw Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $160,000 · OtherPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNew York- Presbyterian Medical Cent: $50,000 · OtherNew York- Presbyterian Medical CentBuckley School: $50,000 · OtherBuckley SchoolAnnunciation Greek Orthodox Church: $15,000 · Other+6 more: $35,250 · Other+6 morePALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC: $170,000 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INCTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $37,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY S…AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $100,000 · Public BenefitAMERICA'S VET…RTW Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyRTW Foundatio…PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC …+1 more: $2,000 · HealthMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$310,250Arts & Culture$207,000Public Benefit$100,000Philanthropy$100,000Health$82,000Human Services$30,000Public Safety & Disaster$20,000

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 budgetPALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC: $170,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRTW Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPIPHANY COMMUNITY NURSERY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAfrican Dream Academy Foundation Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $1,250 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Sirota Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sirota Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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