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The Slovin Foundation

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.

$10k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$9.5MReligion$1.2MEducation$703kYouth Development$288kCivil Rights$104kPhilanthropy$46kHealth$43kInternational$18kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION$10,000
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 (FY17–22, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 6%ENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%ENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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

NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
WV
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
AL
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 38 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 37 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
90

Total granted

$12M
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+27%

Still filing today

61%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalEnvironmentReligionOther
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

  • YI
    YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $1.1M · revenue +217%
  • AJ
    AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $607k · revenue +89%
  • Cornell University
    2× · 2019–2020 · $605k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +37%
  • NY
    New York Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $36k · revenue +76%
  • TM
    THE MENDL HOFFMAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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.

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
4
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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6
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
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
8
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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9
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
10
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
11
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Forward Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. 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

81 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. 81 of the 132 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/81
Grantees still filing
56/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $8,571,869 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INCAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $606,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY+15 more: $338,720 · Arts & CultureYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $1,077,500 · ReligionYIVO INSTI…+3 more: $3,350 · ReligionCornell University: $605,048 · EducationNew York University: $36,000 · EducationSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $26,000 · Education+6 more: $34,625 · EducationLEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC: $57,000 · OtherNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FOLKSBIENE: $46,750 · OtherCOLEL CHABAD: $44,950 · OtherTHE MENDL HOFFMAN FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherCONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM: $20,098 · OtherPARK EAST SYNAGOGUE: $18,025 · OtherYESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: $12,000 · Other+87 more: $126,078 · OtherAMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION: $276,097 · Youth DevelopmentENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $25,000 · EnvironmentINTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Environment+3 more: $450 · Environment
Arts & Culture$9,517,089Religion$1,080,850Education$701,673Other$354,901Youth Development$276,097Human Services$35,000Environment$27,450

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 CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $8,571,869 over 5y, 44% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $1,077,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $606,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetCornell University: $605,048 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION: $276,097 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDIGITAL HERITAGE MAPPING INC: $165,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC: $57,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRO PRIMO LEVI INC: $46,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetNew York University: $36,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $25,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOAKWOOD SCHOOL: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WRITING REVOLUTION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH FILMINC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJAKE TV INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOMEZ FOUNDATION FOR MILL HOUSE: $2,250 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO LIGHTS: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCivil Liberties Defense Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DISABLED VETERANS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ciesla Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKATAHDIN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJuntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc: $500 over 1y, 47% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $350 over 3y, 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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Nash Family FoundationCombined Jewish Phila…The David Berg Founda…Justin & Genevieve Wy…Wolfensohn Family Fou…Indian Trail Charitab…Jewish Community Fede…Jewish Community Foun…Jewish Community Foun…Joseph S & Diane H St…
Jewish Communal FundNY35.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Nash Family Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The David Berg Foundation Inc · Justin & Genevieve Wyner Trust · Wolfensohn Family Foundation · Indian Trail Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Joseph S & Diane H Steinberg 1992 Charitable Trust

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 Slovin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Slovin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • National Center for Jewish Filminc: 4% of income from government
  • The Family Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
18report 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 Slovin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Slovin Foundation 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 132 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home