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The Spingold Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Spingold 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.

$600k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 2024.

Human Services$4.2MCivil Rights$170kEducation$155kArts & Culture$75kCrime & Legal$55kHealth$50kPhilanthropy$35kPublic Benefit$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $325k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brown University$100,000
Alliance for Justice$50,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America$50,000
American Civil Liberties Union Fdn$50,000
National Ctr on Philanthropy and the Law$35,000
Third Street Music School$30,000
NY Lawyers for Public Interest$30,000
Public Concern Foundation$25,000
Equal Justice Initiative$25,000
Food for Fam$25,000
Playwrights Horizons$25,000
CISPES Educational Fund$20,000
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival$20,000
Center for Constitutional Rights$20,000
St Ann's Warehouse$10,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: $20k → 12%Resist: $10k → 16%WMHT Educational Telecommunications: $5k → 11%WAMCNortheast Public Radio: $5k → 14%The Churchill School & Center: $10k → 17%St Ann's Warehouse: $10k → 20%CISPES Educational Fund: $20k → 14%Equal Justice Initiative: $25k → 18%Brown University: $100k → 14%Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center: $5k → 12%Pregnancy Justice: $10k → 17%The Packer Collegiate Institute: $5k → 20%Planned Parenthood Federation of America: $50k → 14%NY Lawyers for Public Interest: $30k → 17%Alliance for Justice: $50k → 14%Third Street Music School: $30k → 17%NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation: $10k → 14%La Mama Experimental Theatre Club: $10k → 17%East Side Elem Sch PS 267 PTA: $10k → 17%National Ctr on Philanthropy and the Law: $35k → 17%Center for Constitutional Rights: $20k → 17%Public Concern Foundation: $25k → 17%Food for Fam: $25k → 17%Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York: $5k → 17%See: $925k → 17%See: $602k → 17%See: $586k → 17%See: $555k → 17%See: $535k → 17%See: $525k → 17%See: $520k → 17%Playwrights Horizons: $25k → 17%American Civil Liberties Union Fdn: $50k → 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.
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 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 Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
5
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
6
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
7
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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8
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
9
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
10
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Playwrights Horizons Inc; the most unlike its peers is La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc. 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

22 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. 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

See: $4,248,000 · OtherSee+8 more: $125,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $25,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $20,000 · Civil RightsPREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsBROWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Community ImprovementPUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL CENTER ON PHILANTHROPY AND THE LAW INC: $35,000 · Arts & CulturePLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE CLUB INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWAMC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · HealthCISPES EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 · InternationalCHURCHILL SCHOOL AND CENTER: $10,000 · EducationPACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Education
Other$4,373,000Civil Rights$155,000Community Improvement$125,000Arts & Culture$110,000Health$50,000International$20,000Education$15,000

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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON PHILANTHROPY AND THE LAW INC: $35,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCISPES EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCHILL SCHOOL AND CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESIST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE CLUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWMHT EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNONPROFIT NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWAMC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Ford FoundationThe Howard Gilman Fou…The New York Communit…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Ford FoundationNY14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Spingold Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Spingold 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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 27 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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