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The Sporkin Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$58k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
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.

Youth Development$68kReligion$65kEducation$50kArts & Culture$29kEnvironment$12kHealth$9kHuman Services$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$461k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUTHOR'S GUILD FOUNDATION$15,100
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$10,000
RESOLUTION PROJECT$10,000
TEMPLE BETH EL OF HUNTINGTON$9,145
SAMMY GELBAND FOUNDATION$5,000
SPRING STREET CLIMATE FUD$5,000
HOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION$2,000
WESTCHESTER REFORM TEMPLE$1,000
THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE$500
SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE$260
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$250
CEW FOUNDATION$104
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 (FY24–24, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $500 → 14%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

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IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
VA
DC
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$178k · 11 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
40

Total granted

$178k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+9%

Still filing today

55%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
HealthCommunity ImprovementAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsEmploymentOther
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

  • TR
    THE RESOLUTION PROJECT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +139%
  • SS
    SPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +462%
  • FI
    FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY LIV POS
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • TR
    THE RESOLUTION PROJECT - 2017 YLN
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
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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Long Island Community Hospital At Nyu Langone Health

The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…

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2
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
3
Womens Funding Network

Our mission as a global alliance is to provide strategies, research, and resources that support the critical agency and influence of women's foundations and gender justice funders in the movement for equality, justice, and power for all.

Education
4
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
5
The Foundation for Women's Wellness

The foundation for women's wellness (fww) was organized and incorporated in 1997 as a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to improving women's health by raising support for medical research and education in leading women's health concerns.…

Health
6
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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7
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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8
Physician Affiliate Group of New York Pc

To provide accountable, responsive quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of our diverse, multilingual population while fulfilling the professional and educational needs of our members.

Health
9
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
10
Healthix Inc

The mission of healthix inc. is to create an achievable, sustainable and replicable model for integrating clinical information across multiple health care organizations which supports new york state and federal strategic health information…

Public Benefit
11
Foundation for Women's Cancer

To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.

Health
12
New York Cardiac Center Inc

The mission of the new york cardiac center is to be a part of the ongoing effort to diagnose and prevent heart and other diseases. we help to develop treatment for those who need it and assist in training new scientists, educators, and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Sisterhood. 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

24 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. 24 of the 58 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH-EL OF HUNTINGTON: $62,460 · OtherTEMPLE BETH-EL OF HUNTINGTONIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC: $17,100 · OtherTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INCHOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $10,360 · OtherHOLOCAUST MUSEUMLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY LIV POS: $10,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY LIV POS+41 more: $33,041 · Other+41 moreTHE RESOLUTION PROJECT INC: $67,532 · Community ImprovementTHE RESOLUTION PROJECT INC+1 more: $36 · Community ImprovementSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentSammy Gelband Foundation: $5,000 · HealthABORTION CARE NETWORK: $3,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 · Health+3 more: $150 · HealthGOTHAM ROLLER DERBY NFP: $2,673 · Recreation & SportsHOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $500 · Human Services
Other$152,961Community Improvement$67,568Environment$12,000Health$8,650Recreation & Sports$2,673Philanthropy$2,000Human Services$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 RESOLUTION PROJECT INC: $67,532 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC: $17,100 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSammy Gelband Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetABORTION CARE NETWORK: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOTHAM ROLLER DERBY NFP: $2,673 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNYU WINTHROP HOSPITAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $1,776 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLONG ISLAND COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM & DRUG DEPENDENCE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIM FOR HER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOBY PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYOSSET FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WESTHAMPTON AMBULANCE INC: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHill Country Ride for AIDS Inc: $50 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 RESOLUTION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Sammy Gelband Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ABORTION CARE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds GOTHAM ROLLER DERBY NFP ↗
  • Who funds NYU WINTHROP HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds HOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM & DRUG DEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Achilles International Inc ↗
  • Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VALERIE FUND ↗
  • Who funds HIM FOR HER INC ↗

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 FundNY10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Sporkin Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sporkin Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get 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 58 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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