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The Tobin Family 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.

$138k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$102k
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 2025.

Health$1.0MArts & Culture$658kPhilanthropy$492kHuman Services$143kEducation$76kInternational$26kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kReligion$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $102k
$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY - NMAJH$101,800
THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION$25,000
CHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER$5,000
EMILY'S ENTOURAGE$2,500
FREIRE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$1,500
SHARE FOOD PROGRAM INC$1,000
CHABAD WEST SERVING BOSTON UNIVERSITY$500
LUBAVITCH CENTER FOR RUSSIAN JEWRY$500
UJA FEDERATION OF NY$80
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GILDA'S CLUB OF SOUTH JERSEY: $250 → 11%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
TN
DC
HI
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 19 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
26

Total granted

$1.9M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+33%

Still filing today

74%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionReligionInternationalOther
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

  • TW
    THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $956k · revenue +8%
  • WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $658k · revenue +41%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -40%
  • IM
    IMUA MAUI RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • PS
    PERKIOMEN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +39%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
6
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
7
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
8
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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10
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
11
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
12
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Longport Volunteer Fire Dept. 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

38 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. 38 of the 53 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
30/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $956,270 · HealthTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGYCHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER: $81,136 · HealthCHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER+8 more: $57,505 · HealthWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $657,800 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AM…+2 more: $6,100 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $491,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF G…+1 more: $80 · PhilanthropyJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · OtherPALS PROGRAM: $35,000 · OtherIMUA MAUI RELIEF FUND: $25,000 · OtherABRAMSON SENIOR CARE: $20,000 · OtherMADLYN AND LEONARD ABRAMSON CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE: $20,000 · OtherSPRING LAKE RANCH INC: $12,000 · OtherRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $6,000 · Other+21 more: $20,372 · OtherPERKIOMEN SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationTIKVA CORP: $7,200 · EducationACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $3,000 · Education+1 more: $350 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $25,000 · International+2 more: $300 · InternationalCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $1,500 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$1,094,911Arts & Culture$663,900Philanthropy$491,080Other$173,372Education$35,550International$25,300Food & Nutrition$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $956,270 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $657,800 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $491,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER: $81,136 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERKIOMEN SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $13,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING LAKE RANCH INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTIKVA CORP: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAIN IDEA INC: $4,750 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL US: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN PA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $107 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TENDER LOVING CARE FOUNDATION: $70 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $25 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.

The Kestenbaum Family…Erlbaum Family Founda…The Specter FoundationThe Saramar Charitabl…The Cigna Group Found…The Jill and Mark Fis…Fred and Bryna Berman…Steven and Ilene Berm…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Jewish Communal Fund
The Kestenbaum Family FoundationPA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kestenbaum Family Foundation · Erlbaum Family Foundation · The Specter Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Jill and Mark Fishman Foundation · Fred and Bryna Berman Family Found Inc Berman Frederick B Ttee · Steven and Ilene Berman Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 53 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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