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Theodore and Maxine Murnick Family 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.

$199k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fund
0169% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20202024.

Human Services$245kEnvironment$154kFood & Nutrition$100kYouth Development$86kReligion$40kArts & Culture$20kEducation$10kInternational$5kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$299k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HORIZONS NEWARK$40,000
OPENDOR MEDIA INC$40,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
GREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY$30,000
HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN$28,000
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES$20,000
HEBREW FREE LOAN OF NEW JERSEY$11,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $245k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VILLAGE EXCHANGE CENTER: $40k → 8%FULFILL: $2k → 6%ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER: $45k → 5%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN BOSTON: $40k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN BOSTON: $40k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $30k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $28k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $20k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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IL
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CO
VA
DC
LA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$656k · 8 repeat orgs$295k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
13

Total granted

$656k
$205k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+40%

Still filing today

75%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentReligionArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $154k · revenue +30%
  • AH
    ALLIED HOUSING INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $90k · revenue +12%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $80k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • PL
    PJ LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • OI
    One22 Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue +49%
  • TU
    TULANE UNIVERSITY HILLEL CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
Food Connect Co

At food connect, we're dedicated to bridging the gaps in our food system, working to end hunger and fostering healthier communities through our innovative initiatives and programs. we build scalable technologies that support last-mile…

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
5
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
6
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
7
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
8
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
9
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition
10
Feeding Westchester Inc

Driven by the belief that access to healthy food is a basic right for all people, feeding westchester leads hunger action programs and mobilizes the resources needed to eradicate hunger in westchester county.

11
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
12
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc and the most unlike its peers is Horizons Newark Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%25%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%5%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%4%<5yr14%16%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%34%35–55yr16%1%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/20
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,545

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ALLIED HOUSING INC — $90,000 · OtherALLIED HOUSING INCHEBREW FREE LOAN OF NEW JERSEY — $51,000 · OtherHEBREW FREE LOAN OF NEW JERSEYPJ LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL — $50,000 · OtherPJ LIBRARY INTERNATIONALTULANE UNIVERSITY HILLEL CENTER — $40,000 · OtherTULANE UNIVERSITY HILLEL CENTERHUBB ARTS AND TRAUMA CENTER INC — $32,000 · OtherHUBB ARTS AND TRAUMA CENTER INCIndividual grant recipient — $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+5 more — $22,300 · Other+5 moreFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BO…HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $78,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDR…One22 Inc — $45,000 · Human ServicesOne22 IncVILLAGE EXCHANGE CENTER INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE EXCHANGE CENTER INC+1 more — $2,400 · Human ServicesGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC — $154,000 · EnvironmentGREATER NEWARK CON…THE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC — $85,000 · Food & NutritionTHE URBAN F…Feeding America — $9,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding Ame…+3 more — $6,300 · Food & Nutrition+3 moreHORIZONS NEWARK INC — $86,000 · Youth DevelopmentHORIZONS N…OPENDOR MEDIA INC — $40,000 · ReligionFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC — $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$315,300Human Services$245,400Environment$154,000Food & Nutrition$100,300Youth Development$86,000Religion$40,000Arts & Culture$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC — $154,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetALLIED HOUSING INC — $90,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetHORIZONS NEWARK INC — $86,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC — $85,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC — $80,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $78,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOne22 Inc — $45,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOPENDOR MEDIA INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVILLAGE EXCHANGE CENTER INC — $40,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America — $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH — $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL — $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPOONFULS — $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTETON VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INC — $1,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Theodore and Maxine Murnick Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 21%
  • Horizons for Homeless Children21% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Theodore and Maxine Murnick Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Theodore and Maxine Murnick Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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