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Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$396k
Granted FY2023
26
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 50% of WALLERSTEIN FOUNDATION FOR GERIATRIC LIFE IMPROVEMENT’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2023 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 26 grants below total $369,658 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $395,825 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $26,167 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k11 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $216k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Family & Children Services of Northern NJ$85,000
Adler Aphasia Center$30,000
Educational Alliance$25,000
Kessler Foundation$20,833
Eden Autism Services Foundation$20,000
Jewish Family & Children's Services of Middlesex County$20,000
Meals on Wheels of Ocean County$15,000
St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly$15,000
Somerset Health Care Foundation$10,000
Twilight Wish Foundation$10,000
End of Life Choices$10,000
55 Kip Center$10,000
Home Sharing, Inc.$10,000
Volunteer Guardianship One on One Inc.$10,000
University Settlement Society of New York$10,000
02Your 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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$422k · 15 repeat orgs$369k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
23

Total granted

$422k
$224k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+32%

Still filing today

80%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationEnvironmentArts & 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

  • SH
    SOMERSET HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +11%
  • HI
    HOMESHARING INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +69%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $18k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CA
    Connections at Home NJ
    one grant, 2021 · $23k
  • PRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $16k · revenue +122%
  • PR
    Prevention Resources Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +55%

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

03Your 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
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
2
Bridgewater Home Inc

Assisted Living and Nursing Care

Human Services
3
Jewish Home At Rockleigh

We must strive to be proactive - to be aware of and ready to serve, the needs of the increasing numbers of our elderly (given the improvement of longevity) with the newest methods and programs we must insure the continuity and vitality of…

Health
4
Metropolitan Jewish Home Care Inc

Mjhs home care is a not-for-profit, certified home health agency (chha), committed to providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for individuals recuperating at home from an acute episode, often elderly and at-risk members of…

Health
5
Jewish Home At Home Inc

Providing charitable services to the elderly or infirm to assist them to continue to reside in their home environment.

Human Services
6
Menorah Home and Hospital for Aged and Infirm

Operating as menorah center for rehabilitation and nursing care, menorah is a 436-bed not-for-profit organization that is a member of mjhs health system. menorah is committed to providing exceptional sub-acute rehabilitation services and…

Health
7
Lutheran Home At Moorestown

Through the power of the holy spirit and in response to god's love as revealed in the gospel, the mission of lutheran social ministries of nj is to serve those who hurt, who are in need, or who have limited choices through an array of…

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8
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

—
9
Humc Cardiovascular Partners Pc

The organization provides high quality medical care to the community that it serves and specifically provides cardiology & related professional medical services in conjunction with hmh hospitals corp.

Health
10
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
11
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of 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 future…

Health
12
Hartwyck At Jfk Inc

To provide high quality care & management services for people in need of long

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Union Settlement Association Inc and the most unlike its peers is Twilight Wish Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDevelopmental Disabilities …Senior Support ServicesChildhood Cancer SupportFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Faith-Based Senior LivingAddiction & Mental Health T…Affordable Housing Construc…Jewish Community FederationsLocal History MuseumsCommunity Hospital Systems
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr18%27%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr11%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr18%45%20–35yr14%24%35–55yr11%24%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
12%
6,333/52,258

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.

03the grantee network

33 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 49 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
27/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Jewish Family & Children Services of Northern NJ — $95,000 · OtherJewish Family & Children Services of Northern NJEnd of Life Choices — $25,000 · OtherEnd of Life ChoicesTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 · OtherTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INCConnections at Home NJ — $23,333 · OtherConnections at Home NJSOMERSET HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · OtherEDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · OtherJewish Family & Children's Services of Middlesex County — $20,000 · OtherSt. Joseph's Home for the Elderly — $15,000 · OtherPrevention Resources Inc — $15,000 · OtherJewish Family & Children Svces of Greater Mercer County — $15,000 · OtherMeals on Wheels of Ocean County — $15,000 · Other+16 more — $123,249 · Other+16 moreKessler Foundation Inc — $70,764 · Human ServicesKessler Foundation IncTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC — $18,375 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INCTWILIGHT WISH FOUNDATION — $17,500 · Human ServicesTWILIGHT WISH FOUNDATIONPRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETON — $15,870 · Human ServicesPRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE C…StJames Social Service Corporation — $15,000 · Human ServicesStJames Social Service Corp…SEARCH AND CARE INC — $11,000 · Human ServicesSEARCH AND CARE INC55 KIP CENTER-RUTHERFORD SENIOR CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER GUARDIANSHIP ONE-ON-ONE — $10,000 · Human ServicesADLER APHASIA CENTER — $60,000 · HealthADLER APHASIA CENT…Newbridge Services Inc — $22,500 · HealthNewbridge Services…NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · HealthNORTHERN WESTCHEST…Foundation for Morristown Medical Center — $10,000 · HealthFoundation for Mor…INSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER — $10,000 · HealthINSIGHT MEMORY CAR…NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER — $7,500 · HealthNEWARK BETH ISRAEL…PEACE CARE INC — $6,300 · HealthTHE RWJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $5,235 · HealthHOMESHARING INC — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $14,900 · EducationCAREGIVER VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL JERSEY- A FAITH IN ACTION PROGRAM INC — $14,600 · EnvironmentTHE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM — $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$411,582Human Services$188,509Health$131,535Housing & Shelter$20,000Education$14,900Environment$14,600Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetKessler Foundation Inc — $70,764 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADLER APHASIA CENTER — $60,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewbridge Services Inc — $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOMERSET HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOMESHARING INC — $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC — $18,375 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTWILIGHT WISH FOUNDATION — $17,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETON — $15,870 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPrevention Resources Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStJames Social Service Corporation — $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $14,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAREGIVER VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL JERSEY- A FAITH IN ACTION PROGRAM INC — $14,600 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSEARCH AND CARE INC — $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget55 KIP CENTER-RUTHERFORD SENIOR CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVOLUNTEER GUARDIANSHIP ONE-ON-ONE — $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetINSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY MEALS INC — $7,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE CARE INC — $6,300 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetGREENWICH HOUSE INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RWJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $5,235 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMASONIC CHARITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY — $2,749 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.

The Provident Bank Fo…Investors Foundation …The Hyde and Watson F…Columbia Bank Foundat…Bristol-Myers Squibb …Community Foundation …The Robert Wood Johns…Td Charitable Foundat…Citizens Philanthropi…Isaac H Tuttle FundNew York Foundation f…Blue Foundry Charitab…
The Provident Bank FoundationNJ30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Provident Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Isaac H Tuttle Fund · New York Foundation for Elder Care · Blue Foundry Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement?

Find your warmest path to Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement 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 49 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $475k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
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the interactive map of money crossing state lines