Spektor Family Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-6277982. Reported 52 grants totalling $545,921 to 41 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Spektor Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $170 and the largest $35,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoof Hand Paw Connection Inc | N Miami Beach, FL | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marlene Meyerson Jcc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service | Stamford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| School Community Council PS3 | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Symphony Orchestra Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Friends School | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hias Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Side Campaign Against Hunger | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Midnight Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barcs (baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter) | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Public Radio - Wqxr | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Springs Food Pantry | East Hampton, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Westchester Jewish Council | White Plains, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wqrx - Nyc Public Radio | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wqxr | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rasmussen University | Odessa, FL | $8,201 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neo-Political Cowgirls | East Hampton, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jefferson Market Garden | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Haha Hehe Global | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hayground School | Bridgehampton, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Jornada Ny Food Pantry | Flushing, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Opera America | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| York Theatre Company Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lower 9TH Ward Community Wellness Consortium | New Orleans, LA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kadima Day School | West Hills, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amber Waves Farm Inc | Amagansett, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Buzz Aldrin Middle School Band | Upper Montclair, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Women Composers Inc | Jackson Heights, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Town & Village Synagogue | New York, NY | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alm Global LLC | New York, NY | $170 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
9 of 41 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 18%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Midnight Mission
CLOTHING DONATION THROUGH SY DEVORE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | $192,476 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 6 | $77,775 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $138,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 12 | $137,670 | $7,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 67% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Spektor Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 30 Fifth Avenue 11TH Floor, New York, NY, 10011. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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