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Aaron & Marion Gural Foundation at a glance

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Aaron & Marion Gural 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.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.1MHealth$783kEducation$613kArts & Culture$183kInternational$125kCivil Rights$70kReligion$70kHousing & Shelter$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$100,000
ARTS 14C- NJ NONPROFIT CORP$50,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$50,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNSEL OF NEW YORK$25,000
TIOGA COMMUNITY CHAMBER FOUNDATION$25,000
TIOGA UNITED WAY$25,000
CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY$15,000
ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%THE MARION & AARON GURAL JCC: $5k → 6%THE MARION & AARON GURAL JCC: $5k → 6%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 7%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 7%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $10k → 17%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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 12 repeat orgs$406k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -28% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
10

Total granted

$2.9M
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-28%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +39%
  • AF
    ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +100%
  • IS
    ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • HI
    HIAS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $125k · revenue -28%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $36k · revenue -45%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
4
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
5
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
6
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
7
Jewish Communal Fund

To facilitate and promote philanthropy through donor advised funds.

Philanthropy
8
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
9
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
10
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
11
Israel Emergency Alliance

Standwithus is an international, education organization dedicated to informing the public about israel & combating extremism & anti-semitism. we believe education is the road to peace. (see continuation on schedule o)

International
12
Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Inc

To ensure the continuity and vitality of the jewish community

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hias Inc; the most unlike its peers is Israel Special Kids Fund. 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
6/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF…+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $200,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION …AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $610,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR BEN-GU…Individual grant recipient: $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA: $70,000 · OtherJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINA…ADL NEW YORK NEW JERSEY: $60,000 · OtherADL NEW YORK NEW JERSEYARTS 14C- NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $50,000 · OtherARTS 14C- NJ NONPROFIT CO…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $36,000 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHAR…SHARE INC: $40,000 · Other+11 more: $147,500 · Other+11 moreHIAS INC: $125,000 · InternationalISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARION AND AARON GURAL JCC INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $45,000 · Civil RightsJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $25,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$1,025,000Health$700,000Education$610,000Other$753,500International$125,000Human Services$90,000Civil Rights$70,000

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $610,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $200,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHIAS INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $80,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARION AND AARON GURAL JCC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHEMOTHERAPY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION NY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Jewish Communal FundDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Aaron & Marion Gural Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aaron & Marion Gural 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Share Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 28 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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