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Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler Foundation Inc at a glance

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Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler 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.

$16M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$14M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Religion$20MEducation$265kHealth$50kPhilanthropy$50k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$14,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN$14,000,000
CHESED AVRAHAM$2,470,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YESHIVA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $36k → 11%TALMUDICAL YESHIVA OF PHILADELPHIA: $7k → 22%OD YOSEF CHAI: $20k → 14%MESIVTHA TIFERETH JERUSALEM: $6k → 17%FLATBUSH COMMUNITY FUND: $50k → 20%DALLAS TEXAS TORAH ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST: $6k → 8%TELSHE YESHIVA CLEVELAND: $10k → 9%RABBI JACOB JOSEPH SCHOOL: $5k → 8%YESHIVA TIFERES BARUCH: $6k → 10%YESHIVA BAIS HACHINUCH: $80k → 11%YESHIVA GEDOLA OF PASSAIC: $5k → 12%TALMUDICAL YESHIVA OF PHILADELPHIA: $5k → 22%SIACH YITZCHOK: $12k → 13%BAIS MEDRASH ELYON: $9k → 14%YESHIVA GEDOLA OF TEANECK: $7k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS KNESES YESHURUN: $25k → 11%KOLLEL AVREICHIM CHAZON ISH: $6k → 14%YESHIVA TIFERES YISROEL: $6k → 17%BETH MEDRASH GOVOHA - LAKEWOOD: $23k → 11%KOLLEL TIFERES TZVI: $12k → 11%KOLLEL TIFERES TZVI: $9k → 11%LAHAVA-RCTT: $25k → 14%YESHIVAT ATERET TORAH: $64k → 20%YESHIVA NISHMAS CHAIM: $6k → 11%LAHAVA-RCTT: $18k → 14%CONGREGATION BETH MEDRASH GOVOHA: $36k → 20%YESHIVA SHAAREI ORAH: $6k → 11%ATERET TORAH: $50k → 20%MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER: $50k → 20%BNEI KODSHIM: $10k → 20%BAIT SHMAYA SCHOOL: $19k → 20%YESHIVA GEDOLAH OHR YISROEL - MARINE PARK: $19k → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $14.0M → 20%CHESED AVRAHAM: $2.5M → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $785k → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $582k → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $546k → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $340k → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $302k → 20%NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS: $117k → 20%CHESED AVRAHAM: $50k → 20%MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $12k → 20%YESHIVA PACHAD YITZCHOK: $8k → 20%KOLLEL MEDRASH ELIYAHU: $6k → 20%KOLLEL AVREICHIM R' NACHAMAN MIBRESLAV: $6k → 20%SHALOM TORAH CENTERS: $6k → 20%ZERAH YITZCHOK: $6k → 20%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

MN
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
AZ
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 6 repeat orgs$592k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
61

Total granted

$19M
$592k

Still filing today

0%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionPhilanthropyHealthInternationalOther
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

  • MY
    MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN
    7× · 2017–2024 · $17M
  • CA
    CHESED AVRAHAM DBA CHESSED AVROHOM HOUSING GEMACH
    2× · 2020–2024 · $2.5M
  • AT
    ATERET TORAH CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $114k

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $80k
  • TF
    THE FLATBUSH COMMUNITY FUND INC co BERNATH & ROSENBERG PCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +54%
  • MM
    MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +29%
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
3
Yeshiva Keter Torah Inc

Providing secular and religious education for elementary and high school aged students

Education
4
Maor Yeshiva High School Inc

A jewish orthodox high school

Education
5
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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6
Yeshiva Toras Chaim of Greater Miami Inc

To operate a religious school for high school and post high school students.

Education
7
Ohr Yisrael Yeshiva Inc

Ohr Yisrael is a religious institution that provides religious services and instruction to Rabbis and community members.

Religion
8
Yeshiva Bais Mordechai of Teaneck

To provide religious Jewish education.

Education
9
Kollel Nefesh Hachaim Inc
Education
10
Yeshiva Chayei Olam

Yeshiva chayei olam inc., was established for the purpose of having an orthodox jewish high school. the school teaches talumdic studies, talmudic jurasprudence, orthodox jewish ethics and the old testament. in addition, the school provides…

Education
11
Friends of Yeshiva Tehilas Shlomo Inc

Provide support to further jewish education

Philanthropy
12
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel; the most unlike its peers is Maimonides Medical Center. 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

14 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. 14 of the 68 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN: $16,565,864 · OtherMESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLINCHESED AVRAHAM DBA CHESSED AVROHOM HOUSING GEMACH: $2,520,000 · OtherCHESED AVRAHAM DBA CHESSED AVROHOM HOUSING GEMACH+53 more: $619,050 · OtherNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS: $116,667 · ReligionFRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST: $6,250 · ReligionYESHIVA SHAAREI OORAH INC: $6,000 · ReligionKOLLEL OHR SHMUEL INC: $5,000 · ReligionTHE FLATBUSH COMMUNITY FUND INC co BERNATH & ROSENBERG PC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS KENESES YESHURUN: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · HealthYeshiva Tiferes Yisroel: $6,000 · EducationTALMUDIC RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $5,000 · EducationYESHIVA ARZEI LEVANON: $4,000 · EducationMORIAH SCHOOL OF ENGLEWOOD: $3,600 · EducationYESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC: $2,500 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFERETH YOSEF INC: $250 · International
Other$19,704,914Religion$133,917Philanthropy$75,000Health$50,000Education$21,100International$250

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 budgetTHE FLATBUSH COMMUNITY FUND INC co BERNATH & ROSENBERG PC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS KENESES YESHURUN: $25,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST: $6,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYESHIVA SHAAREI OORAH INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYESHIVA TIFERES BORUCH: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYeshiva Tiferes Yisroel: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTALMUDIC RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMORIAH SCHOOL OF ENGLEWOOD: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT SHAARE TORAH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFERETH YOSEF INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds THE FLATBUSH COMMUNITY FUND INC co BERNATH & ROSENBERG PC ↗
  • Who funds MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS KENESES YESHURUN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA SHAAREI OORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA TIFERES BORUCH ↗
  • Who funds Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel ↗
  • Who funds KOLLEL OHR SHMUEL INC ↗
  • Who funds TALMUDIC RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY ↗

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 Ojc FundJewish Communal FundJack Adjmi Family Fou…National Society for …Jewish Federation of …Jewish Community Foun…The Basch Family Foun…The Adjmi-Dwek Founda…Zichron Yechiel Meche…The Jmg FoundationDonors Fund IncThe Moshe and Frady K…
The Ojc FundNY40.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Basch Family Foundation · The Adjmi-Dwek Foundation Inc · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · The Jmg Foundation · Donors Fund Inc · The Moshe and Frady Kalter Foundation Inc C/O Moshe Kalter

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 Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Yeshiva Tiferes Boruch: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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