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Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation at a glance

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Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation

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.

$943k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

80% of Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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0
’19
0
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6
’21
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’22
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’23
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’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.3MSocial Science$720kReligion$500kFood & Nutrition$108kInternational$65kEnvironment$40kHealth$40kCivil Rights$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $750k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Community Federation$750,000
Friends of the Fromm Institute$100,000
ExtraFoodOrg$25,000
Tipping Point Community$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am$20,000
Southern Poverty Law$10,000
Doctors Without Borders USA Inc$10,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$2,500
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 (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM: $170k → 8%Urban Adamah: $40k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%New Isreal Fund: $50k → 17%Southern Poverty Law: $10k → 18%CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM: $170k → 8%University of San Francisco: $5k → 10%Doctors Without Borders USA Inc: $10k → 17%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW: $10k → 18%Congregation Rodef Sholom: $160k → 8%Tipping Point Community: $25k → 10%DOCTOR WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC: $10k → 17%Southern Poverty Law: $10k → 18%ExtraFoodOrg: $50k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION: $850k → 10%Doctors Without Borders USA Inc: $10k → 17%EXTRAFOODORG: $25k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION: $800k → 10%Planned Parenthood Federation of Am: $20k → 17%ExtraFoodOrg: $25k → 8%Jewish Community Federation: $790k → 10%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE FROMM INSTITUTE: $80k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION: $750k → 10%Planned Parenthood Federation of Am: $10k → 17%Friends of Fromm Institute: $80k → 8%Jewish Community Federation: $750k → 10%Amnesty International of the USA In: $5k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE FROMM INSTITUTE: $80k → 8%Jewish Community Federation: $715k → 10%AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $5k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE FROMM INSTITUTE: $80k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION: $620k → 10%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 9 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -50% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$1.4M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-50%

Still filing today

78%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionInternationalHealthCrime & LegalEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • E
    Extrafood
    3× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +457%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +26%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • FO
    Friends of Fromm Institute
    one grant, 2018 · $80k
  • NI
    New Isreal Fund
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • UA
    Urban Adamah
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue -50%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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3
Sandler Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…

Philanthropy
4
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
5
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
6
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
SFMade Inc

Our mission is to help manufacturers thrive, innovate, and create good jobs, for a more diverse and sustainable Bay Area.

Community Improvement
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
Sacramento Region Community Foundation

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Urban Adamah. 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

10 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. 10 of the 15 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $5,275,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of the Fromm Institute: $640,000 · OtherFriends of the Fromm …CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM: $500,000 · OtherCONGREGATION RODEF SH…Friends of Fromm Institute: $80,000 · OtherFriends of Fromm Inst…New Isreal Fund: $50,000 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherExtrafood: $100,000 · Food & NutritionCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $7,500 · Food & NutritionUrban Adamah: $40,000 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $40,000 · HealthSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalUniversity of San Francisco: $10,000 · Education
Philanthropy$5,300,000Other$1,280,000Food & Nutrition$107,500Environment$40,000Health$40,000Crime & Legal$30,000International$30,000Education$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $5,275,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetExtrafood: $100,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetUrban Adamah: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Alfred and Hanna Fromm Foundation 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 15 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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