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Apfelbaum Family Foundation at a glance

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Apfelbaum Family 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.

$534k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% 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$692kCivil Rights$360kReligion$308kHousing & Shelter$133kPublic Benefit$55kEducation$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $510k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$285k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MALIBU CART$100,000
JEWBELONG$100,000
LEGACY GLOBAL PROGRAMS$100,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$60,000
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS$50,000
THE UJA FEDERATION NY$50,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES$10,000
ONS FOUNDATION FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC$8,000
CONTRIBUTIONS PAID LESS THAN 5000$6,108
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 (FY22–25, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $8k → 14%CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 17%MALIBU CART: $100k → 14%CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 17%CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $5k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 13 repeat orgs$281k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$2.5M
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
0%

Still filing today

69%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyReligionEducationOther
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

  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $525k · revenue +100%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $450k · revenue +22%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $250k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • MM
    MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • CA
    CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -15%
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
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
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
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
4
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
7
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
8
J Street

To organize pro-israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy americans to promote us policies that embody our deeply held jewish and democratic values and that help secure the state of israel as a democratic homeland for the jewish people.

International
9
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
10
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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11
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
12
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $580,100 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREA…CONTRIBUTIONS PAID LESS THAN 5000: $90,517 · OtherCONTRIBUTIONS PAID LESS THAN …ACLU: $35,000 · Other+6 more: $38,800 · OtherSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $524,950 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER …PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $110,200 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGE…ONS FOUNDATION FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC: $25,900 · Health+2 more: $24,500 · HealthUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $450,100 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-F…Legacy Global Programs: $100,000 · PhilanthropyLegacy Global ProgramsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $250,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION…CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $125,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMER…JEWBELONG INC: $300,000 · ReligionJEWBELONG IN…MALIBU CART INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $8,300 · Human ServicesMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $25,000 · Education
Other$744,417Health$685,550Philanthropy$550,100Civil Rights$375,000Religion$300,000Human Services$143,300Education$25,000

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 budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $524,950 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $450,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWBELONG INC: $300,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $250,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $110,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMALIBU CART INC: $100,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetONS FOUNDATION FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC: $25,900 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $8,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF VENTURA COUNTY INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 FundMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Apfelbaum Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Apfelbaum Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 24 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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