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Barer Family Foundation Inc

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.

$242k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$165k
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.

International$2.6MHealth$710kEducation$424kPhilanthropy$215kPublic Benefit$185kHousing & Shelter$100kReligion$99kArts & Culture$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $77k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $165k
$44,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$343k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM$165,000
UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER$44,000
AHS HOSPITAL CORP$33,333
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $50k → 16%CENTER FOR JEWISH DISCOVERY: $18k → 17%THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INC: $25k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEMOCRACY INSTRITUTE: $100k → 13%AHS HOSPITAL CORP: $206k → 4%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $144k → 8%OVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $75k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE: $50k → 13%AHS HOSPITAL CORP: $104k → 4%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%FAMILY PROMISE: $40k → 10%CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL: $15k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE: $25k → 13%AHS HOSPITAL CORP: $92k → 4%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%OVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%THE ALGEMEINER: $50k → 17%AHS HOSPITAL CORP: $75k → 4%FAMILY PROMISE: $20k → 10%TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $20k → 17%AHS HOSPITAL CORP: $33k → 4%FAMILY PROMISE: $20k → 10%TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $20k → 17%MORRISTOWN JEWISH CENTER: $15k → 4%UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER: $50k → 10%TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $20k → 17%OVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $20k → 17%UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER: $44k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $665k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $414k → 17%DREW UNIVERSITY: $25k → 4%UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER: $29k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $365k → 17%JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROWEST: $100k → 4%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $200k → 17%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST: $40k → 4%UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER: $20k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $200k → 17%JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROWEST: $25k → 4%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $165k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $165k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $165k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM: $165k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $25k → 17%PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $55k → 17%PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $50k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 9 repeat orgs$268k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$4.2M
$268k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+18%

Still filing today

67%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
InternationalEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +21%
  • OF
    OVERLOOK FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2024 · $224k · revenue +121%
  • FAMILY PROMISE INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +212%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -51%
  • AI
    ALGEMEINER INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -31%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +37%
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
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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4
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
5
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

To promote, encourage, aid and advance higher and secondary education, research and training in all branches of knowledge. as the standard bearer of excellence, the university strives to ensure and foster outstanding achievements in all…

Education
6
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
7
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
8
American Friends of the Open University of Israel Inc

To raise awareness in the united states and provide support for the open university of israel's vital mission of making access to higher education available to capable and motivated students from all sectors of israeli society.

International
9
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
The Shalem Foundation

To promote and foster the creation of a zionist intellectual infrastructure for the state of israel, the development of a jewish national culture, and the establishment and promotion of intellectual and economic liberty.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj; the most unlike its peers is New York University. 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

19 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. 19 of the 25 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER: $2,504,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTERTHE IDI FOUNDATION INC FKA AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEMOC: $175,000 · InternationalTHE IDI FOUNDATION INC FKA AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEMOC+2 more: $65,000 · InternationalATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $509,000 · OtherATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTE…UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER INC: $143,000 · OtherUNION COUNTY TORAH CE…JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROWEST: $125,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF …ALGEMEINER INC: $50,000 · OtherALGEMEINER INC+5 more: $63,000 · Other+5 moreRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $354,000 · EducationRUTGERS UN…DREW UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationDREW UNIVE…YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationYESHIVA UN…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $224,000 · HealthPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $105,425 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $40,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFAMILY PROMISE INC: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterTRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $80,000 · Community ImprovementSPRING STREET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DBA TABLE OF HOPE: $5,000 · Community Improvement
International$2,744,000Other$890,000Education$414,000Health$224,000Philanthropy$220,425Housing & Shelter$100,000Community Improvement$85,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER: $2,504,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $354,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $224,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE IDI FOUNDATION INC FKA AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEMOC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $105,425 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALGEMEINER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDREW UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENDHAM TOWNSHIP LIBRARY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE CHRISTIE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNew York University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING STREET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DBA TABLE OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Barer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Drew University: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–15%
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 Barer Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Barer Family 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 25 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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