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Ben & Zelda Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$120k
Granted FY2026still arriving
3
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2026.

Religion$1.5MEducation$759kHealth$615kInternational$125kArts & Culture$104kHuman Services$50kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2026 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ateres Inc$100,000
MMHA Service Training Academy$10,000
Shoresh Inc$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 (FY18–23, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%Friends of the Ethiopian National Project: $55k → 12%Friends of the Ethiopian National Project: $70k → 17%League for People with Disabilities: $5k → 19%Center for Urban Families: $25k → 19%Center for Urban Familites: $25k → 19%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 17 repeat orgs$843k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2026, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$2.4M
$733k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+3%

Still filing today

65%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $125k · revenue +31% · 43% of their budget
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    2× · 2018–2020 · $100k · revenue +34%
  • EP
    ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $60k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TA
    The AssociatedChana Endowment Fund
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • YM
    YESHIVAT MEKOR CHAIM INC
    one grant, 2025 · $100k · revenue +3%
  • YT
    YESHIVAS TORAS SIMCHA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Baltimore Torah School Inc

The mission of baltimore torah school, inc., a boys school for grades 8- 12, is to produce young men who are motivated to find satisfaction and joy in learning and serving g-d, capable of advancing to excellent advanced jewish study…

Education
2
Mesorah Baltimore Inc

To educate jewish women and help them reach a deeper understanding of judaic principles and apply such principles to their lives. these purposes are carried out through various classes, lectures and conferences, all of which focus on…

Religion
3
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
4
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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6
University of Judaism Foundation
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7
The Maryland Jewish Experience

Array of student programming including religious, educational, social, and leadership opportunities at the univ of md college park campus.

Religion
8
Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc

The yeshiva of greater washington is an orthodox jewish middle school, high school, and rabbinic seminary. our mission is to root each student in torah, plant a passion for learning, and prepare them for life. this is accomplished through…

Education
9
Flo & Morris Mizel Jewish Community Day School

Flo and morris mizel jewish community day school provides an outstanding educational program for pre k through 5th grade students. rooted in jewish traditions and values, the general studies and judiac studies curricula fosters critical…

Education
10
Torah Temimah Jerusalem

The school trains advanced talmudic scholars, enabling them to become high level teachers and religious leaders in israel and the united states using specific methodology combining traditional talmudic study with innovative learning…

Education
11
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
12
Mesivta Kesser Torah of Baltimore Inc

The purpose of the organization (the school) will be accomplished solely by providing a jewish and secular secondary education to students in baltimore, maryland

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The League for People With Disabilities; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Ethiopian National Project 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
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

The Associated: $1,010,000 · OtherThe AssociatedLifebridge HealthSinai Hospital: $600,000 · OtherLifebridge HealthSinai HospitalThe AssociatedChana Endowment Fund: $100,000 · OtherBrandeis UniversitySchusterman Center: $100,000 · OtherYESHIVAS TORAS SIMCHA INC: $100,000 · OtherATERES INC: $100,000 · OtherWomen's Institute of Torah Seminary & College: $100,000 · Other+9 more: $239,125 · Other+9 moreYESHIVAT MEKOR CHAIM INC: $100,000 · EducationYESHIVAT MEKOR C…JEWELS SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationJEWELS SCHOOL IN…MMHA SERVICE TRAINING ACADEMY INC: $70,000 · EducationMMHA SERVICE TRA…ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $60,000 · EducationENOCH PRATT FREE…UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF BA…DYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM: $36,000 · EducationDYSLEXIA TUTORIN…Womens Institute of Torah Seminary for Girls: $30,000 · EducationWomens Institute…+1 more: $12,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,500 · Arts & CultureHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $50,000 · ReligionMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $50,000 · ReligionPAUL'S PLACE INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC: $250 · International
Other$2,349,125Education$458,500Human Services$180,000Arts & Culture$103,500Religion$100,000Food & Nutrition$2,500International$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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT INC: $125,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWELS SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetMMHA SERVICE TRAINING ACADEMY INC: $70,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM: $36,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetWomens Institute of Torah Seminary for Girls: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Joyful Noise Baltimore Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMOUNT VERNON PLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC: $250 over 1y, 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.

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.

Associated Jewish Cha…Baltimore Community F…T Rowe Price Program …Crane Family Foundati…David & Barbara B Hir…Richard & Rosalee C D…The Philip and Harrie…France-Merrick Founda…Annie E Casey Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
Associated Jewish Charities of BaltimoreMD27.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Crane Family Foundation Inc · David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc · Richard & Rosalee C Davison Foundation Inc · The Philip and Harriet Klein Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Ben & Zelda Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ben & Zelda Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 36%
  • Mount Vernon Place Conservancy Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Center for Urban Families Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Jewels School Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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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 34 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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