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Benjamin Mandel 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.

$139k
Granted FY2025still arriving
64
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$16k
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$585kHealth$48kHuman Services$44kFood & Nutrition$42kPhilanthropy$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kEducation$5kInternational$2k
02FY2025 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k61 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$16,435
YESHIVA EMEK HALACHA$15,000
YESHIVA DARCHEI TORAH$10,800
Individual grant recipient$9,371
KHAL TORAH U'TEFILLAH OF NEW CITY$5,000
HATZALAH OF ROCKAWAY NASSAU$4,300
DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND$4,200
TORAH ACADEMY FOR GIRLS$3,960
Individual grant recipient$3,600
Individual grant recipient$3,600
TOMCHE SHABBOS OF BORO PARK$3,600
TOMCHE SHABBOS YAD YESHAYA$3,600
AGUDAS ISRAEL OF LONG ISLAND$3,170
Individual grant recipient$2,800
CONG KNESSES BAIS AHARON$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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOUNT SINAI HEWALTH SYSTEM: $1k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEWALTH SYSTEM: $500 → 17%KEREN HATZEDAKA: $500 → 11%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $11k → 6%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $5k → 6%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $4k → 6%ACHIEZER: $4k → 6%ACHIEZER: $3k → 6%ACHIEZER: $3k → 6%ACHIEZER: $3k → 6%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $3k → 6%ACHIEZER: $3k → 6%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $2k → 6%ACHIEZER: $2k → 6%ACHIEZER: $2k → 6%A TIME: $4k → 20%A TIME: $2k → 20%A TIME: $2k → 20%A TIME: $2k → 20%KIMPATORIN AID: $720 → 20%MISASKIM: $2k → 20%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%BONEI OLOM: $1k → 20%KIMPATORIN AID: $360 → 20%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%BONEI OLOM: $500 → 20%A TIME: $260 → 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.
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.
$812k · 72 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
68

Total granted

$812k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+16%

Still filing today

25%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationReligionFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • TS
    TOMCHEI SHABBOS-YAD YESHAYA INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +85%
  • CL
    CHAI LIFELINE INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $31k · revenue +38%
  • CY
    CHASDEI YISROEL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • YG
    YESHIVA GEDOLAH OF BROOKHILL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • CS
    CONG SHEM M SHMUEL
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • YO
    YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +45%
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
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
3
Zichron Meshilem Feish Inc

Provides finacial assistance to needy individuals and to religious, charitable organizations

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4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
Yeshivah Beth Israel Tifereth Menachem Foundation

To provide support to jewish religious education in israel and around the world, and provide financial assistance to and on behalf of yeshivah beth israel tifereth menachem.

Education
6
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
7
Birchas Yaakov Kollel Inc

Maintain communal and charitable affairs in accordance with the tradition of the orthodox jewish faith

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8
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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9
Ohr Meir Ubracha

The organization provides financial assistance to victims of acts of terrorism in the state of israel.

Philanthropy
10
Tzohar Halev Inc

Support of tzohar-a school for special needs children located in israel

Education
11
Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
12
Friends of Yeshiva Beer Abraham

Furtherance of jewish education

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chasdei Yisroel Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

34 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. 34 of the 156 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $94,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYESHIVA DARCHEI TORAH: $77,100 · OtherYESHIVA DARCHEI TORAHYESHIVA EMEK HALACHA: $65,800 · OtherYESHIVA EMEK HALACHAIndividual grant recipient: $59,267 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHATZALAH OF ROCKAWAY NASSAU: $49,300 · OtherHATZALAH OF ROCKAWAY NASSAUTORAH ACADEMY FOR GIRLS: $46,560 · OtherTORAH ACADEMY FOR GIRLSTOMCHE SHABBOS OF BORO PARK: $30,500 · Other+117 more: $292,996 · Other+117 moreDAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $24,500 · Human ServicesACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $17,200 · Human ServicesA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $9,760 · Human ServicesMISASKIM CORP: $5,000 · Human Services+4 more: $4,580 · Human ServicesTOMCHEI SHABBOS-YAD YESHAYA INC: $35,200 · Food & NutritionMASBIA: $5,800 · Food & NutritionSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $4,300 · Food & NutritionCHAI LIFELINE INC: $31,426 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $26,100 · PhilanthropyAB CHARITY INC: $2,390 · PhilanthropyKeren Acheinu Bnei Yisroel Inc: $1,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $710 · PhilanthropyYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $3,600 · EducationMESIVTA NEZER HATORAH: $2,250 · EducationFriends of Tiferet Tzion Inc: $1,800 · Education+2 more: $252 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TORAH BTZFAT INC: $5,500 · InternationalJEWISH YEAR ABROAD: $540 · International+1 more: $180 · InternationalNER GAVRIEL FUND INC: $1,800 · ReligionTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · ReligionYESHIVA TIFERES NAFTOLI: $1,000 · ReligionMTOFM INC: $1,000 · ReligionMenora Inc: $500 · Religion
Other$715,723Human Services$61,040Food & Nutrition$45,300Health$31,926Philanthropy$30,700Education$7,902International$6,220Religion$5,300

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 budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS-YAD YESHAYA INC: $35,200 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $31,426 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $26,100 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $24,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $17,200 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $9,760 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMASBIA: $5,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TORAH BTZFAT INC: $5,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMISASKIM CORP: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $4,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAB CHARITY INC: $2,390 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMESIVTA NEZER HATORAH: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Tiferet Tzion Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNER GAVRIEL FUND INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKeren Acheinu Bnei Yisroel Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIMPATORIN AID INC: $1,080 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA TIFERES NAFTOLI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMTOFM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVA DERECH CHAIM: $860 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH YEAR ABROAD: $540 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN HATZEDAKA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZOHAR: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAYIT CHAM: $360 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ZICHRON MEIR INC FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MEIR: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEARL BLAU LEARNING CENTER INC: $72 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.

  • Who funds TOMCHEI SHABBOS-YAD YESHAYA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHASDEI YISROEL INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange ↗
  • Who funds MASBIA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TORAH BTZFAT INC ↗
  • Who funds MISASKIM CORP ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247 ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC ↗

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 FundZichron Yechiel Meche…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…The Sorala FoundationThe Basch Family Foun…Alyad Foundation IncThe Jmg FoundationDeutsch Family Founda…Belsky Family Foundat…The J W FoundationZichron Btz Tzedakah …
The Ojc FundNY38.9× 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 · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Sorala Foundation · The Basch Family Foundation · Alyad Foundation Inc · The Jmg Foundation · Deutsch Family Foundation · Belsky Family Foundation Inc · The J W Foundation · Zichron Btz Tzedakah 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 Benjamin Mandel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benjamin Mandel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Mesivta Nezer Hatorah: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Orchos Chaim Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 Benjamin Mandel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Benjamin Mandel 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 156 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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