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Borns Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$215k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$215k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$385kReligion$216kEducation$166kHealth$141kInternational$101kArts & Culture$60kAnimals$31kCivil Rights$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$215,310
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BORNS FAMILY GIVING FUND$215,310
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 (FY22–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Israel Guide Dog Center for the Bli: $500 → 6%Jewish Family Services of the Deser: $3k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
MO
TN
DC
AL
FL
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$701k · 19 repeat orgs$417k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
33

Total granted

$701k
$202k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+66%

Still filing today

63%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureInternationalEducationReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    6× · 2017–2023 · $142k · revenue +97%
  • ZO
    ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
    5× · 2017–2023 · $66k · revenue +52%
  • IE
    ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE
    4× · 2019–2023 · $61k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Centergraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +66%
  • CS
    Cummings School of Vet Medicine
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • CT
    CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +3%
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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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2
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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3
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
4
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
5
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
6
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
7
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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8
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

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

International
9
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
10
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
11
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Topa Institute Pka Yiddishkayt. 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

36 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. 36 of the 54 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
33/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BORNS FAMILY GIVING FUND: $215,310 · OtherBORNS FAMILY GIVING FUNDJEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $130,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FUNDHillel at Indiana University: $120,000 · OtherHillel at Indiana UniversityJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $39,500 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREAChabad of Rancho Mirage: $30,000 · Other+25 more: $105,115 · Other+25 moreIndiana University Foundation: $141,700 · EducationIndiana Univers…THE PALM VALLEY SCHOOL: $12,000 · EducationTHE PALM VALLEY…DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY: $7,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationEisenhower Medical Center: $100,000 · HealthEisenhower …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $10,500 · HealthPLANNED PAR…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $5,350 · Health+3 more: $2,200 · HealthISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $61,000 · InternationalISRAEL EME…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $37,510 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT…REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $6,000 · InternationalREMOTE ARE…+2 more: $5,000 · InternationalZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $65,500 · Religion+1 more: $200 · ReligionFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $28,800 · Arts & CultureCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,800 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $1,700 · Arts & CultureDogs For Our Brave Inc: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$639,925Education$161,200Health$118,050International$109,510Religion$65,700Arts & Culture$53,300Public Benefit$10,000

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 budgetIndiana University Foundation: $141,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $65,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $61,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $39,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $37,510 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $28,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PALM VALLEY SCHOOL: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDogs For Our Brave Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $9,255 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $5,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOPA INSTITUTE PKA YIDDISHKAYT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGATESTONE INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CATHEDRAL CITY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities New York Metro Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPENDOR MEDIA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $100 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.

Jewish Communal FundHouston Family Founda…Bighorn Golf Club Cha…Inland Empire Communi…Jewish Federation of …The Annenberg Foundat…Jewish Community Fede…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…California Community …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Jewish Communal FundNY16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Houston Family Foundation · Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · Inland Empire Community Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Borns Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Borns Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report 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 Borns Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Borns 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 54 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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