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Brian P Friedman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2024
22
Organizations funded FY2023
41%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 29
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$19M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Brian P Friedman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEmploymentInternationalHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving37$2.4M68%
FY202322$890k41%
FY202229$2.4M66%
FY202113$1.2M31%
FY202012$536k17%
FY201922$808k59%
FY201821$906kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$5.5MArts & Culture$2.6MHealth$1.1MEducation$924kEmployment$450kReligion$145kYouth Development$85kInternational$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Brian P Friedman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Historical Society$2,421,83871%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,417,20050%
Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation$500,000122%
Strive International Inc$450,00023%
New York University$250,00010%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$100,00020%
Vhl Alliance Inc$90,00025%
Sea Change$78,0005n/a
Darchei Noam Inc$65,00035%
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children$65,00011%
American Museum of Natural History$50,00040%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$50,00011%
Razom Inc$43,00020%
Urban Justice Center$40,00030%
Cancer Care Inc$40,00070%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$36,00011%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$36,00020%
The Jewish Museum$30,00030%
The New 42nd Street Inc$30,00020%
Focused Ultrasound Foundation$25,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25,00010%
Christopher Reeve Foundation$21,00010%
Chebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc$20,80070%
The Orphan Disease Pathway Project$20,00021%
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc$20,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$18,00010%
Friends of the Cajfnj$18,0001n/a
The Mount Sinai Children's Center Foundation Inc$15,00012%
The Oliver Scholars Program Inc$12,50011%
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun$11,8601n/a
City Harvest Inc$10,00010%
The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership$10,00014%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$10,0001n/a
Challenged Athletes Inc$10,00010%
The Leffell School$10,0001n/a
Moving Traditions$10,00010%
St Ann's Warehouse Inc$7,50010%
St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc$6,25010%
Sag Harbor Song Festival Inc$6,00023%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,40020%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$5,00010%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,00010%
Centro Primo Levi Inc$5,00011%
The Jed Foundation$3,60020%
American Jewish Historical Society$2,80020%
Randall's Island Park Alliance Inc$1,80010%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$1,80010%
American Diabetes Association$1,00010%
Riverhead Fdtn for Marine Research & Preservation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brian P Friedman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York Historical Society: $2,421,838 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,417,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHairy Cell Leukemia Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetStrive International Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNew York University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVhl Alliance Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetDarchei Noam Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetYouth Improving Non-Profits for Children: $65,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAckerman Institute for the Family: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRazom Inc: $43,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Justice Center: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGoodnation Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSeachange Capital Partners Inc: $36,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe New 42nd Street Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFocused Ultrasound Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristopher Reeve Foundation: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc: $20,800 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Orphan Disease Pathway Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Children's Center Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Oliver Scholars Program Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetChallenged Athletes Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMoving Traditions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Ann's Warehouse Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSag Harbor Song Festival Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentro Primo Levi Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Jed Foundation: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Historical Society: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRandall's Island Park Alliance Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiverhead Fdtn for Marine Research & Preservation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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 FundNY23.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gray Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fjc · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment 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.

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How do I get to Brian P Friedman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Brian P Friedman Family 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.

About Brian P Friedman Family Foundation

How much does Brian P Friedman Family Foundation give?
Brian P Friedman Family Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $4,070,842 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Brian P Friedman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (8%).
Who are Brian P Friedman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: New York Historical Society ($2.4M), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($1.4M), Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation ($500k).
Does Brian P Friedman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brian P Friedman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Brian P Friedman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Gray Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Brian P Friedman Family Foundation based?
Brian P Friedman Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 97 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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