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Charles Grunfeld Foundationinc at a glance

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Charles Grunfeld Foundationinc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$317k
Granted FY2025still arriving
52
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$472kEducation$328kArts & Culture$235kPhilanthropy$125kInternational$111kHuman Services$65kYouth Development$65kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k45 grants · $226k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $91k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUSCAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$30,000
YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH$11,000
CHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$10,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA$10,000
Congregation Chaverim$10,000
Camp Mountain Chai$10,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$10,000
COLEL CHABAD$6,000
National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene$5,000
CHABAD SEA CLIFF GLEN COVE$5,000
THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS$5,000
NY GENEALOGICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY$5,000
BROOKVILLE PARK FOUNDATION$5,000
YIDDISH BOOK CENTER$5,000
AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MID ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 6%MID ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 6%MID ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 6%MID ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 6%MID ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 6%MID ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 6%DOROT INC: $5k → 17%DOROT INC: $5k → 17%DOROT INC: $5k → 17%DOROT INC: $5k → 17%DOROT INC: $5k → 17%DOROT INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
DC
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 49 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
7

Total granted

$1.3M
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+343%

Still filing today

41%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureReligionHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +19%
  • CE
    CHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +2%
  • YI
    YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • RS
    REAL STORIES REAL PEOPLE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH FEDERATON OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • JJ
    JERICHO JEWISH CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
2
University of Judaism Foundation
—
3
Foundation for Conservative Judiasm of South Florida
—
4
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
5
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
6
The Jerusalem Connection
—
7
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
8
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
9
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
10
Sherit Isroel
—
11
The Foundation for the Preservation of the History of the Jewish People in
Arts & Culture
12
The World Society of Czestochowa Jews and Their Descendants Inc
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc; the most unlike its peers is Len Mattiace Foundation 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

29 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. 29 of the 65 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUSCAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $55,000 · OtherTUSCAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERCamp Mountain Chai: $40,000 · OtherCONGREGATION CHAVERIM: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $38,000 · OtherOCEAN COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATION: $35,000 · OtherHEBREW FREE BURIAL SOCIETY: $35,000 · OtherTHE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $32,500 · Other+37 more: $643,100 · Other+37 moreCHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $45,000 · EducationCHARLES E…ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES INC: $25,000 · EducationASSOCIATI…THE OLGA LENGYEL INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $20,000 · EducationTHE OLGA …FRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 · EducationFRIENDS O…NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · EducationNEW YORK …BOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC: $5,000 · EducationJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH ED…THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWIS…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $30,000 · Arts & CultureThe Unite…AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF MIDDLESEX & MONMOUTH COUNTIES A NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $55,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $30,500 · InternationalMID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN: $35,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $36,000 · ReligionWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $15,000 · ReligionFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $5,000 · Religion
Other$918,600Education$125,000Arts & Culture$125,000Philanthropy$95,000International$85,500Human Services$65,000Religion$56,000

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 budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $36,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $32,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $30,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH GEN INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLen Mattiace Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetTHE OLGA LENGYEL INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $20,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF MIDDLESEX & MONMOUTH COUNTIES A NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION AND AFFILLIATES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $5,000 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 BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROT INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH GEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
  • Who funds Len Mattiace Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE OLGA LENGYEL INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE 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.

Jewish Communal FundFjcCombined Jewish Phila…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Jewish Communal FundNY20.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Charles Grunfeld Foundationinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Grunfeld Foundationinc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 65 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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