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Daisy Friedlander Charitable Fndtn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$7kAnimals$6kReligion$5kHuman Services$5kPhilanthropy$4kFood & Nutrition$3kArts & Culture$3kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MS FOUNDATION$1,730
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$1,730
NO BOWL EMP TY PET FOOD PANTRY$1,730
AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER$1,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALA$800
ARLGP$700
WAYSIDE FOOD PROGRAMS$510
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$500
MSPCA$500
COMMUNITY JUSTICE EXCHANGE$400
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$400
FOOT LIGHT THEATRE$400
NPR$260
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$255
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 (FY21–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $1k → 12%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $675 → 11%MAINE NEEDS: $250 → 7%COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $500 → 12%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

ME
VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
KY
MD
NM
TN
DC
LA
AL
GA
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21k · 16 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
37

Total granted

$21k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+32%

Still filing today

38%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureFood & 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

  • IT
    INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +301%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +98%
  • NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $417 · revenue +135%

Funded once

  • MW
    MAINE WILDLIFE TRANSPORTATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • NM
    NATIONAL MS SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Jewish Vocational Service Inc

To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Employment
2
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
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
5
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
6
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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7
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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8
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
11
Institute for Protein Innovation Inc

The institute for protein innovation is advancing protein science to accelerate research and improve human health.

Health
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boston Symphony Orchestra 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 68 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)
32/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $3,366 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUEANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER POR: $2,950 · OtherANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNO BOWL EMP TY PET FOOD PANTRY: $1,730 · OtherMS FOUNDATION: $1,730 · OtherMAINE WILDLIFE TRANSPORTATION INC: $1,286 · OtherNATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $1,286 · OtherSAFE PASSAGE INC: $1,243 · Other+39 more: $15,990 · Other+39 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropySECOND STRIDE INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $500 · PhilanthropySURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $675 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC: $500 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $400 · Human ServicesMaine Needs Inc: $250 · Human ServicesINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $2,120 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $100 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $97 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 · HealthBREASTCANCERORG: $500 · HealthNAMI MAINE: $250 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $140 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,241 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $675 · InternationalWayside Food Programs: $1,410 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $300 · Food & Nutrition
Other$33,581Philanthropy$3,500Human Services$2,825Arts & Culture$2,317Health$2,140International$1,916Food & Nutrition$1,710

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 budgetINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $2,120 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWayside Food Programs: $1,410 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE INC: $1,243 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,241 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND STRIDE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Zionist Movement Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARLISLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREASTCANCERORG: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $417 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Lubavitch Inc: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI MAINE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMHERST COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Needs Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPIER VALLEY COMEDY INC: $215 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $167 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $166 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $97 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $86 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $50 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 INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Wayside Food Programs ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PASSAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SURVIVAL CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SECOND STRIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC ↗
  • Who funds American Zionist Movement Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CARLISLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREASTCANCERORG ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS 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.

Aetna Foundation IncCT13.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Daisy Friedlander Charitable Fndtn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Daisy Friedlander Charitable Fndtn. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Community Connections Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Safe Passage Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Amherst Community Connections: 54% of income from government
  • Survival Centers Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Happier Valley Comedy Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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Find your warmest path to Daisy Friedlander Charitable Fndtn 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 68 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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