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David Aronow Foundation Inc at a glance

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David Aronow Foundation Inc

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.

$62k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$274kEducation$163kHealth$44kInternational$18kCrime & Legal$17kFood & Nutrition$14kCivil Rights$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE$20,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$9,000
HIAS$5,000
COLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT$5,000
CASA CITIZENS ASSISTING AND SHETLERING THE ABUSED INC$5,000
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY$5,000
CITY FRESH$5,000
BARNARD COLLEGE$4,000
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT$2,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$1,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%ARC ANTI RECIDIVISM: $9k → 14%SEE ATTACHED: $86k → 6%CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY: $6k → 13%RIKERS DEBATE PROJECT: $9k → 17%CITY FRESH: $5k → 13%BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE: $1k → 7%HIAS: $5k → 8%CASA CITIZENS ASSISTING AND SHETLERING THE ABUSED INC: $5k → 12%ARC ANTI RECIDIVISM: $3k → 14%SEE ATTACHED: $85k → 6%RIKERS DEBATE PROJECT: $5k → 17%CITY FRESH: $5k → 13%SEE ATTACHED: $65k → 6%RIKERS DEBATE PROJECT: $3k → 17%THE NEW AGRARIAN CENTER: $2k → 13%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $9k → 6%VILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $10k → 17%CITY FRESH: $2k → 13%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $6k → 6%VILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $9k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $6k → 6%STREET LEVEL HEALTH: $9k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $5k → 6%STREET LEVEL HEALTH: $5k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $5k → 6%VILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $3k → 17%STREET LEVEL HEALTH: $3k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%BARNARD COLLEGE: $9k → 17%BARNARD COLLEGE: $4k → 17%BARNARD COLLEGE: $4k → 17%BARNARD COLLEGE: $4k → 17%BARNARD COLLEGE: $1k → 17%THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $78k → 17%THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $20k → 17%THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $4k → 17%THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $4k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%TENEMENT MUSEUM: $2k → 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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$295k · 13 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
15

Total granted

$295k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+17%

Still filing today

62%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EducationInternationalCivil RightsHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $38k · revenue +46%
  • BARNARD COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +48%
  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $16k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +25%
  • CJ
    CLORE JEWISH ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • THE PRAXIS PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +98%
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
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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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
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
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
8
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Collateral Repair Project; the most unlike its peers is Yeshiva University. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 30 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $107,260 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGEBARNARD COLLEGE: $23,000 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGEYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $16,250 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITYRIKERS DEBATE PROJECT INC: $17,000 · OtherRIKERS DEBATE PROJECT INCSTREET LEVEL HEALTH: $16,500 · OtherSTREET LEVEL HEALTHUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $12,310 · OtherUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENTIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY FRESH: $11,500 · OtherCITY FRESHTHE CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $6,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY …CASA - CITIZENS ASSISTING AND SHELTERING THE ABUSED INC: $5,000 · OtherCLORE JEWISH ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 · Other+10 more: $16,135 · Other+10 moreVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $22,000 · InternationalVILLAGE HEAL…COLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT: $11,500 · InternationalCOLLATERAL R…HIAS INC: $5,000 · InternationalHIAS INCUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $38,025 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWIS…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,310 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,755 · Civil RightsTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC: $3,500 · HealthStreet Level Health Project: $2,000 · HealthCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $3,500 · Public Benefit
Education$146,510Other$101,445International$38,500Philanthropy$38,025Civil Rights$8,065Health$5,500Public Benefit$3,500

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 budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $107,260 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $38,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $16,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT: $11,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,310 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASA - CITIZENS ASSISTING AND SHELTERING THE ABUSED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHIAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,755 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCity Fresh: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetStreet Level Health Project: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $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.

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.

Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC9.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 David Aronow Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David Aronow Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Casa - Citizens Assisting and Sheltering the Abused Inc: 35% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 30 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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