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Dw Frankel Foundation Inc

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.

$293k
Granted FY2023
23
Grants FY2023
10
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

53% of Dw Frankel Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Dw Frankel Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $293k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

1
’17
1
’18
1
’19
1
’20
1
’21
22
’22
12
’23
11
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.4MEducation$332kPhilanthropy$286kHealth$123kReligion$82kEnvironment$68kHuman Services$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kOther$0
02FY2023 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $214k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$50,000
TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER$35,000
ST JUDE$30,000
RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$25,000
TEMPLE BETH AM$18,275
APETURE FOUNDATION$15,000
AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO$10,300
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$10,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$10,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$10,000
MOUNTAINFILM LTD$10,000
AMERICAN RIVERS FOUNDATION$5,000
MET MUSEUM$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 17% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $286k → 7%FISTULA FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%EL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS: $32k → 14%TEMPLE BETH AM: $18k → 6%RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL: $30k → 28%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $10k → 14%NSU ART MUSEUM: $50k → 13%ST JUDE: $30k → 17%BEST FRIENDS: $5k → 9%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $519k → 7%FISTULA FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%PBS SOCAL: $10k → 14%TEMPLE BETH AM: $9k → 6%THE THACHER SCHOOL: $10k → 17%RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL: $30k → 28%NSU ART MUSEUM: $25k → 13%ST JUDE: $20k → 17%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $486k → 7%FISTULA FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%PBS SOCAL: $5k → 14%TEMPLE BETH AM: $5k → 6%APETURE FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL: $30k → 28%AMERICAN RIVERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%NEW WORLD SYMPHONY: $26k → 15%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $429k → 7%PBS SOCAL: $5k → 14%MET MUSEUM: $5k → 17%AMERICAN RIVERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $421k → 7%APETURE FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $328k → 7%MET MUSEUM: $5k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $90k → 15%TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER: $35k → 7%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $25k → 15%TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER: $30k → 7%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $10k → 7%EARTH JUSTICE: $10k → 17%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $10k → 7%MOUNTAINFILM LTD: $10k → 7%GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: $6k → 17%MOUNTAINFILM LTD: $10k → 7%CANCER RESEARCH: $10k → 17%AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CO: $10k → 7%MOUNTAINFILM LTD: $10k → 7%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

NH
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
TN
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 22 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
13

Total granted

$3.0M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+19%

Still filing today

50%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2022–2023 · $115k · revenue +29%
  • RC
    RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $90k · revenue +19%
  • The Fistula Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • NW
    NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $26k · revenue -54%
  • TT
    THE THACHER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • GM
    GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
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
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
2
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
3
Boston Architectural College

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

—
4
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
10
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
11
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
12
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $2,213,382 · OtherAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Other+24 more: $370,913 · Other+24 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $285,533 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL …+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Miami: $115,000 · EducationRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $90,000 · EducationNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $26,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth College: $16,800 · Education+1 more: $518 · EducationBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $11,030 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $10,040 · Environment+2 more: $1,440 · EnvironmentMOUNTAINFILM: $30,299 · Arts & CultureAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,220 · Arts & CultureThe Fistula Foundation: $50,000 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC: $3,075 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · International
Other$2,684,295Philanthropy$286,533Education$248,318Environment$57,510Arts & Culture$54,519Health$53,075International$20,000

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 budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $2,213,382 over 8y, 23% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $285,533 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $115,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS: $31,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAINFILM: $30,299 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $16,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $11,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,040 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pinhead Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTELLURIDE SCIENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC: $3,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $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.

Harold Rubenstein Fam…Cobb Family Foundatio…Telluride FoundationNational Philanthropi…Day Family FoundationThe Dalton Family Fou…Ebb Point Foundation-…The Mclaughlin Doty F…The Batchelor Foundat…Greater Miami Jewish …National Fish and Wil…The Miami Foundation …
Harold Rubenstein Family Charitable FoundationDC15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harold Rubenstein Family Charitable Foundation · Cobb Family Foundation Inc · Telluride Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Day Family Foundation · The Dalton Family Foundation · Ebb Point Foundation- Blackrock · The Mclaughlin Doty Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Miami 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 Dw Frankel Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dw Frankel Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 19% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New World Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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 Dw Frankel Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Dw Frankel 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 46 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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