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Eugene & Ruth Freedman Family Foundation at a glance

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Eugene & Ruth Freedman 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.

$255k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$2.4MHuman Services$1.0MHealth$643kEducation$229kArts & Culture$150kPhilanthropy$120kSocial Science$100kReligion$76kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$8,770
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIXON CENTER FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS SERVICES$125,249
EVERGREEN HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE$15,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE$10,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF MILWAUKEE$10,000
CONGREGATION EMAMU-EL B'NE JESHURUN$8,770
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION-WOMEN'S CENTER$5,000
JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE$5,000
KLINE GALLAND HOME$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-FREEDMAN REMAK SCHOLARSHI$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-FREEDMANREMAK SCHLORSHIP$2,000
NA'AMAT USA$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $335k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $75k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $65k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $40k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $25k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $25k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE: $15k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE: $15k → 9%EVERGREEN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%EVERGREEN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%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

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
HI
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 27 repeat orgs$361k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
7

Total granted

$4.4M
$207k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+39%

Still filing today

48%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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
Youth DevelopmentHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +62%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $600k · revenue +147%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $260k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BELLEVUE
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +39%
  • HS
    HOPELINK SERVICE CENTERS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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 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
2
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
3
Nexus Youth and Families

Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…

Human Services
4
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
5
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu

Strengthening communities is the y's cause through programs and services focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Human Services
6
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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7
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
8
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
9
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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10
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
11
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
12
Young Men's Christian Association

The burbank community ymca (burbank y) is committed to strengthening the foundation of our community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. we work within our community to ensure that everyone, regardless of…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Camp for All Kids. 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

23 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. 23 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $600,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INCDIXON VETERANS CTR NATIONAL: $510,000 · OtherDIXON VETERANS CTR NATIONALBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BELLVUE: $207,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BELLVUEDIXON CENTER FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS SERVICES: $125,249 · OtherDIXON CENTER FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS SERVICESEVAN SCHOOL PADDINGTON HALL: $100,000 · OtherEVERGREEN HEALTHCARE FNDTN: $100,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BELLEVUE: $75,000 · Other+21 more: $449,329 · Other+21 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,453,507 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA+3 more: $33,500 · Youth DevelopmentEASTER SEALS FOUNDATION: $441,333 · HealthEASTER SEA…+1 more: $7,500 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $260,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $70,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyKURT SUZUKI FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $65,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $45,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,167,078Youth Development$1,487,007Health$448,833Human Services$335,000Education$190,000Philanthropy$165,000Arts & Culture$110,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,453,507 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $600,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetEASTER SEALS FOUNDATION: $441,333 over 3y, 95% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $260,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $47,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKURT SUZUKI FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $7,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNA'AMAT USA The Women's Labor Zionist Organization of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S PROMISE THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH: $1,000 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 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds KURT SUZUKI FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Camp for All Kids ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Holocaust Center For Humanity ↗

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.

American Gift FundMorgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Baird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…
American Gift FundDE14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Eugene & Ruth Freedman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eugene & Ruth Freedman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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 Eugene & Ruth Freedman 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.

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 44 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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