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Fain-Malsky Foundation at a glance

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Fain-Malsky 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.

$17k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$50kCivil Rights$42kEnvironment$10kHealth$9kFood & Nutrition$4kEmployment$2kAnimals$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
8
States reached
$391k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ISRAEL FUND$5,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$4,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$500
HIAS$500
THE SMILE TRAIN$500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S NEW ENGLAN$500
AMERICAN FRIENDS - MAGEN DAVID ADOM$500
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$500
ACLU FOUNDATION$500
NATIONAL ASSOC OF MENTAL ILLNESS$250
INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$250
UNITED FARM WORKERS$250
LAMBDA LEGAL$250
PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION$250
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH HOSPICE: $100 → 14%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
NY
OR
RI
CA
VA
DC
AL
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.
$77k · 20 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
2

Total granted

$77k
$600

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+55%

Still filing today

90%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
InternationalReligionCrime & LegalEnvironmentPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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

  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +10%
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +19%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $5k · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $500
  • NI
    NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH HOSPICEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100 · revenue +55%
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
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
2
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
3
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
4
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
5
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
6
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Aifd's mission is to advocate for the preservation of the founding principles of our u.s. constitution, liberty, and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. public engagement program provides education to the general public on…

International
7
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
8
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
9
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
10
Sociedad Interamericana De Prensa Inc

Between 2024 and 2025, the committee on freedom of the press and information, together with its subcommittees on impunity and chapultepecsalta, participated in approximately nine activities. these included a panel discussion entitled…

Education
11
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
12
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People for the American Way; the most unlike its peers is National Institute for Jewish Hospice. 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

25 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. 25 of the 31 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW ISRAEL FUND: $39,850 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDHIAS INC: $4,600 · InternationalHIAS INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $4,150 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM+1 more: $1,250 · InternationalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $33,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INCIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $1,250 · Crime & LegalSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,500 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,750 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANC…AMERICANS UNITED FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $2,750 · OtherAMERICANS UNITED FOR …NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $1,750 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION …UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA: $1,700 · OtherUNITED FARM WORKERS O…Individual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $1,500 · OtherSIMON WIESENTHAL CENT…PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 · OtherPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDA…WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 · Other+8 more: $2,850 · Other+8 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $4,750 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,150 · EnvironmentRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $4,000 · Food & NutritionTHE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 · ReligionNORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC: $700 · ReligionHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $500 · ReligionHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,500 · Animals
International$49,850Crime & Legal$34,250Other$23,050Environment$6,900Food & Nutrition$4,000Religion$3,950Animals$1,500

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 budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $39,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $33,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $4,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $4,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $4,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA: $1,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH HOSPICE: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC9.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Fain-Malsky Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fain-Malsky Foundation. 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
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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 31 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home