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Feldman Family Foundation

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.

$12k
Granted FY2023
37
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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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.

Community Improvement$359kArts & Culture$10kYouth Development$5kCrime & Legal$5kHuman Services$2kCivil Rights$1kEnvironment$1kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $9,375, the rows itemized in this filing. The $12,184 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,809 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$200
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Arizona Theater Company$1,000
Arizona Center Law$1,000
Arizona Theatre Company$500
Veterans Foundation-Poetry Ctr$500
Invisible Theatre$375
Arizona Center for Law$250
Pima Council On Aging$250
Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services$250
Planned Parenthood$250
Florence Immigration Project$250
The University of Arizona$250
U of A Foundation$250
Arbor Day Foundation$250
Musical Instrument Museum$250
Arizona Justice Project$250
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 8 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
19

Total granted

$14k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+37%

Still filing today

25%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’23
Crime & LegalArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • AT
    Arizona Theatre Company
    2× · 2020–2023 · $8k · revenue +38%
  • PC
    Pima Council on Aging
    2× · 2020–2023 · $1k · revenue +2%
  • IT
    INVISIBLE THEATRE
    2× · 2020–2023 · $975 · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF ARIZONA
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CP
    CORTNEYS PLACEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $720 · revenue +110%
  • FI
    FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +34%
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.

03Its 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
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
2
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
3
Alliance for Arizona Animal Protection

Prevention of animal cruelty and intervention on behalf of animals being abused.

Animals
4
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
Sky Island Alliance

We work to connect people, wildlife, and lands across the u.s.-mexico border through the use of science, advocacy, educational activities, community engagement, and on-the-ground conservation initiatives. our main activities include…

Environment
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
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
9
Northern Jaguar Project

The mission of the northern jaguar project is to preserve and recover the world's northermost population of the jaguar, its unique natural habitat, and native wildlife under its protection as a flagship, keystone, and umbrella species.

Animals
10
Center for Biological Diversity Inc

The center for biological diversity inc, works to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. we do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and…

Animals
11
Arizona Forward Association

Arizona Forward brings business and civic leaders together to promote cooperative efforts to improve the environmental sustainability and economic vitality of our state and local regions.

Community Improvement
12
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Amerind Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 49 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)
20/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF ARIZONA: $4,720 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF ARIZONAArizona Center for Law: $2,171 · OtherArizona Center for LawArizona Center Law: $1,000 · OtherArizona Center LawU Of A Foundation: $700 · OtherAnti-Defamation League: $675 · Other+30 more: $6,200 · Other+30 moreArizona Theatre Company: $7,500 · Arts & CultureArizona Theatre CompanyINVISIBLE THEATRE: $975 · Arts & CultureINVISIBLE THEATRE+1 more: $250 · Arts & CulturePima Council on Aging: $1,250 · Human ServicesCORTNEYS PLACE: $720 · Human ServicesFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $500 · Crime & LegalArizona Legal Women and Youth Services: $350 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $300 · Crime & LegalARIZONA JUSTICE PROJECT: $250 · Crime & LegalARIZONA LAND AND WATER TRUST INC: $450 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $400 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $110 · EnvironmentJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $560 · InternationalCommunity Food Bank Inc: $200 · Food & Nutrition
Other$15,466Arts & Culture$8,725Human Services$1,970Crime & Legal$1,400Environment$960International$560Food & Nutrition$200

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 budgetArizona Theatre Company: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPima Council on Aging: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINVISIBLE THEATRE: $975 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCORTNEYS PLACE: $720 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA LAND AND WATER TRUST INC: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Legal Women and Youth Services: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA JUSTICE PROJECT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTucson High Badger Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Amerind Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ARIZONA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $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.

Community Foundation …Donald Pitt Family Fo…Arizona Community Fou…The Evo and Ora Decon…Jewish Community Foun…The Hs Lopez Family F…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · The Evo and Ora Deconcini and Thu Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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.
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How do I get to Feldman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Feldman 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 49 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $377k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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