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Ferber 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.

$275k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$130k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$748kCommunity Improvement$719kHealth$473kHuman Services$111kReligion$65kRecreation & Sports$5kPhilanthropy$3kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $240k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$970k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY OF SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$130,000
URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION$110,000
LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY$16,810
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$15,000
LOVIN LIFE INC$1,000
ICCPA FOUNDATION INC$1,000
BABY2BABY$528
LAFD FOUNDATION$500
JOE GROHMAN GOLF FOUNDATION$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Mount Moriah Foundation: $6k → 6%Conquering King Fellowship: $6k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $116k → 11%Hill-Murray High School: $14k → 14%Holy Cross Ministries: $25k → 8%Conquering King Fellowship: $6k → 6%URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $110k → 11%Hill-Murray High School: $14k → 14%Faith Lutheran Church: $5k → 9%Holy Cross Ministries: $25k → 8%COMMUNITY OF SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $130k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $100k → 11%Hill-Murray High School: $14k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $95k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $95k → 11%Liberty Classical Academy: $18k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $80k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $90k → 11%LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $17k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $80k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $70k → 11%Liberty Classical Academy: $10k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $75k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $65k → 11%Neighborhood House: $15k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $75k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $60k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $50k → 6%Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $13k → 11%Neighborhood House: $15k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $45k → 6%Neighborhood House: $10k → 14%Community of Saints Catholic School: $25k → 6%Neighborhood House: $10k → 14%Neighborhood House: $10k → 14%Neighborhood House: $10k → 14%Neighborhood House: $10k → 14%Neighborhood House: $10k → 14%Treehouse: $80k → 11%Treehouse: $80k → 11%Treehouse: $76k → 11%Treehouse: $75k → 11%Treehouse: $55k → 11%Treehouse: $31k → 11%Treehouse: $20k → 11%Benilde St Margaret's: $15k → 11%Benilde St Margaret's: $14k → 11%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 16 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$2.1M
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+11%

Still filing today

38%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationReligionCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UV
    URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $719k · revenue +30%
  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +97%
  • HC
    Holy Cross Ministries of Utah
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • FL
    Faith Lutheran Church
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • CC
    COLORADO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
  • CB
    Community Bible Study
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue +11%
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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
3
Fond Du Lac Christian School Inc

To serve the christian home and church by disciplining students academically and spiritually; helping each student attain a biblical worldview and their full potential as unique and beloved creations of a sovereign god.

Education
4
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
5
Barclay College

The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.

Education
6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
8
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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9
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
10
Catholic Leadership Institute

Catholic leadership institute provides bishops, priests,religious, deacons and lay persons in the roman catholic church with world-class, pastoral leadership formation and consulting services that strengthen their confidence and competence…

Religion
11
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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12
Cornerstone Christian Schools

Cornerstone christian school educates children to become learners-equipped with godly character and biblical truth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holy Cross Ministries of Utah; the most unlike its peers is Neighborhood House. 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

14 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. 14 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $719,125 · OtherURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY OF SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $655,100 · OtherCOMMUNITY OF SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL+16 more: $126,181 · Other+16 moreTREEHOUSE INC: $417,360 · HealthTREEHOUSE INCHoly Cross Ministries of Utah: $50,000 · HealthHoly Cross Ministries of…+1 more: $250 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $105,170 · Community ImprovementLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $45,010 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationLOVIN LIFE INC: $1,000 · ReligionCommunity Bible Study: $500 · ReligionCOLORADO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT: $1,000 · Crime & LegalLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$1,500,406Health$467,610Community Improvement$105,170Education$50,010Religion$1,500Crime & Legal$1,000Public Safety & Disaster$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 budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $719,125 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC: $417,360 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $105,170 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHoly Cross Ministries of Utah: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $45,010 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPEL HILL ACADEMY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $250 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 URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Holy Cross Ministries of Utah ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EDEN PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOVIN LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ↗
  • Who funds BABY2BABY ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Community Bible Study ↗
  • Who funds CHAPEL HILL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗

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.

United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way WorldwideVA12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ferber Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ferber Family 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 28 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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