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Fern and Andrew Jaffe Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Fern and Andrew Jaffe Family Foundation Inc

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.

$202k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$180k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$384kHuman Services$18kHealth$16kArts & Culture$6kAnimals$1kInternational$520Philanthropy$360Religion$180
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $180k
$520
Median grant
8
States reached
$121k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMORY UNIVERSITY$180,000
GUADALUPE CENTER INC$15,000
COOPER FOUNDATION$5,000
ANCOP FOUNDATION USA$520
THE ANN CHILDREN'S FUND INC$520
CANCER ALLIANCE NETWORK$207
ROHR CHABAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO & HYDE PARK$180
HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC$52
NATIONAL TAY-SACHS & ALLIED DISEASES ASSOCIATION$37
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 (FY23–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $52 → 19%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $2k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $15k → 10%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

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MD
DE
SC
LA
GA
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$175k · 3 repeat orgs$251k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
12

Total granted

$175k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+8%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsOther
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

  • EU
    EMORY UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $164k
  • TC
    THE COOPER FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $10k · revenue +24%
  • CA
    CANCER ALLIANCE NETWORK INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $707 · revenue -32%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +29%
  • YO
    YOUTH ORCHESTRA WITHOUT BORDERS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • WE
    WATERS EDGE DERMATOLOGY ASSISTANCE FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Nova Southeastern University Inc

The mission of Nova Southeastern University-a selective, doctoral research university-is to deliver academic programs in a dynamic, innovative environment. We foster academic excellence, leadership, integrity (continued on Schedule O) and…

Education
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
University of Miami
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4
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
7
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Inc

The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Health
8
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
9
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
10
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
11
Miami Children's Health System Inc

Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

Health
12
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Emory University: $180,000 · EducationEmory UniversityUniversity of Miami: $35,499 · EducationUniversity of Miami+2 more: $2,000 · EducationEMORY UNIVERSITY: $164,460 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITYTHE COOPER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE COOPER FOUNDATION INC+6 more: $3,310 · OtherGuadalupe Center Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $2,400 · Human Services+2 more: $572 · Human ServicesYOUTH ORCHESTRA WITHOUT BORDERS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $1,010 · Arts & CultureWATERS EDGE DERMATOLOGY ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $1,000 · AnimalsCANCER ALLIANCE NETWORK INC: $707 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $106 · HealthNATIONAL TAY-SACHS & ALLIED DISEASES ASS: $37 · Health
Education$217,499Other$177,770Human Services$17,972Arts & Culture$6,010Public Safety & Disaster$5,000Animals$1,000Health$850

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Miami: $35,499 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COOPER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $1,010 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER ALLIANCE NETWORK INC: $707 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $106 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TAY-SACHS & ALLIED DISEASES ASS: $37 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.

Collier Community Fou…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Collier Community Foundation IncFL13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fern and Andrew Jaffe Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fern and Andrew Jaffe Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Fern and Andrew Jaffe Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fern and Andrew Jaffe Family 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 23 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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