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Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman at a glance

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Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman

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.

$34k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

81% of Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Council Of Greater La, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $34k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’21
4
’22
5
’23
9
’24
3
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$120kPhilanthropy$113kInternational$24kHealth$19kReligion$14kAnimals$7kArts & Culture$5kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$729k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENN HILLEL$10,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION LOS ANGELES$1,122
MACCABI USA$1,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$1,000
TAMID GROUP$1,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION$1,000
THE ISRAEL INNOVATION FUND$1,000
THINK OF US$750
FROSTED FACES FOUNDATION$750
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$750
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$500
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Downtown Women's Center: $500 → 14%THINK OF US: $750 → 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

IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 35% of Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 10% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 6%.

Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finermanlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$112k · 7 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$112k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+64%

Still filing today

57%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesInternationalCivil 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

  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +18%
  • NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $3k · revenue +11%
  • FF
    FROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • ST
    Sinai Temple
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • LO
    LETTER OF THE LAW INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -4%
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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
2
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
3
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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4
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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6
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
7
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
8
One for Israel

One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…

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9
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
10
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
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Think of Us; the most unlike its peers is Downtown Women's Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $115,251 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationThe Jewish Federation: $79,000 · OtherThe Jewish FederationPENN HILLEL: $10,000 · OtherPENN HILLELIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+17 more: $25,250 · Other+17 moreJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $33,622 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDER…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $19,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 · InternationalBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,500 · AnimalsFROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 · AnimalsNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 · HealthGREENWOOD HOUSE HOME FOR THE JEWISH AGED: $1,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,800 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ISRAEL INNOVATION FUND INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$120,251Other$119,250Philanthropy$33,622International$24,000Animals$6,250Health$6,000Arts & Culture$3,800

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $115,251 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $33,622 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLETTER OF THE LAW INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWOOD HOUSE HOME FOR THE JEWISH AGED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Heritage Programs: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAMID ISRAEL INVESTMENT GROUP LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISRAEL INNOVATION FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHINK OF US: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Finerman Foundation Inc % Ralph Finerman. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 34 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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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