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Fisher-Raviv Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Fisher-Raviv Family Foundation

Its FY2018 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 FY2017
23
Grants FY2017
11
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION OR ZARUA$6,795
THE NATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$1,000
CHABAD OF COLLEGE HILL$500
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL$500
CONGREGATION AGUDATH ISRAEL$400
THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY$380
AMERICANS UNITED WITH ISRAEL$360
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$317
STAND WITH US$250
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$210
Individual grant recipient$200
TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER$116
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN$100
JCCA$100
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $40 → 12%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $317 → 16%STAND WITH US: $250 → 14%THE NATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION: $5k → 17%AMERICANS UNITED WITH ISRAEL: $360 → 13%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $50 → 14%NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN: $100 → 10%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $45 → 14%CAMP RAMAH IN THE ROCKIES: $36 → 12%UNITED WITH ISRAEL: $200 → 10%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $50 → 14%THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $380 → 4%CONGREGATION AGUDATH ISRAEL: $400 → 16%BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY: $75 → 12%ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 17%CHABAD OF COLLEGE HILL: $500 → 14%TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER: $116 → 12%CONGREGATION OR ZARUA: $7k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 → 17%JCCA: $100 → 17%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
RI
CA
CO
DC
OK
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 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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
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
5
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
6
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
9
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

15 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. 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION OR ZARUA: $6,795 · OtherCONGREGATION OR ZARUANATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION INC: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION INCCHABAD OF COLLEGE HILL INC: $500 · Other+7 more: $1,262 · Other+7 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN …ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $250 · InternationalISRAEL EM…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $72 · InternationalBIRTHRIGH…SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $380 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $317 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 · Arts & CultureSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $40 · Arts & CultureERHS PTA INC: $500 · EducationBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $75 · EducationNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $100 · EnvironmentNorthwestern University: $50 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $50 · Recreation & SportsBROWN UNIVERSITY: $45 · Community Improvement
Other$13,557International$1,322Arts & Culture$947Education$575Environment$100Recreation & Sports$100Community Improvement$45

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 budgetNATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $380 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED WITH ISRAEL CORPORATION: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $317 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $72 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $45 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $40 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Fisher-Raviv Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fisher-Raviv Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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.

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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2018) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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