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Fradian Foundation at a glance

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Fradian Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$505k
Granted FY2020
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Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$505k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Community Improvement$855kYouth Development$225kHousing & Shelter$125kEducation$110kCrime & Legal$105kCivil Rights$75kEmployment$60kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$504,963
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUND$504,963
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Liberty's Promise: $40k → 9%Pathways to Housing DC: $80k → 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.
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.

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Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
2
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
3
Casa for Children of the District of Columbia

Court appointed special advocates of DC (CASA DC) promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that every abused and neglected child in the DC foster care or juvenile justice system can be safe, establish permanence and have the…

Human Services
4
Public Justice Center Inc

The public justice center (pjc) pursues systemic change to build a just society. (see schedule o)the pjc uses legal advocacy tools to pursue social justice, economic and race equity, and fundamental human rights for people who are…

Crime & Legal
5
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
6
Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School

The mission of the community college preparatory academy public charter school is to provide the education and skills development to empower and prepare under-credited adults for postsecondary educational success, viable employment and…

Education
7
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
8
Youth Enrichment Services Inc

Youth enrichment services, inc. was founded in 1994 for the purpose of providing at-risk teens and low-income families residing in allegheny county a comprehensive in-home peer mentoring program, juvenile alternative to detention,…

Human Services
9
Career Path Dc

Creating employability pathways for disadvantaged individuals with low to moderate skill sets

Employment
10
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
11
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

The urban league of metropolitan seattle (ulms) empowers african americans, as well as other diverse underserved communities, to thrive by securing educational and economic opportunities.

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Collaborative Solutions for Communities

To be the leading solution-focused resource in building strong, sustainable families and communities through family support services, innovative training, community capacity building, economic development and social enterprise.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open City Advocates; the most unlike its peers is Life Pieces to Masterpieces. 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

18 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. 18 of the 24 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
17/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUND: $504,963 · OtherGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCASA INC: $75,000 · OtherCASA INCAcademy of Hope: $70,000 · OtherAcademy of HopeLiteracy Volunteers and Advocates: $70,000 · OtherLiteracy Volunteers and AdvocatesDiverse City Fund: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherOPEN CITY ADVOCATES: $50,000 · OtherNEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN: $45,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC: $45,000 · Other+5 more: $155,000 · Other+5 morePATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $80,000 · Human ServicesLIBERTY'S PROMISE: $40,000 · Human ServicesLittle Lights Urban Ministries Inc: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentCritical Exposure Inc: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyECDC ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GROUP: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S PROJECT: $75,000 · EducationLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $60,000 · Arts & CultureJUBILEE JOBS INC: $60,000 · Employment
Other$1,204,963Human Services$120,000Youth Development$90,000Philanthropy$80,000Education$75,000Arts & Culture$60,000Employment$60,000

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 budgetPATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S PROJECT: $75,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetCASA INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers and Advocates: $70,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $60,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetLittle Lights Urban Ministries Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetJUBILEE JOBS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetOPEN CITY ADVOCATES: $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN: $45,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY'S PROMISE: $40,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTEACHING FOR CHANGE: $40,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetLATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCritical Exposure Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAdvocates for Justice and Education: $25,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…United Way of the Nat…Eugene & Agnes E Meye…Philip L Graham Fund …John Edward Fowler Me…Weissberg FoundationCorina Higginson Trus…Hattie M Strong Found…Richard E & Nancy P M…William S Abell Found…Clark-Winchcole Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC32.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Weissberg Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · Hattie M Strong Foundation · Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole 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 Fradian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fradian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 24 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home