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Fraydun Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$281k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$420kArts & Culture$407kFood & Nutrition$129kHealth$73kEducation$70kHuman Services$45kPublic Benefit$35kInternational$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFE TIME FOUNDATION$100,000
DOUGLAS & KAISA LEVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$50,000
CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY$45,000
THE PEACE STUDIO$35,000
TWIN CITIES FILM FESTIVAL$10,000
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION$10,000
THE SOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$10,000
WESTOVER SCHOOL INC$10,000
THE CELL THEATRE CO$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC$2,500
FEEDING AMERICA$2,000
COUNCIL FOR UNITY$1,000
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 (FY20–22, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%NEIGHBORS LINK: $25k → 9%CHESHIRE HOME: $5k → 4%UNION SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT: $500 → 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

MN
IL
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
SC
DC
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$548k · 24 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
35

Total granted

$548k
$555k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+23%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    The Children's Theatre Company Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +10%
  • TP
    THE PEACE STUDIO
    4× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +195%
  • WS
    WESTOVER SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • DF
    DANIAL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -100%
  • CF
    Cline Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -97% · 97% of their budget
  • DK
    DOUGLAS & KAISA LEVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
2
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
4
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
5
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
6
New York Theatre Workshop Inc

To provoke, produce and cultivate the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Arts & Culture
7
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
8
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
9
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
10
Theatre for a New Audience Inc

The mission of theatre for a new audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of shakespeare and classic drama. the theatre is dedicated to the language and ideas of writers - to a dialogue over centuries between…

Arts & Culture
11
Institute of Fine Arts Foundation

Supports the nyu institute of fine arts, a division of the nyu graduate school of arts and science; which is devoted to graduate teaching and research in the history of art and archeology and the conservation of works of art.

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12
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Cline Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 63 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
28/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANIAL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyDANIAL FAMILY FOUNDATION I…Cline Foundation: $150,000 · PhilanthropyCline FoundationDOUGLAS & KAISA LEVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherDOUGLAS & KAISA LEVINE CHARITABL…DOUGLAS AND KAISA LEVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherDOUGLAS AND KAISA LEVINE CHARITA…18BY VOTE INC: $35,000 · Other18BY VOTE INCREV INNOCENT PROJECT: $25,000 · OtherREV INNOCENT PROJECTST ELIZABETH SETON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION LTD: $20,000 · OtherST ELIZABETH SETON CHILDREN'S FO…THE CELL THEATRE CO: $15,000 · OtherHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON: $15,000 · OtherFeeding America: $19,500 · OtherFeeding America+28 more: $113,450 · Other+28 moreThe Children's Theatre Company Inc: $120,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theat…THE PEACE STUDIO: $69,600 · Arts & CultureTHE PEACE STUDIOMUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEO DE ARTE DE PUE…RUSSELL J EFROS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $8,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $7,400 · Arts & CultureLIFE TIME FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationLIFE TIME FOUN…WESTOVER SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationWESTOVER SCHOO…SUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationSUNY IMPACT FO…+1 more: $3,500 · EducationSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $140,000 · EnvironmentSOUTH FORK N…NEIGHBORS LINK CORP: $25,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHESHIRE HOME INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesRICHMOND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthThe Michael Wolk Heart Foundation Inc: $15,000 · HealthHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $2,000 · Health
Philanthropy$300,000Other$357,950Arts & Culture$230,500Education$158,500Environment$140,000Human Services$41,500Health$37,000

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 budgetDANIAL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCline Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $140,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetThe Children's Theatre Company Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetLIFE TIME FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE PEACE STUDIO: $69,600 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetWESTOVER SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget18BY VOTE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetNEIGHBORS LINK CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST ELIZABETH SETON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION LTD: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFeeding America: $19,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Michael Wolk Heart Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetMUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE SHINES INC: $10,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAZOM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL J EFROS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESHIRE HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEADS FOR EDUCATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCouncil for Unity Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYork Theatre Company Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMAS MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $1,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST ORGANIZATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS IGNITE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFTING UP WESTCHESTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $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.

The Roe Foundation IncJewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Chicago Community…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…
The Roe Foundation IncNY19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Roe Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Endowment 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 Fraydun Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fraydun Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Cheshire Home Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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How do I get to Fraydun Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fraydun 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 63 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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