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Fredman Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Fredman Family Charitable Trust

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.

$700
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$600
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0177% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$163kEducation$65kPhilanthropy$33kArts & Culture$19kPublic Benefit$13kInternational$12kHuman Services$3kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$600
Median grant
2
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Institutions of Karlin Stoli$600
Congregation Agudas Achim$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST LOUIS: $100 → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST LOUIS: $50 → 11%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

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$274k · 88 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 87 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
114

Total granted

$274k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+23%

Still filing today

36%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureReligionPhilanthropyEducationHealthOther
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

  • CN
    CLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $13k · revenue +52%
  • NY
    NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    2× · 2021–2023 · $9k · revenue +52%
  • MT
    MISSOURI TORAH INSTITUTE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $5k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TI
    TPHERIS ISRAEL CHEVRA KADISHA SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • R
    ROMANU
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • SM
    SAUL MIROWITZ COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
University of Judaism Foundation
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3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
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…

—
5
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
6
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
8
Foundation for Conservative Judiasm of South Florida
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9
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
10
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Moskowitz Prize for Zionism Inc
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12
Voices United for Israel

Educational information regarding Israel and the Middle East.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Shaving Israel. 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

72 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. 72 of the 207 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/72
Grantees still filing
49/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

H F EPSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $50,708 · OtherH F EPSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMYYOUNG ISRAEL OF ST LOUIS: $28,745 · OtherYOUNG ISRAEL OF ST LOUISYESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL: $25,125 · OtherYESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOLNUSACH HARI B'NAI ZION: $17,424 · OtherNUSACH HARI B'NAI ZIONLAKE SHORE DRIVE SYNAGOGUE: $8,308 · Other+144 more: $112,316 · Other+144 moreJewish Federation of St Louis: $17,998 · PhilanthropyJewish Fed…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PEORIA INC: $8,100 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $4,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNI…UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,120 · Philanthropy+6 more: $1,186 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $9,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS POETRY CENTER: $4,400 · Arts & CultureBrothers for Life: $1,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,150 · Arts & CultureSt Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: $680 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $950 · Arts & CultureCLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC: $12,600 · ReligionFRIENDS OF SEEACH SODE INC: $1,360 · ReligionINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $1,000 · Religion+5 more: $1,468 · ReligionKneses Hatorah: $4,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,440 · InternationalLEV MODIIN: $1,381 · InternationalUnited Institutions of Karlin Stolin Jerusalem Inc: $1,300 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,150 · InternationalHIAS INC: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $1,000 · International+7 more: $2,000 · InternationalPeoria Hebrew Day School: $8,100 · EducationMISSOURI TORAH INSTITUTE: $4,750 · EducationCOLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationESTHER MILLER BAIS YAAKOV HIGH SCHOOL OF ST LOUIS: $1,000 · Education+2 more: $365 · EducationCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$242,626Philanthropy$33,004Arts & Culture$17,680Religion$16,428International$15,771Education$15,715Recreation & Sports$500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetYESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL: $25,125 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis: $17,998 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC: $12,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PEORIA INC: $8,100 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetPeoria Hebrew Day School: $8,100 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetMISSOURI TORAH INSTITUTE: $4,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $4,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKneses Hatorah: $4,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEVE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN INC: $2,620 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,440 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEV MODIIN: $1,381 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF SEEACH SODE INC: $1,360 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Institutions of Karlin Stolin Jerusalem Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,120 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetESTHER MILLER BAIS YAAKOV HIGH SCHOOL OF ST LOUIS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSINAI SPECIAL NEEDS INSTITUTE INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLFLEET PRESERVATION HALL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUS FRIENDS OF YAD EZRAH INC: $436 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA IMREI EMES I: $408 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTOMCHEI TZEDAKA CORP: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKULANU YACHAD: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTORAH SCHOOLS FOR ISRAEL: $294 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF AMERICA MIZRACHI HAPOEL HAMIZRACHI INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $200 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.

  • Who funds YESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of St Louis ↗
  • Who funds CLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PEORIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Peoria Hebrew Day School ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI TORAH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS POETRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Kneses Hatorah ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NEVE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Brothers for Life ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds LEV MODIIN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SEEACH SODE INC ↗
  • Who funds United Institutions of Karlin Stolin Jerusalem Inc ↗

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 FundJewish Federation of …Robert Hardcastle Cha…Jewish Community Foun…The Dennis Berman Fam…Jewish Federation of …FjcGreater Miami Jewish …Staenberg Family Foun…Millstone FoundationThe Meer Family Found…Todd a and Raphaela S…
Jewish Communal FundNY30.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of St Louis · Robert Hardcastle Charitable Fndn Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Fjc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Staenberg Family Foundation · Millstone Foundation · The Meer Family Foundation · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family 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 Fredman Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fredman Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Yeshiva High School for Girls Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wellfleet Preservation Hall Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Fredman Family Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Fredman Family Charitable Trust 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 207 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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