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Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc

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.

$3k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
3
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
1 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$971
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$3k0%
FY20233$150k33%
FY20221$10k0%
FY202111$175k73%
FY20209$30k44%
FY201914$59k57%
FY201810$218k30%
FY201721$453kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$539kEducation$193kHealth$119kReligion$92kPhilanthropy$91kSocial Science$50kFood & Nutrition$7kYouth Development$4kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Spence School$102,00030%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$101,00020%
Central Synagogue$73,7006n/a
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$65,00030%
New York University$50,00010%
American Friends of the Israel Museum$41,60030%
New York City Center Inc$25,00010%
The Archer School for Girls Inc$20,00020%
Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach Inc$15,5254n/a
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$12,00010%
Show all 33 grantees
All grantees of Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Spence School$102,00030%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$101,00020%
Central Synagogue$73,7006n/a
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$65,00030%
New York University$50,00010%
American Friends of the Israel Museum$41,60030%
New York City Center Inc$25,00010%
The Archer School for Girls Inc$20,00020%
Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach Inc$15,5254n/a
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$12,00010%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$6,80020%
Palm Beach Opera Inc$5,0001n/a
Harmonie Preservation Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$4,5003n/a
Manhattan Class Company Inc$3,50020%
Strive International Inc$2,50010%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$2,10010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$2,00010%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc$2,00010%
New York Shakespeare Festival$1,25010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc$1,00010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Palm Beach Country Club Inc$1,00010%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$1,00010%
Progressive Voices Inc$1,00012%
Chelsea Piers Foundation$1,00010%
The Center for Early Education$1,00010%
National Book Foundation Inc$50010%
The Valerie Fund$50010%
The Rogosin Institute Inc$25010%
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc$25010%
Ample Table for Everyone Inc$25010%

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($546k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Spence School: $102,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $101,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Israel Museum: $41,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Archer School for Girls Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Allergy Research & Education Inc: $6,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarmonie Preservation Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetManhattan Class Company Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStrive International Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Country Club Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoundabout Theatre Company Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProgressive Voices Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetChelsea Piers Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Center for Early Education: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Book Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Valerie Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rogosin Institute Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmple Table for Everyone Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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 FundNY15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc

How much does Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc give?
Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $2,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Education (17%), Health (11%).
Who are Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Spence School ($102k), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($101k), Central Synagogue ($74k).
Does Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc based?
Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 46 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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