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Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$971
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCC THEATER$2,500
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 (FY17–19, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHELSEA PIERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%PROGRESSIVE VOICES: $1k → 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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$828k · 14 repeat orgs$269k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
31

Total granted

$828k
$269k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+31%

Still filing today

57%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TS
    THE SPENCE SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2020 · $102k · revenue +12%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $101k · revenue +63%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $65k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HEALTH
    one grant, 2021 · $65k
  • NS
    NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • NY
    New York University
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +11%
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
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
New York City Ballet Inc

Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
4
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
5
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
6
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
7
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
10
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
11
Bang On a Can

Presenting, commissioning, performing, recording and teaching contemporary music. bang on a can believes in exposing exciting new music as broadly and accessibly as possible. through it's summer institute, bang on a can hopes to bring this…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 46 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $328,610 · OtherLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INCCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $73,700 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUENYU LANGONE HEALTH: $65,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE HEALTHNYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $50,000 · OtherNYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINEHARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherHARVARD LAW SCHOOL+14 more: $72,625 · Other+14 moreLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $101,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR T…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $41,600 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF …NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER…THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYM…+7 more: $19,850 · Arts & Culture+7 moreTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $102,000 · EducationTHE SPENCE SCHOOLNew York University: $50,000 · EducationNew York Universi…THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE ARCHER SCHOOL…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FE…Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $4,500 · PhilanthropyFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $6,800 · Food & NutritionAMPLE TABLE FOR EVERYONE INC: $250 · Food & NutritionHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesPROGRESSIVE VOICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHELSEA PIERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · EmploymentThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 · HealthThe Rogosin Institute Inc: $250 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $250 · Health
Other$639,935Arts & Culture$199,450Education$173,000Philanthropy$89,500Food & Nutrition$7,050Human Services$4,000Employment$2,500Health$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 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
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.

Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frieda & Roy Furman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Frieda & Roy Furman 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 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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