New York · Private foundation
Friedman Family Foundation
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.
- $429k
- Granted FY2021
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 81%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $372k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,150
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Total assets, FY2021
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 81% of the organizations Friedman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 21 | $372k | 81% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pen American Center Inc | $78,345 | 2 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $45,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buxton Schoolinc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Film Institute | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rivendell School | $3,539 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $1,515 | 1 | 0% |
| Parole Preparation Project Inc | $1,039 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pen American Center Inc | $78,345 | 2 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $45,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buxton Schoolinc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Film Institute | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rivendell School | $3,539 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $1,515 | 1 | 0% |
| Parole Preparation Project Inc | $1,039 | 1 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Autistic People Inc (Fap) | $500 | 1 | 4% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($319k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Friedman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Friedman Family Foundation
- How much does Friedman Family Foundation give?
- Friedman Family Foundation reported 30 itemized grants totaling $371,983, out of $428,831 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Friedman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (11%), Arts & Culture (6%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are Friedman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: Pen American Center Inc ($78k), Whitney Museum of American Art ($46k), The Innocence Project Inc ($25k).
- Does Friedman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Friedman Family Foundation 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 Friedman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Friedman Family Foundation based?
- Friedman Family Foundation is based in NY.
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