Delaware · Private foundation
George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation
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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,410
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $197k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $13k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $20k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $18k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $37k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $24k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $15k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $18k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $20k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Aaron of Teaneck | $58,885 | 9 | n/a |
| The Kever Rochel Fund Inc | $23,572 | 8 | 5% |
| Maimonides Way Inc | $12,912 | 9 | 1% |
| Kehillas Bais Tzvi of Cedarhurst Inc | $8,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Noam | $7,340 | 3 | 0% |
| Yavneh Academy & Talmud Torah of Paterson | $6,360 | 7 | n/a |
| The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc | $5,470 | 9 | 0% |
| Darchai Menachem Inc | $5,160 | 9 | n/a |
| National Council of Young Israel | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Bergen County | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 106 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George and Ellen 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · The Arthur & Joyce Fein Family Foundation · The Blumenfeld Family Foundation · The Kahan Family Foundation · Granit Foundation · Cross River Community Foundation · The Ojc Fund · H&H Charitable Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation with peer funders
About George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation
- How much does George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation give?
- George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $13,081 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (56%), Education (20%), Health (6%).
- Who are George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Beth Aaron of Teaneck ($59k), The Kever Rochel Fund Inc ($24k), Maimonides Way Inc ($13k).
- Does George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George and Ellen 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 George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc.
- Where is George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation based?
- George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation is based in DE.
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