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Gregg & Jean Frankel Foundation Inc at a glance

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Gregg & Jean Frankel 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.

$62k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$62k
Largest
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$139kEnvironment$11kEducation$8kReligion$6kHealth$3kCommunity Improvement$1kArts & Culture$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$400Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$61,710
Median grant
1
States reached
$297k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES$61,710
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, 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%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $250 → 6%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 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.

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Tewksbury Land Trust a New Jersey

The organization's main objective is to acquire land and/or easements located in tewksbury twp, nj

Environment
2
The Native Plant Society of New Jersey Inc

The Native Plant Society of New Jersey is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation protection and study of the native flora of New Jersey.

Environment
3
The Princeton Festival a Nj Non-Profit Corporation

To enrich the communities we serve through a multi-dimensional, world-class performing arts summer festival. We create programs that excite, inform, inspire, and invite discovery and engagement as we aspire to become a nationally…

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4
Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc

The mission of hackensack riverkeeper is to protect, preserve, and restore the hackensack river watershed and its living resources. hackensack riverkeeper fights for clean water, open space preservation, and public access to the river for…

Environment
5
The New Jersey Historical Society

The new jersey historical society collects, preserves, teaches, and interprets new jersey history through our archives, research library, and educational programs. we do so in the belief that an understanding and appreciation of historical…

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6
Hunterdon County Historical Society

Preserve County History

Arts & Culture
7
Gordonston Park Preserv Assoc Inc
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8
Tewksbury Township Public Library Assoc

Provide public library services

Education
9
The Land Conservancy of New Jersey

The land conservancy of new jersey preserves land and water resources, conserves open space, and inspires and empowers individuals and communities to protect land and the environment.

Environment
10
The Trustees of Reservations

Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.

Environment
11
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
12
Pascack Historical Society

To acquire, preserve and disseminate knowledge about the rich history of the pascack valley.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

15 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. 15 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES: $198,755 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS CHARITIESTEWKSBURY LAND TRUST: $10,000 · Other+25 more: $15,515 · Other+25 moreTEWKSBURY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,400 · EducationKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $350 · EducationFREEDOM HOUSE INC: $1,500 · HealthGREENWOOD GARDENS: $500 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $250 · EnvironmentASPEN FILM: $250 · Arts & CultureNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION: $225 · Arts & CultureHunterdon Art Museum: $200 · Arts & CultureCHALLENGE ASPEN: $250 · Human ServicesTEWKSBURY LEBANON PBA LOCAL 386 A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $250 · Public Benefit
Other$224,270Education$4,750Health$1,500Environment$750Arts & Culture$675Human Services$250Public Benefit$250

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 budgetFREEDOM HOUSE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWOOD GARDENS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN FILM: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEWKSBURY LEBANON PBA LOCAL 386 A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMane Stream Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHunterdon Art Museum: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMANS CLUB OF TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP: $125 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TEWKSBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $110 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $100 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 TEWKSBURY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds KENT PLACE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN FILM ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds TEWKSBURY LEBANON PBA LOCAL 386 A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Mane Stream Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Hunterdon Art Museum ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMANS CLUB OF TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP ↗
  • Who funds THE TEWKSBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Verizon FoundationChubb Charitable Foun…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Verizon Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Gregg & Jean Frankel Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gregg & Jean Frankel Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hunterdon Art Museum: 9% of income from government
  • Freedom House Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Mane Stream Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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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How do I get to Gregg & Jean Frankel Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Gregg & Jean Frankel 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 37 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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