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Guardian Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Guardian Family 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.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$44k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0174% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.6MInternational$126kHealth$43kHousing & Shelter$35kHuman Services$24kArts & Culture$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $134k
$3,400
Median grant
1
States reached
$77k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLEDGER CHARITABLE$44,000
EZRATH NESUIN INC$40,100
THE OJC FUND$40,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLEV ECHAD$10,000
Individual grant recipient$3,400
CONG SHOMRE SHABES ANSHE$2,400
Individual grant recipient$2,310
VAAD L'HACHNUSAS ORCHIM$1,000
Individual grant recipient$250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ZICHRON AVROHOM V'ESTHER FUND: $360 → 14%BETH OLOTH: $250 → 14%BONEI OLAM: $18k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $189 → 20%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 55 repeat orgs$422k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 48 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
70

Total granted

$2.7M
$412k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
0%

Still filing today

20%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • PC
    PLEDGER CHARITABLE LTD
    3× · 2023–2025 · $532k · revenue +247%
  • RH
    REFUAH HELPLINE INCDBA REFUAH RESOURCES
    4× · 2019–2022 · $24k · revenue +75%
  • CV
    CHAYIM V CHESED
    5× · 2017–2022 · $21k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MERKAZ CHASIDEI VIZNITZ INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $122k · revenue +92%
  • CS
    CONG SHTIBEL 45TH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $70k
  • YB
    YMH BUILDING FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
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
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
2
Friends of Bikur Cholim Ezrat Achim

To support the charitable activities of the organization ezrat achim in the city of beit shemesh, israel.

International
3
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
4
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
Zichron Moshe Elihu Tzedoka Fund
Philanthropy
7
Asif Inc

ASIF helps its donees by providing information and performing due diligence on charitable organizations in Israel on the donees' behalf.

—
8
Beis Yosef Chaim Inc

To provide financial assistance to religious and charitable organizations worldwide to help them continue their activities.

Philanthropy
9
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
10
Friends of Meor Israel

Education and religious activities and research

Education
11
Zichron Meshilem Feish Inc

Provides finacial assistance to needy individuals and to religious, charitable organizations

—
12
American Friends of Birchas Mordechai

Raise funds for charitable purposes

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aish Global Inc; the most unlike its peers is Enkas Usir 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

28 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. 28 of the 131 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION REB MEIR BAAL HANES: $643,375 · OtherCONGREGATION REB MEIR BAAL HANESPLEDGER CHARITABLE LTD: $532,472 · OtherPLEDGER CHARITABLE LTDEZRATH NESUIN: $468,450 · OtherEZRATH NESUINIndividual grant recipient: $232,265 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+107 more: $904,119 · Other+107 moreTHE OJC FUND: $705,075 · EducationTHE OJC FUND+1 more: $100 · EducationPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $358,002 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CHARI…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOT MEIR OF ISRAEL INC: $87,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRI…+4 more: $18,620 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MERKAZ CHASIDEI VIZNITZ INC: $122,000 · InternationalMAALOT: $25,000 · ReligionCHAYIM V CHESED: $21,075 · ReligionTHE KESHER CONNECTION INC: $5,000 · ReligionAISH GLOBAL INC: $2,500 · Religion+2 more: $1,100 · ReligionREFUAH HELPLINE INCDBA REFUAH RESOURCES: $23,900 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLEV ECHAD INC: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $1,300 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BELZ INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,780,681Education$705,175Philanthropy$463,622International$122,000Religion$54,675Health$35,200Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 OJC FUND: $705,075 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPLEDGER CHARITABLE LTD: $532,472 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $358,002 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MERKAZ CHASIDEI VIZNITZ INC: $122,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOT MEIR OF ISRAEL INC: $87,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMAALOT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREFUAH HELPLINE INCDBA REFUAH RESOURCES: $23,900 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCHAYIM V CHESED: $21,075 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BELZ INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $18,189 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRodef Chesed DBA Ahavas Chesed: $10,860 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE KESHER CONNECTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $4,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSimchas Yom Tov Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ZICHRON MEIR INC FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MEIR: $2,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHAZAK: $2,080 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $1,676 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaamonim: $1,360 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEKIMI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Bobov Toronto Inc: $720 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYESHIVA PEKIDAS ELUZER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENKAS USIR INC: $380 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZICHRON AVROHOM VESTHER FUND: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETH OLOTH: $250 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 THE OJC FUND ↗
  • Who funds PLEDGER CHARITABLE LTD ↗
  • Who funds PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MERKAZ CHASIDEI VIZNITZ INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOT MEIR OF ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds MAALOT ↗
  • Who funds REFUAH HELPLINE INCDBA REFUAH RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds CHAYIM V CHESED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BELZ INC ↗
  • Who funds Bonei Olam Inc ↗

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.

The Ojc FundThe Lexicon Foundatio…Greenzweig Family Fou…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…Bzl FoundationZelig and Rifky Weiss…Zichron Simcha DsassovAmerican Friends of B…Zichron Chaim Charity…Moshe Eichler Fund IncThe Strasbourg Founda…Rockstone
The Ojc FundNY68.3× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · The Lexicon Foundation Inc · Greenzweig Family Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Bzl Foundation · Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc · Zichron Simcha Dsassov · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Moshe Eichler Fund Inc · The Strasbourg Foundation · Rockstone

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 Guardian Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Guardian Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Beis Hachinuch Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Guardian Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Guardian Family 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 131 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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