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Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd at a glance

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Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$150k
Granted FY2026still arriving
77
Grants FY2026still arriving
6
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.

Philanthropy$310kEducation$277kReligion$42kHealth$36kArts & Culture$24kYouth Development$18kFood & Nutrition$12kHuman Services$11kOther$0
02FY2026 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k75 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$917k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION$56,000
MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$35,180
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$3,600
CONGREGATION SHALOM$3,600
MD ANDERSEN CANCER CENTER$2,500
KINDERPLATZ OF FIND ARTS$2,500
TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL$2,500
MAYO CLINIC$2,500
HERC - HOLOCAUST EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER$1,980
TEMPLE BETH EL$1,800
TEMPLE BETH EL$1,800
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WISCONSIN$1,800
OWN YOUR JUDAISM$1,500
GRAND AVENUE CLUB INC$1,250
MARCUS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS$1,000
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 (FY19–26, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WINONA VOLUNTEER SERVICES: $500 → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $250 → 6%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $250 → 6%GOLDEN HOUSE OF GREEN BAY (N WIDI MOTHER): $100 → 10%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 6%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 6%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 6%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 6%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE: $250 → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE: $250 → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $1k → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $360 → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $360 → 17%JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $360 → 17%JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $360 → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $180 → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $180 → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $180 → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 17%JFSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 17%MILWAUKEE JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $250 → 17%MILWAUKEE JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
CA
KY
MD
NC
DC
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$416k · 69 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

69 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
40

Total granted

$416k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+33%

Still filing today

43%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2019–2026 · $242k · revenue +19%
  • THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC
    5× · 2022–2026 · $11k · revenue +48%
  • GRAND AVENUE CLUB INC
    7× · 2019–2026 · $8k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2025 · $18k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - RAINBOW DAY CAMP
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • HH
    HICKORY HILL ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc

Jewish social services of madison empowers families and individuals across generations and cultures to build community and self-sufficiency, with a strong commitment to the jewish community and inspired by jewish values. we offer services…

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2
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
5
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
6
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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7
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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8
Minnesota Jewish Community Center

The minnesota jcc is dedicated to strengthening our community by providing inclusive programs that inspire personal growth, foster connection, and promote well-being through arts, culture, education, fitness, early childhood, day camp and…

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9
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
10
Jewish Federation of Madison Inc

To inspire, build, and sustain vibrant jewish life by fostering diverse opportunities to connect at every age and mobilizing our community in common purpose, in madison, israel, and around the world.

Religion
11
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane Society of Union County 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

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 128 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
40/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC: $241,578 · OtherMILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INCCONGREGATION SHALOM: $25,600 · OtherCONGREGATION SHALOMIndividual grant recipient: $17,500 · Other+91 more: $122,620 · Other+91 moreMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $307,394 · PhilanthropyMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC+2 more: $380 · PhilanthropyTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $11,120 · EducationKINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC: $6,000 · EducationTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL: $6,000 · EducationLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,500 · EducationLITERACY GREEN BAY INC: $2,500 · Education+3 more: $1,540 · EducationMAYO CLINIC: $7,680 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $772 · Health+3 more: $450 · HealthThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,800 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $1,138 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $400 · Arts & CultureSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,460 · Human ServicesOZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $900 · Human ServicesJEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $720 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $500 · Human ServicesWINONA VOLUNTEER SERVICES INC: $500 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $350 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · International
Other$407,298Philanthropy$307,774Education$29,660Health$13,402Arts & Culture$7,338Human Services$6,530International$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $307,394 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC: $241,578 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $11,120 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND AVENUE CLUB INC: $7,875 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $7,680 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY GREEN BAY INC: $2,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL MILWAUKEE: $2,440 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,460 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $1,138 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC: $940 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $772 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKBY Congregations Together Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW COMMUNITY SHELTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF UNION COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWINONA VOLUNTEER SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SHARING OF OZAUKEE COUNTY INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDistinguished Flying Cross Society: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND AND VISUA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN HOUSE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $50 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 MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND AVENUE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds KINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY GREEN BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL MILWAUKEE ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OWN YOUR JUDAISM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES 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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Harri Hoffmann Family…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Baird Foundation IncUnited Way of Greater…Anon Charitable TrustGreater Green Bay Com…Pelz Family Foundatio…Peck Foundation Milwa…Ralph Evinrude Founda…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI35.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Pelz Family Foundation Inc · Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 128 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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