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Ira and Maryjo Sherman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ira and Maryjo Sherman 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.

$205k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$325kHealth$208kPhilanthropy$153kInternational$111kHuman Services$87kArts & Culture$62kHousing & Shelter$31kFood & Nutrition$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $63k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $109k
$1,650
Median grant
10
States reached
$520k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION HAR SHALOM$58,536
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$50,000
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$13,000
INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION$10,180
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$10,150
KRAVIS CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
PHILLIPS COLLECTION$10,000
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA$9,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON$6,000
BALLENISLES CHARITY FOUNDATION$5,000
HILLEL$5,000
ACTIVE MINDS$2,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART$1,650
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $4k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $3k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $1k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $1k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $100 → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $11k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $7k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $6k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $6k → 8%BELLA'S ANGELS: $100 → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $500 → 11%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES WEST PALM BEACH: $500 → 11%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES WEST PALM BEACH: $450 → 11%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

VT
IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$877k · 45 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
47

Total granted

$877k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+26%

Still filing today

73%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +211%
  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $87k · revenue +13%
  • BC
    BALLENISLES CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $42k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • BF
    BREAD FOR THE CITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +59%
  • BI
    BALLEN ISLES CHARITY FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -8%
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
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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8
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
9
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
10
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wegene Ethiopian Foundation. 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

73 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. 73 of the 100 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/73
Grantees still filing
54/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEVEN LOCKS JEWISH COMMUNITY INC AKA CONGREGATION HAR SHALOM: $293,915 · OtherSEVEN LOCKS JEWISH COMMUNITY INC AKA CONGREGATION HA…KRAVIS CENTER FOUNDATION: $72,550 · OtherKRAVIS CENTER FOUNDATIONBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $34,100 · OtherBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INCMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $17,600 · Other+48 more: $58,947 · Other+48 moreJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $87,400 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Fou…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $79,750 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM …BALLENISLES CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC: $42,305 · PhilanthropyBALLENISLES CHARITIES FOUN…THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $12,750 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF G…SO WHAT ELSE INC: $12,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $110,236 · InternationalFRIENDS OF T…+3 more: $1,600 · InternationalBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $41,979 · HealthActive Minds Inc: $11,400 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,450 · Health+11 more: $5,819 · HealthTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $24,568 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $13,750 · Arts & CultureINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $10,180 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $5,112 · Arts & CultureTHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $30,300 · Human ServicesJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $4,600 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $3,500 · Human Services+3 more: $1,550 · Human ServicesHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $24,500 · Religion
Other$477,112Philanthropy$234,955International$111,836Health$71,648Arts & Culture$62,610Human Services$39,950Religion$24,500

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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $110,236 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $87,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $79,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBALLENISLES CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC: $42,305 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $41,979 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $34,100 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $30,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $24,568 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $24,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $17,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $13,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $12,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSO WHAT ELSE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $11,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $10,180 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $4,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,678 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION INC: $1,350 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for West Palm Beach Police Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Family Services of Palm Beach County Inc: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kinder Ring: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRICHARD DAVID KANN MELANOMA TASK FORCE INC: $425 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISRAEL BRIDGE: $300 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Jewish Federation of …Greater Washington Co…Cynthia and Morton Ze…Clark-Winchcole Found…The Jewish Federation…United Way of Palm Be…David L Lieb Foundati…Robert I Schattner Fo…Children's Healthcare…The Morris and Gwendo…Community Foundation …Nora Roberts Foundati…
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County IncFL19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Cynthia and Morton Zetlin Family Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · David L Lieb Foundation Inc · Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner Foundation · Children's Healthcare Charity Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Nora Roberts 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 Ira and Maryjo Sherman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ira and Maryjo Sherman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Nature Forward: 32% of income from government
  • The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to Ira and Maryjo Sherman 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 100 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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