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Irving & Eleanor Jaffe Foundation Inc at a glance

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Irving & Eleanor Jaffe 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.

$350k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$12MEducation$4.5MHuman Services$1.8MCivil Rights$1.5MInternational$1.2MReligion$1.0MHealth$775kArts & Culture$400kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 95% of reported assets are held in Kimberly Clark Stock.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JED IAN TAXEL FOUNDATION$100,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF S F MARIN PENINSULA & SONOMA COUNTIES$50,000
THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM$50,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARINE & PENINSULA$50,000
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
SDG IMPACT FUND INC$25,000
CHURCH OF INNER MYSTERY$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $400k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HERITAGE POINTE: $200k → 10%HERITAGE POINTE: $100k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 13%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

IL
NY
CA
UT
CO
MD
AZ
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 13 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$11M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
0%

Still filing today

85%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $4.1M · revenue +51%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +34%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    3× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • PL
    PROMISE LAND7 INC
    one grant, 2023 · $400k · revenue 0% · 100% of their budget
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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 Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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2
Jewish Federation of San Antonio

The jewish federation of san antonio is the coordinating and convening body dedicated to building the jewish community, nurturing the quality of jewish life, and securing a favorable jewish future in san antonio, israel and worldwide…

Philanthropy
3
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations. comprised of jewish federation of southern arizona (jfsa or federation) and jewish…

Philanthropy
4
The Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc

The mission of ferd & gladys alpert jewish family & children's service of palm beach county, inc. is to serve the community by: - providing a range of needed social services to strengthen individuals and families. - participating in…

Human Services
5
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

The federation leads a strong jewish puget sound by serving as a community voice, strengthening connections to israel and world jewry, and making investments in jewish life, for today and the next generation.

Philanthropy
6
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc

The jewish federation of greater atlanta cares for, connects and strengthens our jewish community throughout greater atlanta, israel and the world.

Philanthropy
7
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
8
Greater Miami Hillel Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.

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9
University of Judaism Foundation
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10
Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc

The mission of the greater miami jewish federation is to mobilize human and financial resources to care for those in need, strengthen jewish life and advance the unity, values and shared purpose of the jewish people in miami, in israel and…

Philanthropy
11
Jewish Silicon Valley

The mission of jewish silicon valley is to harness the power of community to improve lives, build bridges of understanding and strengthen the jewish people here, in israel, and around the world.

Human Services
12
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Promise LAND7 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

23 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. 23 of the 33 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
12/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $10,391,926 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGOJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,326,290 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC+2 more: $100,000 · PhilanthropySAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY: $4,100,086 · EducationSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACAD…PROMISE LAND7 INC: $400,000 · EducationPROMISE LAND7 INC+1 more: $25,000 · EducationPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $1,064,340 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUND…ST PAUL'S MISSIONARY CHURCH: $650,000 · OtherST PAUL'S MISSIONAR…JED IAN TAXEL FOUNDATION: $400,000 · OtherJED IAN TAXEL FOUND…PARALYZED VETERANS ASSOC OF FL INC: $200,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $250,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB O…STARPAL: $150,000 · OtherBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $350,000 · OtherBOCA HELPING HANDS …HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $200,000 · Other+13 more: $715,000 · Other+13 moreANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,462,570 · Civil RightsAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,150,000 · InternationalTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $400,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY: $300,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $100,000 · Human Services
Philanthropy$11,818,216Education$4,525,086Other$3,979,340Civil Rights$1,462,570International$1,150,000Arts & Culture$400,000Human Services$400,000

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $10,391,926 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY: $4,100,086 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,462,570 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,326,290 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $1,064,340 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetPROMISE LAND7 INC: $400,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $400,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $350,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY: $300,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS ASSOC OF FL INC: $200,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSTARPAL: $150,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDR SEUSS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 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.

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 Community Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Irving & Eleanor Jaffe Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irving & Eleanor Jaffe Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    6report 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 Irving & Eleanor Jaffe Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Irving & Eleanor Jaffe 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 33 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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