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Jack Ehrlich Foundation at a glance

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Jack Ehrlich Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$750
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 2024.

Religion$4kHealth$3kInternational$850Arts & Culture$600Food & Nutrition$400Education$250
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
3
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION$750
LIVEWELL$100
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$100
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$100
FAMILY PROMISE$100
MAZON$100
WHYY$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $100 → 7%WHYY: $100 → 9%BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE: $100 → 10%LIVEWELL: $200 → 22%MAZON: $100 → 14%MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $250 → 17%MAZON: $100 → 14%BETH DAVID REFOM: $1k → 7%BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE: $100 → 10%LIVEWELL: $100 → 22%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $100 → 17%MAZON: $100 → 14%BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION: $750 → 7%BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE: $100 → 10%LIVEWELL: $100 → 22%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $100 → 17%RELIGIOUS COALITION REPRO CHOICE: $100 → 14%BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION: $700 → 7%LIVEWELL FOUNDATION: $600 → 22%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $100 → 17%RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER: $100 → 14%BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION: $500 → 7%LIVEWELL FOUNDATION: $500 → 22%BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION: $500 → 7%LIVEWELL FOUNDATION: $250 → 22%BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION: $500 → 7%WHYY: $100 → 22%HENRY COHEN LIVES: $100 → 7%PHILABUNDANCE: $100 → 22%HENRY COHEN LIVES: $100 → 7%LIVEWELL FOUNDATION: $100 → 22%IHN OF THE MAIN LINE: $100 → 7%MIKVEH ISRAEL: $50 → 22%FAMILY PROMISE: $100 → 7%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $250 → 22%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $100 → 7%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $250 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $250 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $200 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $100 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $100 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $100 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $100 → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $100 → 22%WHYY: $100 → 22%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7k · 9 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$7k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+0%

Still filing today

56%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LF
    LIVEWELL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +125%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300 · revenue +13%
  • MA
    MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger
    3× · 2017–2024 · $300 · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $250 · revenue -51%
  • IH
    INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK
    one grant, 2020 · $100
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
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Phrma's mission is to conduct effective advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of important, new medicines for patients by biopharmaceutical research companies.

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4
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philabundance; the most unlike its peers is Whyy 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

9 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. 9 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION: $2,950 · OtherBETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $1,200 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLIVEWELL: $400 · OtherLIVEWELLMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $300 · Other+7 more: $750 · Other+7 moreLIVEWELL FOUNDATION: $1,450 · HealthLIVEWELL FOUNDATIO…LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $100 · HealthLIVING BEYOND BREA…BRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE: $300 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $300 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $250 · InternationalTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $250 · EducationPhilabundance: $100 · Food & Nutrition
Other$6,600Health$1,550Arts & Culture$600International$550Education$250Food & Nutrition$100

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 budgetLIVEWELL FOUNDATION: $1,450 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $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 LIVEWELL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds BRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jack Ehrlich Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack Ehrlich Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jack Ehrlich Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jack Ehrlich Foundation 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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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