· Private foundation
Jacob Abramson Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHICAGO SINAI CONGREGATION | $7,100 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA | $2,000 |
| DREAM STREET FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| TEMPLE EMANUEL OF BEVERLY HILLS | $1,500 |
| HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS | $1,000 |
| KECK MED CENTER USC | $1,000 |
| CONGREGATION ANSHEI ISRAEL | $1,000 |
| TU NIDITO CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES | $1,000 |
| LYNNE COHEN FDN FOR OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH | $1,000 |
| CENTER FOR LIFE AND LEARNING FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $600 |
| TEEN LINE | $500 |
| FOX THEATER | $500 |
| THE GREGORY SCHOOL | $500 |
| CHAI CIRCLE JEWISH FAMILY & CHILD SVCS | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +192%- UIUNITED IN HARMONY3× · 2017–2019 · $800 · revenue +176%
- BHBeverly Hills Womens Club3× · 2017–2019 · $750 · revenue +23%
Funded once
- TBTEMPLE BETH ELone grant, 2017 · $250
- RPREID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $200 · revenue +199%
- BIBrandworkers International Incone grant, 2017 · $150 · revenue -70%
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.
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.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
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…
The waverly school is a nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory progressive day school that spans preschool through high school. it is fully accredited by the western association of school and colleges and the california…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…
We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 37 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 TU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds DREAM STREET FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS ↗
- Who funds LYNNE COHEN FOUNDATION FOR OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds UNITED IN HARMONY ↗
- Who funds MILLS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Beverly Hills Womens Club ↗
- Who funds WORLD POSSIBLE ↗
- Who funds THE GREGORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds INVISIBLE THEATRE ↗
- Who funds REID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Brandworkers International Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNSELING CENTER ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · American Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jacob Abramson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jacob Abramson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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