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Jaffee Family Foundation

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.

$106k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$377kEducation$94kHealth$65kInternational$43kArts & Culture$28kYouth Development$24kHuman Services$18kScience & Tech$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$211k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Northwestern Memorial Foundation$50,000
Keshet$10,000
NORA PROJECT$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation$10,000
Morgan Pressel Foundation$6,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$5,000
University of Miami$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Jesse White Foundation$2,500
Students Supporting Israel$2,500
PAPANICOLAOU CORPS$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Afghan Girls Financial Assistance: $18k → 5%Youth Service of Glenview: $3k → 14%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

ID
MN
IL
NY
NJ
MO
VA
AZ
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$519k · 9 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
14

Total granted

$519k
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+19%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • HC
    HOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +148%
  • WS
    WOLCOTT SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • K
    KESHET
    2× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +32%
  • JH
    Jewish Humanitarian Response
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
  • Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +164%
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
Jewish Year Abroad

To provide an education based program in israel for college age jewish young adults that will instill students with a sense of purpose, commitment & pride about

International
3
Dorot Foundation
Philanthropy
4
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.

—
5
Novachai
Education
6
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
7
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
8
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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9
Better Future for Israel

To strengthen israel's future in these areas: 1)providing new immigrants with assistance in a few key areas: representing them as they navigate government ministries and assisting them with their challenges as new immigrants to israel.…

Philanthropy
10
B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation At Princeton

Cjl partners with students and other members of the princeton community to sustain and grow a welcoming, multi-faceted and pluralistic jewish community that is fully-integrated into the fabric of campus life and which provides personally…

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11
American Friends of Yeshiva Gedolah Matisyahu Inc

To award scholarships and grants to students from the United States attending Yeshivas Gedolah Matisyahu in the State of Israel

Education
12
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Services of Glenviewnorthbrook; the most unlike its peers is Morgan Pressel Foundation 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

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 28 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $228,750 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONTHE NORA PROJECT: $45,000 · OtherTHE NORA PROJECTKESHET: $25,000 · OtherKESHETBig Brothers Big Sisters: $15,000 · OtherHOLY TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL: $13,000 · Other+8 more: $43,500 · Other+8 moreHOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION: $120,000 · PhilanthropyHOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDA…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF MET…+1 more: $1,100 · PhilanthropyWOLCOTT SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationWOLCOTT SC…University of Miami: $10,000 · EducationUniversity…+2 more: $2,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $20,000 · InternationalJewish Humanitarian Response: $18,000 · InternationalSTUDENTS SUPPORTING ISRAEL: $2,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 · InternationalAfghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund: $18,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH SERVICES OF GLENVIEWNORTHBROOK: $2,500 · Human ServicesNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMorgan Pressel Foundation Inc: $6,000 · Health
Other$370,250Philanthropy$146,100Education$62,000International$43,000Human Services$20,500Arts & Culture$10,000Health$6,000

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 budgetHOUSEWARES CHARITY FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetWOLCOTT SCHOOL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NORA PROJECT: $45,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetKESHET: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Humanitarian Response: $18,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetAfghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund: $18,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan Pressel Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTUDENTS SUPPORTING ISRAEL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES OF GLENVIEWNORTHBROOK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN AT THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJESSE WHITE FOUNDATION LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 …The Chicago Community…Baird Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Jaffee Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jaffee Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to Jaffee Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jaffee Family 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 28 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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