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Jane F and D Lawrence Sherman Family Support Foundation at a glance

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Jane F and D Lawrence Sherman Family Support Foundation

To support the jewish community and the community as a whole.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$500k
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.

International$1.8MPhilanthropy$877kEducation$640kArts & Culture$395kHealth$380kReligion$75kYouth Development$60kHuman Services$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.0M
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL$500,000
JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL$500,000
CLAL - NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM$30,000
ORT AMERICA INC$25,000
UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION$25,000
HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION$20,000
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 6%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER PILLAR: $5k → 8%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

WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
MO
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 19 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+45%

Still filing today

95%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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
InternationalArts & CultureReligionHealthEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • JA
    JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL
    5× · 2018–2025 · $685k · revenue +28%
  • HD
    HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT
    4× · 2019–2025 · $555k · revenue +17%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $208k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IG
    ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLINDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +90%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    one grant, 2019 · $16k · revenue +21%
  • HA
    HILLEL AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +52%
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 Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
3
University of Judaism Foundation
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4
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
5
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
6
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
7
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
8
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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9
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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10
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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11
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
12
Hillel Jewish University Center

To enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

32 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. 32 of the 34 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL: $685,000 · InternationalJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCI…AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $425,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $300,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATIONAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INC: $208,266 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INCFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $95,000 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $80,000 · International+1 more: $20,000 · InternationalJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $657,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF…THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $110,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIO…+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $555,000 · EducationHILLEL DAY SCH…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SY…MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $108,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSO…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN F…HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST …The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $16,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $275,000 · HealthBEAUMONT …WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL: $75,000 · HealthWILLIAM B…ORT AMERICA INC: $85,000 · OtherTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherHILLEL AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $10,000 · OtherBRILLIANT DETROIT: $50,000 · OtherISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20,000 · OtherHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 · Other+4 more: $20,000 · OtherCLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC: $50,000 · ReligionJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $30,000 · ReligionMOISHE HOUSE: $5,000 · Religion
International$1,813,266Philanthropy$792,000Education$560,000Arts & Culture$390,000Health$350,000Other$290,000Religion$85,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL: $685,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $657,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $555,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $425,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORR SHALOM INC: $208,266 over 4y, 12% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $200,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $108,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PERES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOISHE HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 …Jewish Communal FundUnited Jewish Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Jewish Community Fede…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Communal Fund · United Jewish Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Jane F and D Lawrence Sherman Family Support Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jane F and D Lawrence Sherman Family Support Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Jane F and D Lawrence Sherman Family Support Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jane F and D Lawrence Sherman Family Support 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 34 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 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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