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Jk Farber Family Foundation at a glance

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Jk Farber Family 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.

$316k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$909kHealth$231kFood & Nutrition$220kEducation$176kYouth Development$116kCommunity Improvement$56kHuman Services$45kInternational$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$365k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$45,000
MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY$32,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$15,000
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$15,000
HIGHER HOPES$15,000
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$15,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$12,500
THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN$10,000
ORT AMERICA MICHIGAN REGION$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$10,000
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE$10,000
NOTTINGHAM NATURE NOOK$10,000
DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$10,000
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $13k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $20k → 21%THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $10k → 21%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 8%DREAM CENTERS OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 8%DREAM CENTERS OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 8%DREAM CENTERS OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 8%DREAM CENTERS OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $15k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $15k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $5k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $5k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $5k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $5k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $5k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $1k → 8%YATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS: $10k → 8%YATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS: $10k → 8%YATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS: $10k → 8%YATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS: $5k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 8%CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $3k → 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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 26 repeat orgs$531k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
20

Total granted

$1.4M
$364k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+25%

Still filing today

77%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k 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
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2024 · $347k · revenue +36%
  • BH
    Beaumont Health
    2× · 2022–2023 · $133k · revenue +154%
  • FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • MH
    MICHIGAN HUMANE
    one grant, 2022 · $255k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +25%
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 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
2
Jewish Federation of Detroit

The jewish federation of detroit is the cornerstone of our jewish community. we are committed to taking care of the needs of the jewish people and building a strong and vibrant jewish future, in detroit, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
3
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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4
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
5
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
6
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit

Inspire students to be active in jewish life.

Education
7
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
8
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
9
Michigan Biotechnology Institute

Bridging the gap between early-stage innovation and commercial application. partnering to de-risk, develop and scale-up discoveries into commercially-viable technology packages.

Education
10
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
11
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

We honor life through donation.

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12
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

40 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. 40 of the 59 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/40
Grantees still filing
25/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $347,000 · AnimalsMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETYMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $187,500 · AnimalsMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUEDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $90,000 · AnimalsDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY+4 more: $15,500 · AnimalsMICHIGAN HUMANE: $255,000 · OtherMICHIGAN HUMANEFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $110,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP CIRCLEHAVEN FOUNDATION: $45,580 · OtherHAVEN FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $45,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES+26 more: $163,770 · Other+26 moreFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $105,000 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN…GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $55,000 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS …Beaumont Health: $133,200 · HealthKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $5,000 · HealthNFX: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthHIGHER HOPES: $56,000 · Human ServicesYATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $30,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $13,500 · Human Services+4 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of Miami: $50,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $15,000 · EducationHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $50,000 · ReligionCONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $15,000 · Religion
Animals$640,000Other$644,350Food & Nutrition$160,000Health$145,700Human Services$145,500Education$118,000Religion$65,000

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 budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $347,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $187,500 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHER HOPES: $56,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN FOUNDATION: $45,580 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetTHE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget826 MICHIGAN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $13,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $13,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROMISE SCHOOLS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOTTINGHAM NATURE NOOK: $10,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD COMMUNITY COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNFX: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDream Centers of Michigan: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYAD EZRA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARN SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH STAR REACH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CALLOWAY COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Community Foundation …The Eugene Applebaum …Edward C and Linda Dr…The Kresge FoundationUnited Jewish Foundat…Mickey Shapiro Charit…Grosfeld FoundationHarold and Penny B Bl…Malcolm and Beth Lowe…Gilbert Family Founda…Marjorie and Maxwell …The Barton Malow Foun…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI26.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Mickey Shapiro Charitable Trust · Grosfeld Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · Malcolm and Beth Lowenstein Foundation · Gilbert Family Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · The Barton Malow 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 Jk Farber Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jk Farber Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Jk Farber Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jk Farber 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 59 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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