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Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$375k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 27
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving16$375k44%
FY202418$363k28%
FY202315$315k40%
FY202215$390k27%
FY202121$357k14%
FY202027$365k56%
FY201926$362kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$515kCivil Rights$379kArts & Culture$351kHealth$247kInternational$226kCrime & Legal$131kReligion$119kHuman Services$118kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
MS
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Howard University$300,00040%
African American Museum of Bucks County$121,000717%
Occidental College$120,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$97,00050%
The Peace Center Inc$94,00065%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$86,00030%
Whyy Inc$83,00050%
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc$77,20070%
Arcadia University$75,00010%
Snipes Farm and Education Center$55,50051%
Women Make Movies Inc$46,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$41,50030%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$41,40030%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$35,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$34,00020%
Global Empowerment Mission Inc$26,40020%
Reproductive Freedom for All$25,00010%
Kqed Inc$25,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Glendale Fire Foundation$25,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles$24,00010%
Asha's Farm Sanctuary Inc$24,00016%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$24,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$21,80030%
The Bail Project Inc$20,00020%
Art Sanctuary$20,0001n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$20,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$20,00020%
Congregation Kol Emet Yardly Reconstructionist Synagogue$20,0001n/a
Share Our Strength$15,40030%
Seeds of Peace Inc$15,00010%
Gbscidp Foundation International Inc$15,00020%
Homefront Inc$15,00020%
Together Rising$15,00020%
Institute of Southern Jewish Life$15,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$13,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$13,00010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$13,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$12,5001n/a
Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom$12,00014%
Transgender Law Center$12,00010%
The American Himalayan Foundation$10,00010%
Last Chance for Animals$10,00010%
Feeding America$10,00010%
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Inc$10,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$10,00010%
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$10,00010%
Off The Mat Into The World DBA OTM Off the Mat$5,00011%
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($667k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Howard University: $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican American Museum of Bucks County: $121,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetOccidental College: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $97,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Peace Center Inc: $94,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $86,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWhyy Inc: $83,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc: $77,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetArcadia University: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSnipes Farm and Education Center: $55,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $46,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $41,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $41,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $34,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Empowerment Mission Inc: $26,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKqed Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles: $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsha's Farm Sanctuary Inc: $24,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $21,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bail Project Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $15,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeeds of Peace Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGbscidp Foundation International Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHomefront Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTogether Rising: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute of Southern Jewish Life: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSisterhood of Salaam Shalom: $12,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamphill Village Kimberton Hills Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTheatre for a New Audience Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOff The Mat Into The World DBA OTM Off the Mat: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetIsrael Guide Dog Center for the Blind: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr

How much does Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr give?
Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr reported 16 grants totaling $375,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 27 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Civil Rights (15%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Howard University ($300k), African American Museum of Bucks County ($121k), Occidental College ($120k).
Does Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Network for Good, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
Where is Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr based?
Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr is based in PA.

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 67 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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