California · Public charity
Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation
Supports the charitable, educational, & religious purposes of the jewish community foundation
- $385k
- Granted FY2018
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2018
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2018
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100% of Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $372k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2018
- $372k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2018
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 5
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 33% of the organizations Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 15 | $372k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $343k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Art Museum | $273,625 | 3 | 2% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $270,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay | $150,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $72,640 | 3 | 1% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass | $50,470 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $34,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jewish Partisan Education Foundation | $33,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Art Museum | $273,625 | 3 | 2% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $270,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay | $150,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $72,640 | 3 | 1% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass | $50,470 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $34,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jewish Partisan Education Foundation | $33,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Adamah | $5,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation
- How much does Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation give?
- Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation reported 15 itemized grants totaling $371,900, out of $385,010 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), Arts & Culture (26%), International (16%).
- Who are Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Aspen Art Museum ($274k), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($270k), The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($170k).
- Does Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation based?
- Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation is based in CA.
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