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Julius Fleischman Foundation Inc

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.

$131k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$35k
Largest
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 2024.

Animals$480kEmployment$285kHealth$154kScience & Tech$120kEducation$113kInternational$100kArts & Culture$45kEnvironment$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $119k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLUE HORSE MUKWA EQUINE RETIREMENT$35,373
FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF & BLIND$25,000
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$16,000
SHANNON ELIZABETH FOUNDATION$13,000
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM$10,000
HOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE$10,000
FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS$10,000
COLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$5,000
FORT HUNT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOC$5,000
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH FIRE DEPT$1,000
DEAN RANDAZZO CANCER FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Inland Empire Lighthouse for the Bl: $8k → 14%INLAND EMPIRE LIGHTHOUSE FOR BLIND: $5k → 14%COLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 14%COLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 14%COLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 14%COLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 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

NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 15 repeat orgs$178k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$1.3M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+35%

Still filing today

67%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +274%
  • SE
    SHANNON ELIZABETH FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $123k · revenue +263% · 43% of their budget
  • THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • FS
    Florida School For the Deaf and Bli
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • SA
    ST AUGUSTINE LIGHTHOUSE AND
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • FS
    Florida School For the Deaf
    one grant, 2017 · $22k
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
The International Rhino Foundation

The international rhino foundation (irf) ensures the survival of rhinos through strategic partnerships, targeted protection, and scientifically sound interventions.

Animals
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
International Bird Rescue

International bird rescue's mission is to inspire people to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis.

Animals
5
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
International Animal Rescue Us Inc

The organization's vision is a world where humans and animals coexist in sustainable ecosystems. the organization focuses on conservation; habitat protection; promoting biodiversity and rescue, rehabilitation release and monitoring of…

Animals
8
Morris Animal Foundation

Morris animal foundation's (the foundation's) mission is to bridge science and resources to advance the health of animals. since the foundation's founding in 1948, more than 20,000 species have been helped through scientific studies and…

Animals
9
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
10
Faunalytics

Empower animal advocates with research, insights, and strategies that maximize their effectiveness to end animal suffering.

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11
The Florida Aquarium Inc

The florida aquarium's mission focuses on our shared purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a vision to be florida's leading conservation-based aquarium. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
12
The Coral Reef Alliance

Our research has demonstrated that corals can adapt to the effects of environmental stressors if immediate threats are reduced and if we protect healthy, ecologically connected networks of reefs.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Life Raft Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wild Florida Rescue Corp. 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

18 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. 18 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF & BLIND: $310,000 · OtherFLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF & BLINDBLUE HORSE MUKWA EQUINE RETIREMENT: $304,873 · OtherBLUE HORSE MUKWA EQUINE RETIREMENTMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $130,000 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCFlorida School For the Deaf and Bli: $60,000 · OtherFlorida School For the Deaf and Bli+15 more: $186,500 · Other+15 moreSHANNON ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $123,000 · AnimalsSHANNON ELIZAB…Animal Friends Inc: $35,000 · AnimalsAnimal Friends…Wild Florida Rescue Corp: $15,000 · AnimalsWild Florida R…HOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $10,000 · Animals+1 more: $6,000 · AnimalsNO BARRIERS USA: $100,000 · InternationalTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $80,000 · HealthLIFE RAFT GROUP INC: $5,000 · HealthCOLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $35,000 · Human ServicesINLAND EMPIRE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $12,500 · Human ServicesNATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Community ImprovementEARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$991,373Animals$189,000International$100,000Health$85,000Human Services$47,500Community Improvement$20,000Arts & Culture$20,000

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 budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $130,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSHANNON ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $123,000 over 7y, 43% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALS ASSOCIATION DCMDVA CHAPTER: $30,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetEARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWild Florida Rescue Corp: $15,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetINLAND EMPIRE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $12,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetHOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEACE RIVER WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLIFE RAFT GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAPITAL ROWING CLUB INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds SHANNON ELIZABETH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NO BARRIERS USA ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Animal Friends Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALS ASSOCIATION DCMDVA CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Wild Florida Rescue Corp ↗
  • Who funds INLAND EMPIRE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACE RIVER WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE RAFT GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL ROWING CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds THE DEAN RANDAZZO CANCER FOUNDATION ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Julius Fleischman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Julius Fleischman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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Find your warmest path to Julius Fleischman Foundation Inc 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 31 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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