· Private foundation
Kenneth J and Marilynn J Friedman Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k22 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ADAT ARI EL | $12,750 |
| cantors assembly | $11,000 |
| MAZON | $5,000 |
| encore musical theatre | $5,000 |
| JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| CENTER THEATRE GROUP | $3,500 |
| HILLEL AT UCLA | $3,000 |
| YIDDISH BOOK CENTER | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| colburn school | $2,500 |
| BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION | $2,000 |
| MASORTI FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| HILLELS OF THE VALLEY | $1,500 |
| ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| jewish theological seminary | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $375) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NYNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC10× · 2017–2026 · $21k · revenue +99%
- HAHILLEL AT UCLA10× · 2017–2026 · $21k · revenue +108%
- MAMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger10× · 2017–2026 · $16k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAone grant, 2019 · $4k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $1k
- MDMAGEN DAVID ADOMone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
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.
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…
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…
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…
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…
Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…
To promote and support existing and newly-composed jewish music through the presentation of jewish music concerts and educational programs.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HILLEL AT UCLA ↗
- Who funds BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CANTOR'S ASSEMBLY ↗
- Who funds THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PICO UNION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE COLBURN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE OPERA LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds Yeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE DEBORAH PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Jewish Communal Fund · Jacoby Family Foundation · The Field Family Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kenneth J and Marilynn J Friedman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenneth J and Marilynn J Friedman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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