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Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation at a glance

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Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation

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.

$427k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$340k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$1.6MPhilanthropy$383kHealth$378kEducation$164kReligion$123kFood & Nutrition$109kCivil Rights$69kInternational$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $87k
  • $250k+1 grant · $340k
$340,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITY DAF$340,000
FIDELITY CHARITY DAF$87,000
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 (FY20–22, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEARNING ALLY: $3k → 11%CITY HOUSE: $10k → 5%LEARNING ALLY: $3k → 11%PROSPERITY ME: $3k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $2k → 7%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $5k → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $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

ME
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 56 repeat orgs$133k to everyone else

56 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 55 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
19

Total granted

$2.7M
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+50%

Still filing today

66%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    3× · 2020–2022 · $80k · revenue +35%
  • TS
    TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
    2× · 2021–2022 · $50k · revenue +45%
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $40k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • LD
    LEVEY DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +73%
  • TS
    TEXAS SCOTISH RITE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • JC
    Jewish Community Alliance Southern Mainegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +145%
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
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Torah Day School of Dallas

Torah Day School of Dallas is a day school for jewish children grades kindergarden through eigth grade along with pre-school for one through four year old jewish children. The school provides a general studies and secular education meeting…

Education
4
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
5
Denver Academy of Torah

Denver academy of torah (the "school")provides education to students from kindergarten through high school. the school's mission is to nuture students to be torah-observant role models and future leaders through an intellectually rigorous…

Education
6
The Pardes Jewish Day School Inc

The pardes jewish day school prepares students to become outstanding members of society through a rigorous secular and judaic education, a nurturing community, and a foundation in reform judaism that welcomes all jewish traditions.

Education
7
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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8
Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle

Jds is committed to providing an innovative academic program through a rigorous integrated, inquiry-based curriculum with general & judaic studies, empowering children to grow into capable, wise, and compassionate upstanders.

Education
9
Denver Jewish Day School

To ensure a jewish future by challenging minds and nurturing souls with a focus on academic excellence and jewish learning.

Education
10
Abraham Joshua Heschel School

The abraham joshua heschel school is an independent jewish day school which includes students from a wide range of jewish backgrounds, practices and beliefs. (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
11
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
12
Jewish Silicon Valley

The mission of jewish silicon valley is to harness the power of community to improve lives, build bridges of understanding and strengthen the jewish people here, in israel, and around the world.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas; the most unlike its peers is Sailfish Sport Project Inc. 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

52 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. 52 of the 78 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
42/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITY DAF: $1,638,500 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITY DAFJEWISH FAMILY SEVICE: $115,000 · Other+49 more: $697,100 · Other+49 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $191,500 · PhilanthropyJewish Community Alliance Southern Maine: $14,000 · PhilanthropyTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $50,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $12,500 · HealthARMS WIDE OPEN CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $6,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $6,000 · HealthVOGEL ALCOVE: $30,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $14,000 · Human ServicesCITY HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $10,000 · Human ServicesLearning Ally Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesPROSPERITYME: $3,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $40,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $16,000 · International+1 more: $1,500 · InternationalTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $16,500 · Arts & CultureDallas Jewish Historical Society: $2,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER COMMUNITY BROADCAST ASSOC INC: $1,750 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $24,000 · Civil RightsMoveOn Education Fund: $9,250 · Civil Rights
Other$2,450,600Philanthropy$205,500Health$129,500Human Services$76,000International$57,500Arts & Culture$51,250Civil Rights$33,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $191,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERDE VALLEY SCHOOL: $31,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLEVEY DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACCESS FUND: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $16,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEDONA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $16,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRESCOTT COLLEGE INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEDONA RED ROCK TRAIL FUND: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetDALLAS HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Winston School: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Alliance Southern Maine: $14,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLAGSTAFF ARTS AND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARMS WIDE OPEN CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITY HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSedona Montessori School Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMoveOn Education Fund: $9,250 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGRAND CANYON YOUTH INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMOISHE HOUSE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROSPERITYME: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAILFISH SPORT PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Jewish Historical Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY BROADCAST ASSOC INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

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.

Sylvan T Baer Foundat…The Jeff & Bonnie Whi…Mb and Edna Zale Foun…Texas Instruments Fou…Arizona Community Fou…Dallas Jewish Communi…The Mitchell L and Mi…Navias Family Foundat…Jewish Federation of …Hillcrest FoundationMorton H Meyerson Fam…Communities Foundatio…
Sylvan T Baer FoundationTX20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sylvan T Baer Foundation · The Jeff & Bonnie Whitman Charitable Foundation · Mb and Edna Zale Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · The Mitchell L and Miriam Lewis Barnett Charitable Trust · Navias Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas · Hillcrest Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

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 Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman 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 78 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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