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Louis E Newman Charitable Trust at a glance

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Louis E Newman Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$114kInternational$111kCivil Rights$89kCommunity Improvement$84kCrime & Legal$80kEnvironment$67kEducation$10kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$592k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ISRAEL FUND$6,700
Individual grant recipient$4,322
BETH JACOB CONGREGATION$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,500
NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES INSTITUTE$2,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$1,000
TALMUD TORAH OF ST PAUL$1,000
ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE$1,000
DAYENU JEWISH CALL TO CLIMATE ACTION$1,000
MT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$1,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE$1,000
PANGEA LEGAL SERVICES$510
ROPES$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT: $10k → 10%MIRY'S LIST: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%INDIGENOUS JUSTICE: $10k → 10%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

MN
IL
NY
OH
CA
DC
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$280k · 24 repeat orgs$252k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
36

Total granted

$280k
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+14%

Still filing today

54%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCrime & LegalInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • CF
    CROSSROADS FUND INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $52k · revenue +167%
  • PL
    Pangea Legal Services
    7× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +330%
  • NS
    NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES INSTITUTE
    3× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • HF
    HEADWATERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • 3N
    360 NATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • MI
    MIDWEST IMMIGRATION BOND FUND COALITION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
2
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Action Inc

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action (JFREJ Action or JFREJ) is the home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us.…

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3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Justice Action Center

Justice Action Center JAC pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the…

Civil Rights
5
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

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6
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
7
Nijc Nfp

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a leader in advancing immigrant rights through its unique strategy drawing on its legal services to promote legal reform through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

Crime & Legal
8
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc

UUSC advances human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies. Our work is grounded in the belief that all people have inherent…

International
9
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
10
Tzedek Social Justice Fund
Philanthropy
11
Jewish Center for Justice

Founded in 2017, the Jewish Center for Justice (JCJ) is a distinguished social justice, education, and leadership development platform that meets each individual where they are in their journey to inspire change. JCJ's mission is to…

Human Services
12
The Conversationalist
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Action; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Climate Restoration 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

38 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. 38 of the 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
22/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROSSROADS FUND INC: $52,000 · OtherCROSSROADS FUND INCHEADWATERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherHEADWATERS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $48,121 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBETH JACOB CONGREGATION: $35,452 · OtherBETH JACOB CONGREGATIONBEND THE ARC: $25,101 · OtherBEND THE ARCTHE TALMUD TORAH OF ST PAUL: $17,000 · Other+37 more: $181,991 · Other+37 moreNEW ISRAEL FUND: $80,680 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDNEGOTIATION STRATEGIES INSTITUTE: $7,000 · InternationalNEGOTIATION STRAT…AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $4,250 · InternationalNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $3,500 · International+3 more: $2,750 · InternationalPangea Legal Services: $15,100 · Crime & LegalPangea Le…YOUTH LAW CENTER: $10,000 · Crime & LegalYOUTH LAW…Chicago Torture Justice Center: $10,000 · Crime & LegalChicago T…NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $10,000 · Crime & LegalNORTHSIDE…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN …Indigenous Justice: $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Black Organizing Project Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesMIRY'S LIST: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 · Human ServicesELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $10,000 · Civil RightsInjustice Watch NFP: $2,000 · Civil RightsJEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION: $1,918 · Civil RightsJEWS OF COLOR INITIATIVE: $1,500 · Civil RightsUNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE INC: $4,250 · EducationHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 · EnvironmentFOUNDATION FOR CLIMATE RESTORATION INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP: $1,000 · EnvironmentSOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $1,000 · Environment350 BAY AREA: $1,000 · Environment
Other$409,665International$98,180Crime & Legal$51,100Human Services$22,000Civil Rights$15,418Education$14,250Environment$14,000

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 budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $80,680 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS FUND INC: $52,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TALMUD TORAH OF ST PAUL: $17,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPangea Legal Services: $15,100 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBUILDING BLOCKS FOR KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetURBAN STRATEGIES COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Black Organizing Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH LAW CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEGOTIATION STRATEGIES INSTITUTE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE UNITED JEWISH FUND AND COUNCIL ST PAUL JEWISH FEDERATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE INC: $4,250 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetInjustice Watch NFP: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION: $1,918 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWS OF COLOR INITIATIVE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CLIMATE RESTORATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPICO California: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350 BAY AREA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $500 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 NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TALMUD TORAH OF ST PAUL ↗
  • Who funds Pangea Legal Services ↗
  • Who funds UNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds Indigenous Justice ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BLOCKS FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds URBAN STRATEGIES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds The Black Organizing Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds HONOR THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Torture Justice Center ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
  • Who funds NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED JEWISH FUND AND COUNCIL ST PAUL JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds NEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC ↗

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.

Jewish Community Fede…Amalgamated Charitabl…NEO Philanthropy IncSilicon Valley Commun…Tides CenterTides FoundationThe California Endowm…East Bay Community Fo…ImpactassetsincJewish Communal FundNew Israel FundThe Minneapolis Found…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Center · Tides Foundation · The California Endowment · East Bay Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Communal Fund · New Israel Fund · The Minneapolis 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 Louis E Newman Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis E Newman Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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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    How do I get to Louis E Newman Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Louis E Newman Charitable Trust 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 70 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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