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Marcia Riklis Family Foundation at a glance

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Marcia Riklis Family 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.

$1k
Granted FY2019
1
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$1k
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 2019.

Philanthropy$331kInternational$256kEducation$103kHousing & Shelter$100kReligion$80kPublic Benefit$70kHealth$47kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2019 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,350
Median grant
1
States reached
$720
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PUBLIC THEATRE$1,350
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%THE JEWISH BOARD: $18k → 17%JCC MANHATTAN: $2k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY: $4k → 17%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Marcia Riklis Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Marcia Riklis Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74k · 3 repeat orgs$870k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
24

Total granted

$74k
$869k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+31%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
InternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesSocial ScienceEducationRecreation & 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

  • CK
    CYCLE KIDS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • TH
    THE HIDE AND SEEK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $24k · revenue -58%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BATSHEVA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +22%
  • TP
    THE PEACEWORKS NETWORK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue -61%
  • TP
    THE PORTLAND TRUST
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
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.

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The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
4
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
5
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
6
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

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…

Philanthropy
7
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
8
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
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
American Friends of Kohelet Policy Forum

The principal and primary intent of the organization is to support kohelet policy forum (the "forum"), a jerusalem-based non-profit policy center founded in 2012, comprised of leading academics and researchers.

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11
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
12
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Peaceworks Network Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Hide and Seek Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH…TIDES FOUNDATION: $80,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATIONPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $36,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCTHE HIDE AND SEEK FOUNDATION: $23,600 · PhilanthropyTHE HIDE AND SEEK FOUNDATION+2 more: $6,200 · PhilanthropyTHE PEACEWORKS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $125,000 · InternationalTHE PEACEWORKS NETWORK FOUNDATIONTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA: $75,000 · InternationalTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NOR…American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $60,000 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv UnivISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $50,000 · InternationalISRAEL POLICY FORUM INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVER…+1 more: $7,200 · InternationalTHE PORTLAND TRUST: $100,000 · OtherTHE PORTLAND TRUSTJEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL: $50,000 · OtherJEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUN…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BATSHEVA: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BA…NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC: $18,000 · OtherNEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTA…HAZON INC: $7,200 · Other+6 more: $19,250 · Other+6 moreBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $7,900 · EducationCYCLE KIDS INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $28,000 · Social ScienceJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesHEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $3,600 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $1,800 · Human ServicesBOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $18,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$395,800International$342,200Other$214,450Education$32,900Recreation & Sports$30,000Social Science$28,000Human Services$23,400Religion$18,000

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEACEWORKS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYCLE KIDS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $28,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HIDE AND SEEK FOUNDATION: $23,600 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $7,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetT'RUAH: $7,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHAZON INC: $7,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMON GOOD FORUM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $1,200 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.

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 Communal FundFjcMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY16× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Marcia Riklis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marcia Riklis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Marcia Riklis Family 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 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home