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Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
139
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$20MEducation$18MHuman Services$14MPhilanthropy$12MArts & Culture$4.7MYouth Development$4.5MHealth$2.3MInternational$1.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 139 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $127k
  • $10k–50k50 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k41 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+13 grants · $7.5M
$27,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$342M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER$2,156,000
THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC$952,500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ROCHESTER INC$544,203
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER$536,500
TALMUDICAL INSTITUTE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK$513,750
THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC$453,592
JEWISH HOME FOUNDATION$408,490
TEMPLE BETH EL$371,500
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$337,940
TEMPLE B'RITH KODESH$337,000
TEMPLE SINAI$334,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$280,000
CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT$260,000
HILLEL COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL$228,500
FREEDOM SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER INC$226,403
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 (FY17–24, $11.2M) 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%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $70k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $50k → 14%NEW YORK COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS INC: $138k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $30k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $22k → 14%ROCOVERY FITNESS: $25k → 14%HOME CARE RESEARCH OF ROCHESTER INC: $50k → 14%FREEDOM SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER INC: $226k → 14%FREEDOM SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER INC: $60k → 14%ROC ROYAL INC: $127k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $953k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $739k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $205k → 14%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $165k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $103k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $78k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $65k → 14%MEDICAL MOTOR SERVICE OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY INC: $50k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $143k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $135k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $100k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $25k → 14%THE YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $735k → 14%THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $454k → 14%THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $272k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $174k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $128k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $100k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $100k → 14%THE YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $85k → 14%THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $63k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $55k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $47k → 14%THE YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $39k → 14%HOUSE OF MERCY: $28k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $25k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $753k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $100k → 14%CARING AND SHARING JUNIOR ACADEMY: $137k → 14%THE YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $187k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $155k → 14%THE HUB585 INC: $100k → 14%THE HUB585 INC: $60k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $2.2M → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $770k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $396k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $143k → 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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$71M · 264 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

264 repeat relationships: 110 still active in FY2024, 154 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

264
139

Total granted

$71M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+30%

Still filing today

70%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • JS
    JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $7.6M · revenue +11%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +81%
  • TI
    TALMUDICAL INSTITUTE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +161%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF GREECE
    one grant, 2020 · $330k
  • TN
    TRUE NORTH ROCHESTER PREPARATORY CHARTER
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • MC
    MARY CARIOLA CHILDREN'S CENTER SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $165k
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
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
2
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
3
One Roc Inc

The company's mission is to create new jobs, increase regional wealth, raise regional gdp and enhance opportunity; to invest in a world-class economic development ecosystem where incumbent businesses are thriving, new firms are locating,…

Community Improvement
4
Rochester Art Center

Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…

Arts & Culture
5
Rochester Management Inc

To provide clean, safe, well maintained, and affordable apartments and townhouses, suitable for anyone, in many locations throughout rochester, new york.

Housing & Shelter
6
Rochester Civic Theatre

The mission of rochester civic theatre is to engage community organizations through collaboration and shared resources, enrich lives through education and outreach, and elevate human connection through theatre arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Rochester Child Care Center Inc

The center strives to provide a range of services that support working parents while fostering the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of their children. special consideration is given to low income families and families…

Human Services
8
Compeer Rochester Inc

Through supportive friendships, enhance the wellness of those with social and emotional barriers.

Health
9
Rochester Academy of Science Charter School

Rochester academy of science charter school (the school) is a not-for-profit education corporation that operates kindergarten through 12th grades and is dedicated to providing quality education to a diverse body of students in the…

Education
10
Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc

NeighborWorks Rochester collaborates with people and partners to strengthen, sustain and promote city neighborhoods. Our services are available to a wide spectrum of the community, including existing and potential homeowners, tenants and…

Housing & Shelter
11
Rit Global Delivery Corporation

Provide administrative and other support services to academic programs sponsored by rochester institute of technology both in the united states and abroad.

Education
12
Rochester Oasis

To promote successful aging for adults age 50 and older through lifelong learning, health programs and volunteer engagement. our vision is that adults age 50 plus have opportunities to pursue vibrant, healthy, productive and meaningful…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lost Bird 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

296 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. 296 of the 435 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
87
Early backer (in before they grew)
284/296
Grantees still filing
197/296
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GR ROCH: $2,851,505 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GR ROCHTALMUDICAL INSTITUTE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK: $2,330,342 · OtherTALMUDICAL INSTITUTE OF UPSTATE NEW YORKJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GRTR ROCH: $2,259,460 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GRTR ROCHTEMPLE BETH EL: $2,142,631 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ELJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $2,136,823 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INCTEMPLE BRITH KODESH: $2,097,437 · OtherTEMPLE BRITH KODESHTEMPLE SINAI: $1,832,015 · OtherHILLEL SCHOOL INC: $1,553,837 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $1,340,000 · Other+96 more: $15,883,805 · Other+96 moreUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2,789,976 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHE…HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $1,396,919 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM …NAZARETH UNIVERSITY: $1,367,942 · EducationNAZARETH UNIVERSITYST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $1,252,022 · EducationST JOHN FISHER UNIV…Rochester Institute of Technology: $1,243,273 · EducationRochester Institute…RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $1,041,600 · EducationRELAY GRADUATE SCHO…THE MIND TRUST INC: $545,364 · EducationROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $535,470 · EducationVERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL: $502,138 · EducationEDCEPTIONAL INC: $496,840 · Education+18 more: $2,637,960 · Education+18 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $4,371,900 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNIT…The Center for Youth Services Inc: $2,087,300 · Human ServicesThe Center for …YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $1,084,850 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER…THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $788,485 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY P…The Children's Agenda Inc: $403,001 · Human ServicesIBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $371,900 · Human Services+15 more: $1,973,229 · Human Services+15 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $5,893,520 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMM…JEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $754,490 · PhilanthropyJEWISH SENI…ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $602,250 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER A…FRIENDS OF UNISTREAM INC: $575,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF …+5 more: $610,963 · Philanthropy+5 moreJEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $7,634,250 · ReligionJEWISH SENI…ORA ACADEMY: $310,774 · Religion+2 more: $97,500 · ReligionROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $321,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $256,992 · Arts & CultureTHE LITTLE THEATRE FILM SOCIETY INC: $172,000 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER INC: $155,140 · Arts & CultureRochester Community TV Inc: $140,750 · Arts & CultureTHE LANDMARK SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $138,500 · Arts & CultureFlower City Arts Center Inc: $133,000 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER: $130,640 · Arts & CultureWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $123,500 · Arts & CultureGENESEE COUNTRY MUSEUM: $111,804 · Arts & CultureWRITERS & BOOKS INC: $101,750 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $1,178,450 · Arts & CultureThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,660,000 · InternationalENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC): $75,000 · International+1 more: $43,900 · International
Other$34,427,855Education$13,809,504Human Services$11,080,665Philanthropy$8,436,223Religion$8,042,524Arts & Culture$2,963,526International$1,778,900

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $5,893,520 over 5y, 15% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $4,371,900 over 5y, 17% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2,789,976 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTALMUDICAL INSTITUTE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK: $2,330,342 over 8y, 13% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $2,136,823 over 8y, 19% of budgetThe Center for Youth Services Inc: $2,087,300 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,660,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $1,396,919 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNAZARETH UNIVERSITY: $1,367,942 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $1,252,022 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,243,273 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $1,084,850 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $1,041,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $788,485 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetJEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $754,490 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $628,491 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $602,250 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTECHSOUP GLOBAL: $600,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOORDINATED CARE SERVICES INC: $587,572 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNISTREAM INC: $575,000 over 7y, 62% of budgetTHE MIND TRUST INC: $545,364 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $535,470 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $506,932 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetVERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL: $502,138 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetEDCEPTIONAL INC: $496,840 over 5y, 16% of budgetCONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $488,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc: $403,001 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetIBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $371,900 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetTHE HARLEY SCHOOL: $335,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $321,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $317,800 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBREATHEDEEP INC: $312,700 over 3y, 31% of budgetORA ACADEMY: $310,774 over 8y, 24% of budgetFreedom Scholars Learning Center Inc: $286,403 over 2y, 68% of budgetHILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER INC: $263,942 over 5y, 17% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GENEVA INC: $257,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $256,992 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE HALL: $242,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $225,049 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetNORTHEAST CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK INC: $225,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $225,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT FOUNDATION INC: $199,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCheckups Cares Inc: $188,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetFINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $185,975 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 2y, 7.0% 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 JEWISH SENIOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds TALMUDICAL INSTITUTE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Youth Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds NAZARETH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) ↗
  • Who funds RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TECHSOUP GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COORDINATED CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNISTREAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MIND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds EDCEPTIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTED COMMUNITIES 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.

Esl Charitable Founda…United Way of Greater…Rochester Area Commun…Greater Rochester Hea…William & Sheila Kona…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Rochester Area Commun…Paychex Charitable Fo…Ames-Amzalak Memorial…Charles J & Burton S …Waldron Rise Foundati…Rochester Female Char…
Esl Charitable FoundationNY246× affinity141 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Esl Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · Waldron Rise Foundation Inc · Rochester Female Charitable Society

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 Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
81report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Max and Marian Farash Charitable 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 435 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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