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Maxwell Strawbridge Foundation at a glance

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Maxwell Strawbridge 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$25kArts & Culture$12kInternational$8kEducation$6kHuman Services$4kYouth Development$2kPhilanthropy$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JCHAI$2,500
THE MAGICAL MILA FOUNDATION$1,000
PHILADELHIA THEATRE COMPANY$500
THE BARNES FOUNDATION$250
FEED THE CHILDREN$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 6%JCHAI: $5k → 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 6%JCHAI: $3k → 10%JCHAI: $3k → 10%JCHAI: $3k → 10%JCHAI: $3k → 10%JCHAI: $3k → 10%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $750 → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $250 → 22%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

WI
NY
MA
PA
MD
DC
OK
AL
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.
$56k · 20 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
7

Total granted

$56k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+106%

Still filing today

70%
57%

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
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • JC
    JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +57%
  • TM
    THE MAGICAL MILA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +156%
  • FRIENDS OF OFANIM INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • TL
    TERRI LYNN LOKOFF CHILD CARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • ME
    MIDDLE EAST FORUMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +38%
  • SD
    SAMUEL D COZEN MEMORIAL FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +186%
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
Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin

To promote and financially support the activities of the jewish museum berlin and similar institutions whose mission is to pursue the study of the history and culture of german-speaking jewry.

Education
2
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…

—
3
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

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

Education
4
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
5
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
6
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

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

International
7
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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8
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…

—
9
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc

Yivo's mission is to study the thousand-year history of jewish life in eastern europe and russia in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways and material culture. yivo's archive and library preserves a significant collection…

Religion
10
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
11
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
12
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Society for Yad Vashem Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samuel D Cozen Memorial Fund. 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

19 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. 19 of the 28 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $17,500 · Human ServicesJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVIN…ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 · Human ServicesFEDERATION DAY CARE SERVICES D/B/A FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $3,000 · OtherPHILADELHIA THEATRE COMPA…AJC: $2,360 · OtherAJCTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PHILADELPHIA REGION SOUTH: $2,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF …TEMPLE MICAH: $2,000 · OtherTEMPLE MICAHUNITED WAY: $2,000 · OtherUNITED WAYAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JAFFA INSTITUTE: $1,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JAFFA…TERRI LYNN LOKOFF CHILD CARE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherTERRI LYNN LOKOFF CHILD C…SAMUEL D COZEN MEMORIAL FUND: $500 · Other+2 more: $500 · OtherFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $3,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF OFA…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEN…COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $1,500 · InternationalCOMMITTEE FOR …FEED THE CHILDREN INC: $900 · InternationalFEED THE CHILD…MIDDLE EAST FORUM: $500 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST FO…THE MAGICAL MILA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthTHE MAGICAL …JBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · HealthJBI INTERNAT…+1 more: $100 · HealthAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOC…NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $1,750 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YID…HONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureHONESTREPORT…THE BARNES FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES F…AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & CultureAUSCHWITZ-BI…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6,000 · EducationTRUSTEES O…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$19,500Other$14,860International$8,400Health$7,100Arts & Culture$7,000Education$6,000Crime & Legal$2,000

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 budgetJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $17,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAGICAL MILA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERATION DAY CARE SERVICES D/B/A FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL D COZEN MEMORIAL FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

Erlbaum Family Founda…Jewish Federation of …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Erlbaum Family FoundationPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erlbaum Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Maxwell Strawbridge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maxwell Strawbridge 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% 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 · 0–10%
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.

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 28 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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By state
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