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Melvin R Clayman Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$75k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$824kArts & Culture$316kYouth Development$56kPhilanthropy$35kEducation$33kInternational$26kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kAnimals$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMERS DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION$75,000
CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$30,000
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE$5,000
JAFCO$1,800
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 (FY20–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%AJC Children's Foundation: $4k → 13%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

VT
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
NM
DC
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 20 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
35

Total granted

$1.2M
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+35%

Still filing today

70%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    6× · 2018–2025 · $165k · revenue +34%
  • SW
    SO WHAT ELSE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $35k · revenue +0%
  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc
    4× · 2018–2021 · $26k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UH
    US HOLOCAUST MUEMORIAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • FS
    FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue -30%
  • SP
    STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $10k · revenue +18%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
6
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
7
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
8
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
9
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
10
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vail Health Services Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

34 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. 34 of the 55 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $545,000 · Social ScienceALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATIONUS HOLOCAUST MUEMORIAL MUSEUM: $100,000 · OtherUS HOLOCAUST MUEMORIAL MUS…Individual grant recipient: $52,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientADL: $23,300 · OtherADLJAFCO: $19,200 · OtherJAFCOIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherBroward Performing Arts Found: $15,000 · OtherWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $16,000 · OtherWASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES: $15,000 · Other+31 more: $79,655 · Other+31 moreCURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · HealthCURE BREAST CANCER F…STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 · HealthVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $2,360 · HealthThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $165,000 · Arts & CultureThe United Stat…RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVI…+4 more: $5,660 · Arts & CultureSO WHAT ELSE INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $26,001 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,400 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · International
Social Science$545,000Other$335,655Health$252,360Arts & Culture$190,660Philanthropy$35,000Community Improvement$26,001International$25,400

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $545,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $165,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSO WHAT ELSE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $26,001 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES: $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Law School: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOLK ART ALLIANCE INC DBA IFAM: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAJC CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $3,750 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC: $360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SUNSHINE INC: $360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $75 over 4y, 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 ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CURE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds SO WHAT ELSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Vermont Law School ↗
  • Who funds VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART ALLIANCE INC DBA IFAM ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds AJC CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE VALLEY RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN14.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Melvin R Clayman Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Melvin R Clayman Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Vermont Law School: 14% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Melvin R Clayman Charitable Foundation Inc 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 55 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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