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Michael and Sheila Abiri Foundation at a glance

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Michael and Sheila Abiri Foundation

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.

$138k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$557kInternational$476kPhilanthropy$53kArts & Culture$19kEducation$11kHealth$6kAnimals$5kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $52k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOWNTOWN JEWISH CENTER CHABAD$79,100
HAR ZION TEMPLE$33,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$18,720
CHABAD OF FORT LEE$2,000
CHABAD HOUSE AT PENN$2,000
CHABAD OF ROSLYN$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CHABAD JEWISH CENTERS$1,000
RADNOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RADNOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 6%CHABAD HOUSE AT PENN: $2k → 22%HEBREW DISCOVERY CENTER: $18k → 14%IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NY: $30k → 6%CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY: $4k → 17%DOWNTOWN JEWISH CENTER CHABAD: $79k → 13%CHABAD OF FORT LEE: $5k → 7%HEBREW DISCOVERY CENTER: $15k → 14%IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NY: $20k → 6%DOWNTOWN JEWISH CENTER CHABAD: $40k → 13%CHABAD OF FORT LEE: $5k → 7%HEBREW DISCOVERY CENTER: $8k → 14%DOWNTOWN JEWISH CENTER CHABAD: $8k → 13%CHABAD OF FORT LEE: $5k → 7%CHABAD OF MAIN LINE: $18k → 7%DOWNTOWN JEWISH CENTER CHABAD: $4k → 13%CHABAD OF FORT LEE: $5k → 7%CHABAD OF MAIN LINE: $18k → 7%CHABAD OF MAIN LINE: $10k → 7%CHABAD OF ROSLYN: $5k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100k → 17%CHABAD OF MAIN LINE: $3k → 7%CHABAD OF ROSLYN: $5k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%CHABAD OF ROSLYN: $3k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $75k → 7%CHABAD OF ROSLYN: $3k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $60k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $33k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $20k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $50k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $13k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $40k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $11k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $15k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $10k → 7%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $9k → 7%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $9k → 7%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $5k → 7%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $5k → 7%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $5k → 7%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%HAR ZION TEMPLE: $5k → 7%FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $19k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
AR
DC
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 18 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
17

Total granted

$1.0M
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

39%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 & CultureAnimalsInternationalHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    5× · 2017–2023 · $456k · revenue +206%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $8k · revenue +7%
  • RH
    RADNOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CJ
    CHABAD JEWISH CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • PM
    PHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +39%
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

The jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…

Philanthropy
4
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
6
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
9
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
10
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
11
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Jewish History Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

18 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. 18 of the 42 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAR ZION TEMPLE: $266,525 · OtherHAR ZION TEMPLEMEKOR CHAYIM INC: $133,200 · OtherMEKOR CHAYIM INCCHABAD OF MAIN LINE: $48,500 · OtherCHABAD OF MAIN LINEHEBREW DISCOVERY CENTER: $41,000 · OtherHEBREW DISCOVERY CENTERCHABAD OF ROSLYN INC: $29,226 · OtherCHABAD OF FORT LEE: $26,357 · Other+23 more: $35,817 · Other+23 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $456,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $18,720 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalIRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureRADNOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,650 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $525 · Arts & CultureBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 · HealthTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,000 · EducationWILDLIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC: $2,000 · AnimalsPHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $1,500 · AnimalsHOOVED ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 · Animals
Other$580,625International$475,220Philanthropy$50,000Arts & Culture$19,175Health$6,000Education$5,000Animals$4,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $456,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $18,720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRADNOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,650 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMain Line Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $250 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds RADNOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Main Line Animal Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds HOOVED ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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.

The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · 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 Michael and Sheila Abiri Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael and Sheila Abiri Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 42 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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