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Nina Abrams Fund

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.

$170k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$42,500
Organizations funded a year
29 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Nina Abrams Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving37$170k14%
FY202336$180k17%
FY202237$188k14%
FY202138$162k21%
FY202034$137k24%
FY201936$129k17%
FY201829$99k10%
FY201735$122kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Environment$389kEducation$211kHealth$125kCrime & Legal$106kInternational$94kArts & Culture$86kHuman Services$76kCivil Rights$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rainforest Trust$176,80050%
Bet Tzedek$80,00080%
Long Island University$80,00080%
Room to Read$70,40030%
Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc$70,00081%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$30,40080%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$29,00070%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$28,00080%
War Child USA Inc$28,00082%
Womens Justice Now$23,50041%
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All grantees of Nina Abrams Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rainforest Trust$176,80050%
Bet Tzedek$80,00080%
Long Island University$80,00080%
Room to Read$70,40030%
Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc$70,00081%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$30,40080%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$29,00070%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$28,00080%
War Child USA Inc$28,00082%
Womens Justice Now$23,50041%
Treepeople Inc$20,50080%
Heal the Bay$20,00080%
Sisterhood Is Global Institute Inc$20,00021%
She's the First Inc$18,50080%
United in Harmony$18,00080%
Population Connection$17,50080%
Comfort Zone Camp Inc$17,50070%
Media-Providence Friends School$15,00050%
Survival Centers Inc$12,00070%
The Tender Inc$12,00081%
Opera America Inc$11,00080%
Jenesse Center Inc$11,00040%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$10,00020%
Maestra Music Inc$9,50051%
Watsi Inc$9,00030%
Go Campaign$8,50020%
Everybody Dance La$7,50050%
Gabriella Charter Schools$5,00030%
Hias Inc$5,00040%
Dorot Inc$4,50030%
Public Concern Foundation Inc$4,00030%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$3,50020%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$3,50020%
McCarter Theatre Company$3,00030%
Maine Needs Inc$3,00020%
Oshiana Unique Thompkins Foundation$3,0003n/a
A Place for Kids$3,00021%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$2,50010%
Transition Town Media$1,5001n/a
The Tomorrow Fund$1,50030%
React DC Inc$1,50011%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Northampton Education Foundation Inc$1,50011%
Tutwiler Community Education Center$1,50010%
Foodlink Inc$1,50010%
Island Harvest Ltd$1,50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,50010%
First Book$1,00010%
Charlottesville Free Clinic$1,00010%
Safe Passage Inc$1,00010%
Amherst Neighbors Inc$1,00011%
The Innocence Project Inc$1,00010%
Wednesday Music Club$1,00010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$1,00010%
Hofstra University$1,00010%
Big House Books$1,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
Council on the Environment Inc$1,00010%
Seeing Place Theater Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nina Abrams Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRainforest Trust: $176,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBet Tzedek: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLong Island University: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRoom to Read: $70,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc: $70,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $30,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $28,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWar Child USA Inc: $28,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetWomens Justice Now: $23,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $20,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHeal the Bay: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSisterhood Is Global Institute Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetShe's the First Inc: $18,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUnited in Harmony: $18,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPopulation Connection: $17,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetComfort Zone Camp Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMedia-Providence Friends School: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSurvival Centers Inc: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tender Inc: $12,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetOpera America Inc: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaestra Music Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWatsi Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGo Campaign: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEverybody Dance La: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGabriella Charter Schools: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Concern Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Needs Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Place for Kids: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tomorrow Fund: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetReact DC Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCopiah-Lincoln Community College Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthampton Education Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTutwiler Community Education Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFoodlink Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Harvest Ltd: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Book: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharlottesville Free Clinic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Passage Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA15× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

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About Nina Abrams Fund

How much does Nina Abrams Fund give?
Nina Abrams Fund reported 37 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Nina Abrams Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Education (18%), Health (10%).
Who are Nina Abrams Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rainforest Trust ($177k), Bet Tzedek ($80k), Long Island University ($80k).
Does Nina Abrams Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nina Abrams Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nina Abrams Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, American Express Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Nina Abrams Fund based?
Nina Abrams Fund is based in CA.

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 78 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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