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Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$235k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$1.4MCivil Rights$1.2MInternational$1.1MHealth$850kArts & Culture$495kPublic Benefit$470kPhilanthropy$415kScience & Tech$415kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $927k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YAMPOL - EGERMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND$235,000
NEW ISRAEL FUND$217,000
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$200,000
JEWISH CURRENTS$125,000
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
BOSTON WORKERS CIRCLE$45,000
T'RUAH$30,000
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE INSTITUTE$20,000
IF NOT NOW EDUCATION FUND$20,000
HARLEM STORIES PROJECT INC$20,000
KESHET INC$20,000
HAND IN HAND$15,000
COLOR OF CHANGE$15,000
THE OLGA LENGYET INSTITUTE$10,000
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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $10k → 16%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 17 repeat orgs$347k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$5.0M
$252k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
0%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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
Arts & CultureHealthInternationalPhilanthropyEducationReligionOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +39%
  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF JEWISH SECULARISM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $425k · revenue +72%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
    5× · 2020–2025 · $340k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
  • PF
    PURPOSE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • AC
    ACTBLUE CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -99%
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
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
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
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
4
Jewish Electorate Institute

The jewish electorate institute (jei) is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that surveys, interprets, reports, and educates the public about the perspectives, voting behaviors, and motivations of the american jewish…

Civil Rights
5
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
6
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
7
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
8
Indivisible Civics

The mission of indivisible civics is to build civic leadership to empower a grassroots movement that's advancing progressive values and policies. it educates and builds the capacity of grassroots activists with organizing support,…

Civil Rights
9
Jewish Vocational Service Inc

To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Employment
10
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
11
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…

—
12
Jumpstart Labs Inc Dba Jewish Jumpstart Jslabs

To develop, strengthen, and learn from nonprofit, philanthropic, public, as well as other projects, organizations, and networks that benefit society by advancing civic engagement, community-building, culture, education, religion, service,…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brookline Il Peretz School of the Workmens Circle Inc; the most unlike its peers is Progressive Change Institute. 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

25 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. 25 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YAMPOL - EGERMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,320,000 · OtherYAMPOL - EGERMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $900,000 · OtherANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUEDEMOS: $400,000 · OtherDEMOSIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · Other+11 more: $362,200 · Other+11 moreNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,112,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDT'RUAH: $120,000 · InternationalT'RUAHIF NOT NOW EDUCATION FUND: $55,000 · International+2 more: $34,000 · InternationalPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $500,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENT…BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $320,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL…HUMAN RELATIONS SERVICE INC: $30,000 · HealthASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF JEWISH SECULARISM INC: $425,000 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION F…MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $340,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCI…BROOKLINE IL PERETZ SCHOOL OF THE WORKMENS CIRCLE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBROOKLINE IL …+1 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHOPEWELL FUND: $175,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $20,000 · PhilanthropyJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $210,000 · ReligionPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 · EducationJEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $60,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Other$3,132,200International$1,321,000Health$850,000Arts & Culture$835,000Philanthropy$365,000Religion$210,000Education$146,000

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 budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,112,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF JEWISH SECULARISM INC: $425,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $340,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $320,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $210,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetT'RUAH: $120,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProgressive Change Institute: $70,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetIF NOT NOW EDUCATION FUND: $55,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBROOKLINE IL PERETZ SCHOOL OF THE WORKMENS CIRCLE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetKESHET INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHUMAN RELATIONS SERVICE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM STORIES PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Impact: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN: $14,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEBREW COLLEGE: $1,000 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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Boston Foundation IncKrupp Family Foundati…Jewish Communal FundAmalgamated Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Krupp Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Health Law Advocates Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Day School Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Keshet Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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How do I get to Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Paul and Joanne Egerman Family 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 36 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home