· Private foundation
Perles Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $53,000 |
| THE KNIGHTS | $25,000 |
| JEWISH LEARNING FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| UHEALTH- UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM | $5,000 |
| JAMES W FOLEY LEGACY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| 2LIVES FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ALASKA JEWISH MUSEUM | $3,800 |
| ONENESS FAMILY MONTESSORI SCHOOL | $500 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BSBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $326k · revenue +27%
- NWNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC4× · 2019–2024 · $45k · revenue +17%
- JWJAMES W FOLEY LEGACY FOUNDATION INC6× · 2019–2025 · $28k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- FFREEBSDone grant, 2019 · $80k
- GSGOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURESone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -17%
- ATAUSTIN TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +2%
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.
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.
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
The mission of the tucson jewish community center (tucson j) is to cultivate and enrich jewish identity, ensure jewish continuity, foster wellness, and broaden communal harmony. the vision is to strive to be an outstanding jewish community…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.
The usta mission is growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.usta is the national governing body for the sport of tennis and the recognized leader in promoting and developing the sport's growth on every level…
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…
The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…
The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…
The orchestra is dedicated to bringing orchestral music of the highest caliber to south florida. its mission is to delight, inspire and educate the communities we serve through music.
The contemporary jewish museum (the cjm) makes the diversity of the jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first-century audience through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.
The performance art museum (pam) is the first u.s. institution exclusively dedicated to the presentation and preservation of live art. our mission is to facilitate the powerful impact of live experiences that can profoundly transform our…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds JAMES W FOLEY LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI CITY BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALASKA JEWISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds 18 DEGREES INC ↗
- Who funds Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Perles Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perles Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- 18 Degrees Inc: 60% of income from government
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
- New World Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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