· Private foundation
Perlman Family Foundation Founded by Anita and Louis Perlman
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 $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $297k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $491k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH UNITED FUND | $139,000 |
| OHR TORAH STONE | $120,000 |
| WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE | $100,000 |
| ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $82,000 |
| US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS | $50,000 |
| IMPACT ISRAEL | $47,500 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | $45,000 |
| NORTON & ELAINE SARNOFF CENTER FOR JEWISH GENETICS | $45,000 |
| ALAIN LOCKE CHARTER SCHOOL | $39,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF BROWARD COUNTY | $31,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY | $25,000 |
| FIEDLER HILLEL AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $24,000 |
| COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES | $20,000 |
| JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA | $10,000 |
| ISRAEL TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTERS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
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, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO6× · 2019–2025 · $834k · revenue +57%
- OTOhr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel6× · 2019–2025 · $665k · revenue +53%
- ALAlain Locke Charter School6× · 2019–2025 · $200k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- FSFAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOEgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +56%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $25k
- IPISRAEL PARASPORT CENTERone grant, 2024 · $15k
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.
To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…
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…
American jewish university (aju) advances and elevates the jewish journey of individuals, organizations and our community through excellence in scholarship, teaching, engaged conversation, and outreach. aju is a thriving center of jewish…
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…
Wisdom without walls is a nonprofit, nondenominational, online learning community that hosts intimate conversations with the most prominent voices in contemporary jewish thought, fostering discussions without ideological barriers.
How this is measured
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 28 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 JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel ↗
- Who funds Alain Locke Charter School ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds IMPACTISRAEL INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds BEBER CAMP PROPERTY INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC ↗
- Who funds Wellness House ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Circle of Service Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Perlman Family Foundation Founded by Anita and Louis Perlman funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perlman Family Foundation Founded by Anita and Louis Perlman. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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