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Perlman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Perlman 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.

$310k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$291kPhilanthropy$93kEducation$77kHuman Services$74kCrime & Legal$52kHealth$44kHousing & Shelter$42kInternational$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HELPING ABUSED NEGLECTED DISADVANTAGED YOUTH (HANDY) INC$100,000
THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$59,500
MIAMI RESCUE MISSION INC$20,000
MERCY SHIPS INTERNATIONAL$20,000
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC$20,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$20,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH$12,500
TEAM RUBICON$10,000
PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS$10,000
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING$10,000
SKG TOUCHDOWN CLUB$9,000
WESTERN COVER SOCIETY$7,500
NEW HORIZON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$6,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SOUTH BROWARD INC$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELPING ABUSED NEGLECTED DISADVANTAGED YOUTH (HANDY) INC: $100k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SOUTH BROWARD INC: $5k → 13%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

MI
NY
IN
CA
MO
KY
VA
GA
TX
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$540k · 12 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
8

Total granted

$540k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-13%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • TS
    THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +20%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • PC
    PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • Mercy Ships International
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -13%
  • UP
    US PHILATELIC CLASSICS SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -13%
  • PB
    PARENT BOOSTER USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Global Surgical and Medical Support Group

The global surgical and medical support group (gsmsg) is a 501(c)3 non- profit organization dedicated to providing medical relief to communities in conflict zones, austere environments and disaster areas around the world. by enlisting the…

Health
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Us Navy Memorial Foundation

The navy memorial mission is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and the important contributions made by them while serving in the united states navy, marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. the…

Arts & Culture
9
Business Executives for National Security

Bens applies industry experience and best business practices to help address our nation's pressing national security challenges.

International
10
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

We're freeing america from gun violence.continued on schedule oin a country where firearms outnumber people, our country's gun violence epidemic requires a multi-pronged approach - and that's what brady, the leading gun violence prevention…

Crime & Legal
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Skg Touchdown Club Inc. 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

19 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. 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
9/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HANDY INC: $231,500 · OtherHANDY INCBROWARD SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION: $35,834 · OtherBROWARD SHERIFF'S FOUNDATIONWESTERN COVER SOCIETY: $27,000 · OtherWESTERN COVER SOCIETYAMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH: $23,500 · OtherAMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTHMercy Ships International: $20,000 · OtherMEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Other+12 more: $40,891 · Other+12 moreHELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH INC (HANDY INC): $100,000 · Human ServicesHELPING ADVANCE …JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SOUTH BROWARD INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $89,500 · PhilanthropyTHE SHERIFFS F…BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · PhilanthropySTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationSTEPHEN S…SKG Touchdown Club Inc: $9,000 · EducationSKG Touch…Miami Rescue Mission Inc: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $15,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$398,725Human Services$105,000Philanthropy$93,000Education$59,000Housing & Shelter$40,000Youth Development$22,500Crime & Legal$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH INC (HANDY INC): $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $89,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMiami Rescue Mission Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH: $23,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKG Touchdown Club Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SOUTH BROWARD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUS PHILATELIC CLASSICS SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida National Guard Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $476 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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Perlman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perlman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc): 21% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Centers of South Broward Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 28 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
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home