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Richard A and Susan P Friedman Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Richard A and Susan P Friedman Family 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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$4.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$10MEducation$6.0MPhilanthropy$345kArts & Culture$240kInternational$173kReligion$125kHuman Services$116kPublic Safety & Disaster$114kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $4.0M
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$4,000,000
American Israel Education Foundation$50,000
MorseLife Foundation Inc$25,000
Norton Museum of Art$25,000
Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation$25,000
Arts Connection$20,000
Birthright Israel Foundation$18,000
Chabad of College Hill Inc$15,000
American Friends of Israel Museum$10,000
Kravis Center$10,000
MorseLife Foundation Inc$10,000
Arts Connection$10,000
HOW Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper$5,000
Israel Tennis & Education Centers$5,000
Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 15 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
25

Total granted

$15M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+46%

Still filing today

67%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    3× · 2021–2024 · $9.0M · revenue +22%
  • University of Chicago
    3× · 2021–2023 · $5.0M · revenue +34%
  • TP
    The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $114k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • MS
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • PF
    PGA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +73%
  • CS
    CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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.

03Its 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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
8
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…

Health
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
12
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 49 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)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $9,000,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIUniversity of Chicago: $5,000,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago+1 more: $10,000 · EducationMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $1,000,000 · OtherMemorial …American Friends of Shalva: $61,000 · OtherMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $112,800 · OtherMORSELIFE…+27 more: $340,300 · Other+27 moreBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $351,800 · Philanthropy+2 more: $13,300 · PhilanthropyRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $112,500 · Arts & CultureARTSCONNECTION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $11,800 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $36,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $14,300 · InternationalISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $5,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $113,500 · Crime & Legal
Education$14,010,000Other$1,514,100Community Improvement$1,000,000Philanthropy$365,100Arts & Culture$219,300International$116,300Crime & Legal$113,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $9,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $5,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $351,800 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $113,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $112,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $112,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARTSCONNECTION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPGA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Bridge Golf Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $14,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $11,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $11,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHorace Mann School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $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.

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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.

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 49 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $655k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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