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Robert J Ades Foundation at a glance

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Robert J Ades 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.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$245kHealth$46kRecreation & Sports$24kPhilanthropy$18kEducation$12kInternational$8kArts & Culture$7kHuman Services$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$3,358
Median grant
3
States reached
$745k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWELL HEALTH$12,500
SHEHEBAR SEPHARDIC CENTER$10,400
UNIONCOLLEGE$5,000
SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
SHAARE ZION OF GREAT NECK$4,857
PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE$3,358
Individual grant recipient$2,600
HIAS$1,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$1,000
ASPCA$1,000
TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM$700
02The need
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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 (FY18–22, $4k) 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.

area typical 9%LARGER THAN LIFE: $250 → 13%MISAKIM: $1k → 20%WESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $500 → 9%WESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $500 → 9%DOROT: $500 → 17%DOROT: $500 → 17%DOROT: $500 → 17%DOROT: $300 → 17%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
NJ
CT
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$369k · 41 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
49

Total granted

$369k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+1%

Still filing today

32%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • UG
    UNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $24k · revenue +138%
  • TS
    THE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue ×13
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    5× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +13%
  • YW
    YESHIVA WANG UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • CS
    CONGREGATION SHAARE SHALOM INC
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Sherit Isroel
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2
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
3
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
4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
6
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
7
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
8
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc

Uja-federation of new york (uja) cares for jews everywhere and new yorkers of all backgrounds, responds to crises close to home and far away, and shapes the jewish future. through strategic grantmaking, uja provides funding and resources…

Philanthropy
9
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
10
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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.…

Arts & Culture
11
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

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…

Education
12
International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem

The sec is dedicated to strengthening jewish indentiy for youth and young adults, and to building a new generation of spiritual and community leaders. from our historic campus in the old city of jerusalem to our various diaspora branches,…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. 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

38 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. 38 of the 93 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)
37/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHEHEBAR SEPHARDIC CENTER: $64,705 · OtherSHEHEBAR SEPHARDIC CENTERYESHIVA UNIVERSITY SEPHARDIC PROGRAM: $45,000 · OtherYESHIVA UNIVERSITY SEPHARDIC PROGRAMCONGREGATION SHAARE ZION OF GREAT NECK: $39,060 · OtherCONGREGATION SHAARE ZION OF GREAT NECKSHAARE ZION OF GREAT NECK CORP: $28,742 · OtherSHAARE ZION OF GREAT NECK CORPSEPHARDIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $12,827 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $12,635 · Other+67 more: $99,764 · Other+67 moreNORTHWELL HEALTH INC: $32,500 · Community ImprovementUNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC: $24,450 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,720 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,100 · InternationalHIAS INC: $1,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $700 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $550 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEHEBAR SEPHARDIC CENTER INC: $501 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $400 · InternationalKEHILAT DERECH YESHARA INC: $4,302 · ReligionSEPHARDIC INSTITUTE SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING: $1,000 · ReligionTHE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $3,800 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $600 · Arts & CultureBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $400 · Arts & CultureSPARKS PPD INC: $1,801 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,800 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $750 · HealthLIFES ANGELS INC co Brett Dunne: $250 · Health
Other$330,733Community Improvement$32,500Recreation & Sports$24,450International$8,471Religion$5,302Arts & Culture$4,800Health$4,601

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 budgetUNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC: $24,450 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $3,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,070 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPARKS PPD INC: $1,801 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISASKIM CORP: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPHARDIC INSTITUTE SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEHEBAR SEPHARDIC CENTER INC: $501 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL WAXMAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CROSSED ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA INC: $324 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFES ANGELS INC co Brett Dunne: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION: $200 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.

  • Who funds UNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds KEHILAT DERECH YESHARA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SPARKS PPD INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROT INC ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND 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.

Jewish Communal FundJack D Cohen Foundati…Isaac & Marjorie Gind…Chehebar Family Found…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…N'Ve Shalom Foundatio…The Mamiye Foundation…I Chera & Sons Founda…The Ralph S Gindi Fam…E R G FoundationThe Howard Hoffman & …The Setton Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY35.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jack D Cohen Foundation Inc · Isaac & Marjorie Gindi Foundation Inc · Chehebar Family Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · N'Ve Shalom Foundation Inc · The Mamiye Foundation Inc · I Chera & Sons Foundation Inc · The Ralph S Gindi Family Foundation · E R G Foundation · The Howard Hoffman & Sons Foundation Inc · The Setton 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 Robert J Ades Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert J Ades Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 93 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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