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Roger Feldman 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.

$324k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$312k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$493kEducation$84kHealth$80kInternational$71kAnimals$8kArts & Culture$5kPublic Benefit$4kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $13k
  • $250k+1 grant · $312k
$700
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLEL CHABAD$311,800
OUR LADY OF HOPE CATHOLIC CHURCH$3,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$1,800
CHABAD OF THE UNDERGRADS INC$1,800
THE VALERIE FUND$1,500
THE FRICK COLLECTION$1,075
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES$1,000
Individual grant recipient$700
NEW YORK ARCHITECTS REGATTA$500
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY PROJECT OF LOWER$360
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$210
VA SHERIFF INSTITUTE$200
BISHOP O'CONNELL HIGH SCHOOL$200
MARIAN FATHERS OF THE IMMACULATE$200
STERLING VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY$150
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $860) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JESPY HOUSE: $500 → 16%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY PROJECT OF LOWER: $360 → 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

ME
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$720k · 38 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
23

Total granted

$720k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+22%

Still filing today

53%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
EducationHealthInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • DH
    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
    5× · 2020–2024 · $51k · revenue +535%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $34k · revenue +198%
  • BC
    Bowdoin College
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • OJ
    OUTREACH JUDAISM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +48%
  • MU
    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • LB
    LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
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
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
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
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Judicial Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Outreach Judaism 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

36 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. 36 of the 68 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLEL CHABAD: $388,360 · OtherCOLEL CHABADCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $34,085 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUNCONGREGATION BETH EMETH: $29,440 · Other+45 more: $103,905 · Other+45 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $34,300 · InternationalAMERICAN F…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $25,800 · InternationalFRIENDS OF…The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $10,500 · InternationalThe Americ…Bowdoin College: $29,500 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $9,900 · EducationGATEWAYS ACCESS TO JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $7,350 · EducationKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $4,300 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,000 · Education+3 more: $3,875 · EducationDartmouth-Hitchcock Health: $51,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $2,500 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Health+3 more: $2,000 · HealthBROWN UNIVERSITY: $13,950 · Community ImprovementSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $7,500 · AnimalsJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $3,500 · Public Benefit
Other$555,790International$70,600Education$57,925Health$57,500Community Improvement$13,950Animals$7,500Public Benefit$3,500

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 budgetDartmouth-Hitchcock Health: $51,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $34,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $29,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $25,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $13,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $9,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetGATEWAYS ACCESS TO JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $7,350 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS INC: $6,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOUTREACH JUDAISM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $4,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUITUP INCORPORATED: $1,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $1,075 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJESPY HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY PROJECT OF LOWER MANHATTAN: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTERLING VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER CHICAGO: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $100 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 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAYS ACCESS TO JEWISH EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH JUDAISM INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT PLACE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE VALERIE FUND ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUITUP INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗

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 FundNY14.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Roger Feldman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roger Feldman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Jespy House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 68 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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