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Ronald S Haft 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.

$53k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$153kEducation$62kHealth$17kArts & Culture$16kHousing & Shelter$13kCivil Rights$12kInternational$10kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$374k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Clinton Foundation$15,000
I am Human NY$10,000
Best Buddies International Inc$10,000
The Miami Foundation$5,000
Life After Justice$3,000
50 Legs in 50 Days Foundation$2,500
Boston Children's Hospital Trust$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
NFTE$1,000
The Trevor Project$1,000
GLSEN$1,000
Howard University$750
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Boston Children's Hospital Trust: $2k → 16%BRADFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ATTN MARYANNE BELL: $1k → 12%The Trevor Project: $1k → 10%JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $500 → 14%OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1k → 14%Best Buddies International Inc: $10k → 15%I am Human NY: $10k → 13%Life After Justice: $3k → 14%CLAYPOOL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1k → 14%The Miami Foundation: $5k → 15%USC LUSK CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE: $13k → 14%Clinton Foundation: $15k → 17%SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1k → 14%PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI: $6k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $13k → 14%NFTE: $1k → 17%SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $13k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE: $10k → 17%SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%Sidwell Friends: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%SIDWELL FRIENDS: $1k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%GLSEN: $1k → 14%HEAL THE BAY: $5k → 14%Howard University: $750 → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION: $25k → 14%PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION: $21k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION: $18k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION: $18k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION: $18k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION: $18k → 14%CEDARS SINAI: $2k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2k → 14%ASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
DC
GA
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$139k · 5 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +354% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$139k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+354%
+3%

Still filing today

40%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $118k
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +50%
  • SF
    SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL
    5× · 2019–2023 · $5k

Funded once

  • UL
    USC LUSK CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE
    one grant, 2024 · $13k
  • TP
    THE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +193%
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
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
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
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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4
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
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
8
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Howard University; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 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

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 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION: $118,250 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONUSC LUSK CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE: $12,500 · OtherUSC LUSK CENTER FOR REAL ESTATEI am Human NY: $10,000 · OtherI am Human NYTHE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION+12 more: $27,000 · Other+12 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $55,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHER…+1 more: $750 · EducationBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthBILL HILLA…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $11,000 · HealthCEDARS-SIN…Children's Hospital Corporation: $2,000 · HealthChildren's…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureBest Buddies International Inc: $10,000 · InternationalTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHEAL THE BAY: $5,000 · Environment
Other$177,750Education$55,750Health$28,000Arts & Culture$16,000International$10,000Philanthropy$5,000Environment$5,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRADFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLSEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $500 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

National Philanthropi…
National Philanthropic TrustPA11.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ronald S Haft Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ronald S Haft Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Ronald S Haft Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ronald S Haft Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 26 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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