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Ruth R Greenberg Family Foundation at a glance

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Ruth R Greenberg 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$4k
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.

Religion$124kEducation$14kFood & Nutrition$14kPhilanthropy$9kHuman Services$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kHealth$2kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
6
States reached
$65k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION RINAT YISRAEL$3,808
CONGREGATION AHAVAS YISRAEL$2,831
CONGREGATION KETER TORAH$2,109
SABINA WASKSAL CHELSEA GAN PRESCHOO$1,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NJ$1,000
RIVERDALE JEWISH CENTER$850
JCC ON THE PALISADES$755
SAR ACADEMY$540
TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY$500
CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM$463
TEMPLE ISRAEL$421
Individual grant recipient$408
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$325
ISRALIGHT$250
KIDSKICKINGCANCERORG$250
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 (FY17–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $2k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $2k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $2k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $2k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $1k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $1k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $1k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $1k → 7%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $500 → 7%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $500 → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $250 → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $250 → 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
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
MD
DE
SC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$152k · 49 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
80

Total granted

$152k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+39%

Still filing today

27%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationReligionPhilanthropyHealthInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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
    TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +93%
  • TV
    TEANECK VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +348%
  • M
    MASBIA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • LS
    LONE SOLDIER CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR LEHOSHEET YAD
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
3
Sherit Isroel
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4
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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5
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
6
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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7
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
8
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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9
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
10
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
11
Yeshivas Ohr Yissochor Academy Inc

To operate a school in the tradition of the orthodox jewish faith.

Education
12
Yeshiva Yesodei Hachaim

To provide secondary high school education in Brooklyn, NY

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of Tiferet 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

37 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. 37 of the 143 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION RINAT YISRAEL: $52,646 · OtherCONGREGATION RINAT YISRAELCONGREGATION AHAVAS YISRAEL: $23,988 · OtherCONGREGATION AHAVAS YISRAELCONGREGATION KETER TORAH: $18,615 · OtherCONGREGATION KETER TORAHRIVERDALE JEWISH CENTER: $6,051 · Other+108 more: $45,989 · Other+108 moreTOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $10,500 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $4,661 · PhilanthropyJust One Chesed Inc: $450 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI: $250 · PhilanthropyLAMDEINU INC: $234 · PhilanthropyHEBRON FUND INC: $200 · Philanthropy+2 more: $143 · PhilanthropyYESHIVAT HEATID INC: $1,640 · EducationYESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $1,230 · EducationAFGHAN WOMENS FUND: $500 · EducationThe Frisch School: $300 · EducationWESTCHESTER TORAH ACADEMY: $185 · EducationTHE IDEA SCHOOL INC: $185 · EducationMASBIA: $2,054 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $1,750 · Food & NutritionYESHIVAS OHR V'DAAS: $1,000 · ReligionETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $400 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFERET CENTER: $358 · ReligionCHABAD OF JAPAN INC: $190 · ReligionSTORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC: $106 · ReligionAISH GLOBAL INC: $100 · ReligionAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR LEHOSHEET YAD: $1,050 · HealthYESH TIKVA INC: $100 · HealthThe Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai: $54 · HealthThe Against Malaria Foundation: $50 · Health+1 more: $30 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAAGALIM INC: $250 · International
Other$147,289Human Services$11,500Philanthropy$5,938Education$4,040Food & Nutrition$3,804Religion$2,154Health$1,284International$1,250

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 budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $10,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $4,661 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEANECK VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS: $2,775 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMASBIA: $2,054 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE PALISADES: $1,810 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT HEATID INC: $1,640 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $1,230 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR LEHOSHEET YAD: $1,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTORAH ACADEMY OF BERGEN COUNTY: $654 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA HAR TORAH: $510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFGHAN WOMENS FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJust One Chesed Inc: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFERET CENTER: $358 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frisch School: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAAGALIM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA OF NORTH JERSEY: $243 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAMDEINU INC: $234 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHABAD OF JAPAN INC: $190 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWESTCHESTER TORAH ACADEMY: $185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IDEA SCHOOL INC: $185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC: $106 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZICHRON TZVI ELIMELECH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESH TIKVA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai: $54 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $25 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 TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds TEANECK VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS ↗
  • Who funds MASBIA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE PALISADES ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT HEATID INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR LEHOSHEET YAD ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAS OHR V'DAAS ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds TORAH ACADEMY OF BERGEN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA HAR TORAH ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗

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 FundFjcGranit FoundationThe Arthur & Joyce Fe…Jewish Federation of …Cross River Community…M D Katz Foundation I…Jewish Federation of …The Ojc FundThe Blumenfeld Family…Iris and Shalom Maide…Center for Initiative…
Jewish Communal FundNY44.2× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Granit Foundation · The Arthur & Joyce Fein Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · Cross River Community Foundation · M D Katz Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Ojc Fund · The Blumenfeld Family Foundation · Iris and Shalom Maidenbaum Foundation Inc · Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education

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 Ruth R Greenberg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth R Greenberg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Center On the Palisades: 4% of income from government
  • Yeshiva High School for Girls Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Frisch School: 0% of income from government
  • Torah Academy of Bergen County: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 143 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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