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Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trustee at a glance

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Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trustee

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.

$166k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$301kHuman Services$280kEmployment$170kInternational$134kReligion$61kHealth$58kPublic Safety & Disaster$27kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE$50,000
FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY$25,000
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES$24,054
TEMPLE EMUNAH OF LEXINGTON$15,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$10,000
TEMPLE ISAIAH OF LEXINGTON$5,800
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$5,000
ITREK$5,000
CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION$3,600
MERCY HOUSE OF THE SOUTHERN TIER$1,800
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$1,000
AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK$1,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $1k → 11%MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS: $1k → 10%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $1k → 13%MERCY HOUSE OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $2k → 20%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 9%AFFECT REAL CHANGE: $1k → 24%MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS: $1k → 10%MUJERES UNITAS Y ACTIVAS: $1k → 10%HOPE AND COMFORT: $200 → 7%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%JEFF'S PLACE: $100 → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%JEFF'S PLACE: $100 → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%BEANTOWN BABY DIAPER BANK: $200 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $1k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $1k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $1k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $1k → 8%JEFF'S PLACE: $250 → 8%JEFF'S PLACE: $100 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 8%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $200 → 8%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $100 → 8%IRISH INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANT CENTER: $200 → 16%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $100 → 8%GOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CARE: $100 → 8%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $50 → 8%THE CHILDREN'S ROOM: $200 → 8%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

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NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trustee’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trusteelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$720k · 41 repeat orgs$137k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
96

Total granted

$720k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+37%

Still filing today

68%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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 FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $250k · revenue +32%
  • JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $169k · revenue +103%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    7× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $11k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -45%
  • KS
    KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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.

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Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
2
United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York Inc

To build / maintain a strong and united jewish community in order to ensure the continuity of the jewish people. the federation is the central agency for meeting jewish needs and articulating jewish concerns in the capital region, in…

Philanthropy
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation

Operating under the name mjhs foundation, the mission of this philanthropic organization is to raise the funds necessary to support the charitable health care efforts of the organizations within the mjhs health system family. with roots…

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
5
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
6
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
7
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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8
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
9
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc

The university of massachusetts amherst foundation leads and supports private fund raising on behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the amherst campus. its volunteer board of directors provides leadership for the development of…

Education
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
Better Food Foundation Inc

To promote dietary changes to build a healthy, equitable, humane, and environmentally-sustainable food system.

Food & Nutrition
12
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Leslie St Fang Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

98 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 98 of the 151 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/98
Grantees still filing
71/98
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $249,800 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INCIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEMPLE ISAIAH OF LEXINGTON: $24,365 · OtherTEMPLE EMUNAH OF LEXINGTON: $22,040 · Other+85 more: $91,828 · Other+85 moreCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $255,000 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropie…FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC+11 more: $16,336 · Philanthropy+11 moreJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $169,254 · EmploymentJEWISH VOCATIONA…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $75,960 · InternationalFRIENDS OF TH…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $31,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATION…ITREK INC: $15,000 · InternationalITREK INCBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · International+8 more: $8,693 · International+8 moreCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Health+13 more: $5,670 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,100 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesMujeres Unidas y Activas: $3,000 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesMERCY HOUSE OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $1,800 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $1,000 · Human ServicesAffect Real Change Inc: $1,000 · Human Services+9 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $1,020 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$468,033Philanthropy$296,336Employment$169,254International$135,653Health$35,670Human Services$28,400Arts & Culture$12,270

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $255,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $249,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $169,254 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $75,960 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetITREK INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPSTART BAY AREA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $4,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,493 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $3,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMujeres Unidas y Activas: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHaifa Foundation North America Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CAJUN NAVY RELIEF INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSE OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF PEACE OF MIND INC: $1,400 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLEXINGTON POLICE PATROLMAN'S ASSOCIATION: $1,100 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $1,040 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $1,020 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAffect Real Change Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LESLIE ST FANG FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORS IN NEED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE 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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Boston Foundation IncMiddlesex Savings Cha…Highland Street Conne…Cambridge Savings Cha…Rockland Trust Charit…Richard & Susan Smith…Community Foundation …Eastern Cambridge Fou…Arbella Insurance Fou…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA34.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Arbella Insurance 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 Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%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%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • English at Large Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Three Bays Preservation Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Jewish Healthcare Center Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Care Dimensions Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Hospice of the Good Shepherd Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Care Central Vna & Hospice Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Arlington Eats Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Neighbors in Need Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 151 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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