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Saul and Lee Rachelson Family Foundation at a glance

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Saul and Lee Rachelson 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.

$149k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$52k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$146kReligion$131kYouth Development$59kEducation$49kHuman Services$46kHousing & Shelter$35kArts & Culture$10kEmployment$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $103k
$8,885
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION SCHAARAI ZEDEK$52,009
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITALS FOUNDATION$50,838
MENORAH LIFE FOUNDATION$10,000
TAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS & FEDERATION$10,000
YOUNG LIFE$8,885
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES$8,885
GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$5,000
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION$2,500
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND & LOW VISION$500
GOLD SHIELD FOUNDATION$300
TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER$275
FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$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 (FY19–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 13%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 13%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 13%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 13%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $9k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $7k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $7k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $7k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $6k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $6k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$625k · 21 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$625k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+55%

Still filing today

76%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $174k · revenue +958%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $68k · revenue +38%
  • METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $43k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • MF
    MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • YM
    YE MYSTIC KREWE OF GASPARILLA COMMUNITY FUND CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $150 · revenue +9%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100 · revenue +59%
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
Florida Health Sciences Center Inc

As the region's leading safety net hospital, tampa general hospital is committed to providing area residents with excellent and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services. our shared purpose:…

Health
2
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Inc

The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Health
3
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
4
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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5
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc

The tampa general hospital foundation exclusively operates for the purpose of raising funds to support the research, education and service mission of florida health sciences center, inc. dba tampa general hospital. tampa general is a 982…

Health
6
The Florida International University Health Care Network Inc

Fiu health care network's mission is to improve and support medical education at the fiu herbert wertheim college of medicine and provide clinical support services to the larger fiu community.

—
7
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
8
Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc

Bethesda hospital foundation is a not-for-profit organization established for the benefit and support of bethesda hospital. its purpose is to assist the hospital in accomplishing its mission through the acquisition, management and…

—
9
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
10
The Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice institute is now inactive.

—
11
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
12
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gold Shield Foundation 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

22 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. 22 of the 29 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
20/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION SCHAARAI ZEDEK: $181,263 · OtherCONGREGATION SCHAARAI ZEDEKTAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS & FEDERATION: $32,000 · OtherTAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS & FEDERATIONTHE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCMOFFITT CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $21,060 · OtherMOFFITT CANCER CENTER FOUNDATIONMENORAH LIFE FOUNDATION: $11,500 · Other+11 more: $22,150 · Other+11 moreST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $173,518 · HealthST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FO…MENORAH MANOR FOUNDATION INC: $9,900 · HealthMENORAH MANOR FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $1,000 · HealthYOUNG LIFE: $67,865 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $43,387 · Human ServicesMETROPOLIT…TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesTAMPA JEWI…THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $23,250 · Education+2 more: $250 · EducationTHE CHISELERS INC: $3,665 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $200 · PhilanthropyTHE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER: $2,895 · Environment
Other$292,973Health$184,418Youth Development$67,865Human Services$57,887Education$23,500Philanthropy$3,865Environment$2,895

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 budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $173,518 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $67,865 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $43,387 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $23,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMENORAH MANOR FOUNDATION INC: $9,900 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD SHIELD FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHISELERS INC: $3,665 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER: $2,895 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYE MYSTIC KREWE OF GASPARILLA COMMUNITY FUND CORPORATION: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $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.

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.

Community Foundation …Vinik Family Foundati…Debartolo Family Foun…Publix Super Markets …The Yerrid Foundation…Top Jewish Foundation…Pinellas Community Fo…New York Yankees Tamp…Frank E Duckwall Foun…Mary & Bob Sierra Fam…Duke Energy FoundationBaird Foundation Inc
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Yerrid Foundation Inc · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · New York Yankees Tampa Foundation Inc · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · Mary & Bob Sierra Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Baird 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 Saul and Lee Rachelson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saul and Lee Rachelson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 29 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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