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Sda Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$30kArts & Culture$4kHealth$4kHuman Services$2kYouth Development$2kCivil Rights$2kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YESHIVAH HAR TORAH$2,600
HASHEVAYNU$2,000
COLEL CHABAD$1,800
RCCS ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY$1,800
EZRAS NASHIM$1,800
BIKE 4 CHAI$1,005
YESHIVAH OF FLATBUSH$1,000
GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE$1,000
WHEELS OF LOVE US FRIENDS ALYN HOSP$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
YOUNG ISRAEL OF JAMAICA ESTATES$1,000
UNITED HATZALAH$1,000
AIPAC$600
02The need
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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 (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEALING-JEWISH FAMILYCHILDREN SERVI: $1k → 8%SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER: $1k → 14%CHABAD OF GREAT NECK: $2k → 6%HASHEVAYNU: $2k → 13%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH: $2k → 14%AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM: $3k → 17%RCCS ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY: $2k → 20%AIPAC: $600 → 14%SHUL OF BAL HARBOUR: $515 → 15%SHARSHERET: $240 → 7%BIKE 4 CHAI: $1k → 11%AMERICANS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM MIL: $360 → 14%NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY: $1k → 6%YESHIVAH HAR TORAH: $3k → 13%CHILDRENS VILLAGE OF JERUSALEM: $180 → 17%RCCS ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY: $2k → 20%BIKE 4 CHAI: $1k → 11%YOUNG ISRAEL OF GREAT NECK: $2k → 6%YESHIVAH HAR TORAH: $3k → 13%OUYACHAD: $1k → 17%CONGREGATION ANSHEI LIOZNA: $1k → 20%BIKE 4 CHAI: $250 → 11%GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE: $1k → 6%YOUNG ISRAEL OF JAMAICA ESTATES: $2k → 13%FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH: $270 → 17%COLEL CHABAD: $2k → 20%YOUNG ISRAEL OF JAMAICA ESTATES: $1k → 13%WHEELS OF LOVE US FRIENDS ALYN HOSP: $1k → 17%COLEL CHABAD: $2k → 20%WHEELS OF LOVE US FRIENDS ALYN HOSP: $360 → 17%EZRAS NASHIM: $4k → 20%HOME OF THE SAGES OF ISRAEL: $50 → 17%EZRAS NASHIM: $2k → 20%SHALVA NEW YORK: $2k → 17%EZRAS NASHIM: $500 → 20%JGIVE FRIENDS OF ASOR: $2k → 17%ZAKA: $1k → 20%SHALVA NEW YORK: $1k → 17%YESHIVAH OF FLATBUSH: $2k → 20%YESHIVAH OF FLATBUSH: $1k → 20%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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 9 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
19

Total granted

$30k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+23%

Still filing today

11%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthReligionEducationOther
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

  • EN
    EZRAS NASHIM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k
  • YH
    YESHIVA HAR TORAH
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • CC
    COLEL CHABAD
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k

Funded once

  • AS
    AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -79%
  • CO
    CHABAD OF GREAT NECK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +12%
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
Sherit Isroel
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3
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
7
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
8
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
9
Naalah At Yerushalyim Inc
Philanthropy
10
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
11
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
12
University of Judaism Foundation
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Netiv Aryeh Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. 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

11 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. 11 of the 32 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EZRAS NASHIM: $5,954 · OtherEZRAS NASHIMYESHIVA HAR TORAH: $5,200 · OtherYESHIVA HAR TORAHCOLEL CHABAD: $3,600 · OtherCOLEL CHABADRCCS ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY: $3,600 · OtherRCCS ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETYYESHIVAH OF FLATBUSH: $3,000 · OtherYESHIVAH OF FLATBUSHIndividual grant recipient: $2,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOUNG ISRAEL OF JAMAICA ESTATES: $2,500 · OtherYOUNG ISRAEL OF JAMAICA ESTATESBIKE 4 CHAI: $2,255 · OtherCHABAD OF GREAT NECK INC: $1,800 · OtherJGIVE FRIENDS OF ASOR: $1,800 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAEL: $1,800 · Other+12 more: $9,785 · Other+12 moreAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $3,300 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN S…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIES…HASHEVAYNU INC: $2,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC: $1,800 · ReligionFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,000 · InternationalCHILDRENS VILLAGE OF JERUSALEM INC: $180 · InternationalFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $270 · HealthSharsheret Inc: $240 · Health
Other$44,094Arts & Culture$5,300Education$2,000Religion$1,800International$1,180Health$510

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 budgetYESHIVA HAR TORAH: $5,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHASHEVAYNU INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS VILLAGE OF JERUSALEM INC: $180 over 1y, 0.1% 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 YESHIVA HAR TORAH ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC ↗
  • Who funds HASHEVAYNU INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC ↗
  • Who funds Sharsheret Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS VILLAGE OF JERUSALEM INC ↗

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 FundFishman Family Founda…Gail & Maurice Setton…The Mermelstein Found…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fishman Family Foundation · Gail & Maurice Setton Foundation Inc · The Mermelstein Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sda Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sda 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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