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Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc at a glance

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Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 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 FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$207kPhilanthropy$106kHealth$82kEducation$48kYouth Development$41kArts & Culture$29kInternational$24kSocial Science$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$16,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$34k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KOLLEL INSTITUTE OF GREAT DETROIT$16,000
CONGREGATION ZICHRON ROFOEL$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 (FY17–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MIKE MORSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%JARC: $1k → 8%JARC: $500 → 8%JARC: $650 → 8%JARC: $500 → 8%DETROIT CHESED PROJECT: $1k → 8%DETROIT CHESED PROJECT: $500 → 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

MI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
MD
NC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$456k · 33 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 33 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
35

Total granted

$456k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+16%

Still filing today

36%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23
HealthReligionArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • JH
    JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK
    4× · 2017–2022 · $47k · revenue +1%
  • HM
    HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $23k · revenue +133%
  • HD
    HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT
    5× · 2017–2022 · $17k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • CB
    CONGREGATION BNAY JACOB-KOLLEL CHA
    one grant, 2022 · $14k
  • CH
    CHABAD HOUSE OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • JS
    JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit

Inspire students to be active in jewish life.

Education
2
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
3
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…

—
4
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
5
University of Judaism Foundation
—
6
United Jewish Foundation

The united jewish foundation of detroit owns, manages and invests jewish communal assets, including general and endowment funds, agency endowments, supporting foundations and real property. the foundation is committed to ensuring that…

Philanthropy
7
Keren L'torah

Keren l'torah will promote jewish education in the greater detroit jewish community through classes, lectures, and distribution of written and audio materials. all educational opportunities by the corporation will be either free or at a…

Religion
8
Jfa Non-Profit Housing Corporation

We nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing jewish values and celebrating life.

Housing & Shelter
9
Hebrew Free Loan Association

The association provides financial assistance to jewish people in the state of michigan through the lending of money without interest in accordance with core jewish values, respect, compassion, and confidentiality.

Philanthropy
10
Jsl Foundation

We nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing jewish values and celebrating life.

Human Services
11
Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah

To provide religious education and services to our students in the tradition of the orthodox jewish faith

—
12
Detroit Jews for Justice

Djj advances racial and economic justice by developing metro detroit jews as community organizers who fight for transformative policy change in deep partnership with neighbors

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is Mike Morse Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 71 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
20/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KOLLEL CHARITY FUND: $66,000 · OtherKOLLEL CHARITY FUNDBAIS JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 · OtherBAIS JEWISH RESOURCE CENTERFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $40,844 · OtherFRIENDSHIP CIRCLECONGREGATION BETH AHM: $35,862 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH AHMCHABAD HOUSE OF ANN ARBOR: $20,000 · OtherJEWISH WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE: $19,500 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION: $18,600 · OtherKOLLEL INSTITUTE OF GREAT DETROIT: $16,000 · Other+44 more: $155,194 · Other+44 moreJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $46,600 · ReligionJEWISH HOS…CONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $4,600 · ReligionCONGREGATI…+2 more: $2,000 · ReligionHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $17,480 · EducationJEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $15,700 · EducationHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $22,600 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $5,000 · HealthNFX: $2,800 · HealthTHE EMILY STILLMAN FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,000 · HealthCAP & CONQUER INC: $1,000 · HealthJARC: $2,650 · Human ServicesDETROIT CHESED PROJECT: $1,500 · Human ServicesMIKE MORSE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $1,800 · Philanthropy
Other$442,000Religion$53,200Education$33,180Arts & Culture$23,600Health$11,300Human Services$5,150Philanthropy$1,800

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 budgetJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $46,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $22,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $17,480 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $15,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $14,598 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $6,524 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYAD EZRA: $4,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $4,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNFX: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJARC: $2,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT CHESED PROJECT: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EMILY STILLMAN FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMIKE MORSE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOISHE HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAP & CONQUER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPENDOR MEDIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKADIMA: $180 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 JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds JEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds ORT AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS KICKING CANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds YAD EZRA ↗
  • Who funds CONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL ↗
  • Who funds NFX ↗
  • Who funds JARC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT ↗

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.

Pappas Foundation IncDavid Kahan Family Fo…Grosfeld FoundationHarold and Penny B Bl…The Andrea and Lawren…United Jewish Foundat…Mickey Shapiro Charit…Woll-Yellin Family Fo…Jewish Federation of …The Irving and Ethel …Hs FoundationThe Bruce H and Rosal…
Pappas Foundation IncMI26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pappas Foundation Inc · David Kahan Family Foundation · Grosfeld Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Mickey Shapiro Charitable Trust · Woll-Yellin Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Detroit · The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation · Hs Foundation · The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family 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 Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 71 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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