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Sofia Konikoff Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Philanthropy$113kEducation$107kInternational$55kReligion$26kHealth$9kYouth Development$3kArts & Culture$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$7,903
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA$307
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 (FY21–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS: $3k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF TIDEWATER: $1k → 10%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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$122k · 9 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$122k
$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
+63%

Still filing today

33%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $307 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
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $45k · revenue +4%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    4× · 2021–2024 · $19k

Funded once

  • OE
    ODU EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $90k
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -33%
  • BH
    BINA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $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
American Friends of Jewish Hospitals and Education Centers of Brazil Inc
Philanthropy
2
Rva Hospice Llc

Kirva Hospice is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing excellence in care to our patients, families, and care givers in the greater Richmond area. Kirva Hospice is built on the philosophy of care that is deeply rooted in the…

Human Services
3
Jewish War Veterans of the United States

The Organization was granted a charter as a not for profit corporation for patriotic and educational purposes with special concern for the welfare of veterans. The Organization's principal activities consist of protecting the benefits and…

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4
The Jerusalem Connection
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5
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
6
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc

Thanks to the broad scope of Yad Sarah's activities and services, and the compassion and caring of its large volunteer corps, the organization has become an indelible part of the fabric of every-day Israeli society. Yad Sarah is also…

Health
7
Jewish Family Services Inc

JFS transforms the lives of individuals and families and strengthens our community by providing the best options in care, counseling and adoption regardless of income, age, religion and race.

Human Services
8
Richmond Jewish Foundation

The Richmond Jewish Foundation is a primary, trusted and expert resource for planned giving and endowments. We engage, educate and inspire generations of donors to create ongoing resources for charitable, religious, and educational needs.…

Philanthropy
9
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond

A. to organize and maintain an organization or organizations to coordinate the soliciting of funds for charitable purposes and allocate the same to such local, non-local or foreign organizations as it may determine. b. to interest itself…

Philanthropy
10
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
11
American Friends of Herzog Hospital Inc

The organization was formed to provide financial support to fund services, capital projects, clinical research, and purchase of new equipment for herzog hospital in jerusalem, which is the 3rd largest hospital in jerusalem and is israel's…

Health
12
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Jewish Federation of Tidewater; the most unlike its peers is National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated. 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

14 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. 14 of the 27 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ODU EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $90,000 · OtherODU EDUCATION FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $19,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $19,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $16,070 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL: $13,650 · OtherCONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAELBINA HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · Other+10 more: $27,000 · Other+10 moreThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $45,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish J…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL…THE JERUSALEM FELLOWSHIPS INC: $4,000 · InternationalTHE JERUSALEM FELLOWS…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $2,250 · InternationalUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF TIDEWATER: $44,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH F…HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF TIDEWATER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $2,500 · HealthTHE DEGOOD FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $307 · Food & Nutrition
Other$203,220International$61,250Philanthropy$44,500Human Services$3,500Health$2,500Youth Development$2,500Food & Nutrition$307

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 budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF TIDEWATER: $44,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FELLOWSHIPS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DEGOOD FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS WRITERS: $2,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWE CAN RIDE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC CO JAMES H JOHNSON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF TIDEWATER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Ataxia Foundation Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $307 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.

Tidewater Jewish Foun…Hampton Roads Communi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tidewater Jewish Foundation IncVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Sofia Konikoff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sofia Konikoff 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 27 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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