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The Abstraction Fund at a glance

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The Abstraction Fund

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.

$341k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$694kInternational$263kCivil Rights$102kPublic Benefit$96kArts & Culture$77kHealth$67kReligion$45kCrime & Legal$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$6,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$681k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GATESTONE INSTITUTE$300,000
MIDDLE EAST FORUM$16,000
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$10,000
JCC ROCKLAND$6,000
IBSI$5,300
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC$2,500
JEWISH INST FOR NAT'L SECRUITY AMERICA$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JCC ROCKLAND: $6k → 14%JCC ROCKLAND: $6k → 14%JCC ROCKLAND: $6k → 14%JCC ROCKLAND: $6k → 14%JCC ROCKLAND: $6k → 14%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

VT
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 27 repeat orgs$173k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
38

Total granted

$1.3M
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+25%

Still filing today

78%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureCrime & LegalReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • RE
    RESEARCH - EVAL - PROMOTING ORG RESPON & TRANSPARENCY - REPORT - INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +9%
  • ME
    MIDDLE EAST FORUM
    3× · 2020–2024 · $46k · revenue +38%
  • ME
    MIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $45k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • TI
    The Israel Group Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -12%
  • JC
    JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • RH
    RADICAL HOPE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +71%
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
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
2
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
3
Jewish Electorate Institute

The jewish electorate institute (jei) is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that surveys, interprets, reports, and educates the public about the perspectives, voting behaviors, and motivations of the american jewish…

Civil Rights
4
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
7
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
8
Institute for New Global Politics Inc

The Institute for New Global Politics is a California-based educational nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. It is an independent and nonpartisan thinktank dedicated to educating the general…

International
9
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
10
Americans for a Safe Israel Inc

Educating members and the general public regarding various issues related to american foreign policy by publishing educational materials and holding conferences

International
11
Foundation for Conservative Judiasm of South Florida
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12
Press Watch

To educate journalists and the public, and foster public debate, about improving political journalism to reflect public needs and hold the powerful accountable.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gatestone Institute; the most unlike its peers is Kenneth & Nira Abramowitz 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

54 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. 54 of the 67 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/54
Grantees still filing
37/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GATESTONE INSTITUTE: $662,000 · EducationGATESTONE INSTITUTE+10 more: $59,000 · Education+10 moreINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $70,000 · InternationalINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT O…RESEARCH - EVAL - PROMOTING ORG RESPON & TRANSPARENCY - REPORT - INC: $50,000 · InternationalRESEARCH - EVAL - PROMO…MIDDLE EAST FORUM: $46,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST FORUMMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND R…THE AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY: $40,000 · InternationalTHE AMERICAN ISLAMIC FO…Central Fund of Israel: $24,000 · InternationalCentral Fund of IsraelAHA FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 · InternationalAHA FOUNDATION INCWILD TOMORROW FUND: $15,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $59,000 · OtherDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM C…NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $35,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENT…PROJECT VERITAS: $23,000 · OtherPROJECT VERITASThe Israel Group Inc: $20,000 · OtherThe Israel Group IncIBSI: $15,300 · OtherJERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS: $15,000 · OtherPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $14,500 · OtherIndependent Women's Forum: $15,000 · Other+29 more: $117,850 · Other+29 morePUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Crime & LegalAmerica First Legal Foundation: $5,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY: $5,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyJCC ROCKLAND INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitUNLEASH PROSPERITY INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Education$721,000International$311,000Other$314,650Crime & Legal$35,000Philanthropy$32,000Human Services$30,000Public Benefit$25,000

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 budgetGATESTONE INSTITUTE: $662,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $59,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRESEARCH - EVAL - PROMOTING ORG RESPON & TRANSPARENCY - REPORT - INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $46,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY: $40,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetJCC ROCKLAND INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $23,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAHA FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILD TOMORROW FUND: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRADICAL HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF GWPF INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNLEASH PROSPERITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TIKVAH FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSON CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NEWS SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerica First Legal Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Zionist Movement Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMITTEE TO REDUCE INFECTION DEATHS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN TRANSPARENCY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnreported Story Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALVIN COOLIDGE PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNINGSPRING SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES 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.

Donors Trust IncBradley Impact Fund I…Jewish Communal FundThe Henkes FoundationThomas W Smith Founda…The Sandra & Lawrence…Diana Davis Spencer F…The Lynde and Harry B…The Searle Freedom Tr…The Randolph Foundati…Bailey Family Foundat…California Community …
Donors Trust IncVA44.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Henkes Foundation · Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc · The Sandra & Lawrence Post Family Foundation · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · The Searle Freedom Trust · The Randolph Foundation · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · California Community 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 The Abstraction Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Abstraction Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Aha Foundation Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to The Abstraction Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Abstraction Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 67 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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