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The Arbah Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$294k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$129k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$531kCommunity Improvement$200kReligion$162kInternational$75kPhilanthropy$62kCivil Rights$45kEmployment$20kHealth$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $246k
$6,330
Median grant
5
States reached
$928k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ALFRED & ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY$128,800
Individual grant recipient$67,439
FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES$50,000
BIRTHRIGHT OF ISRAEL FOUNDATION$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES$10,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA$6,500
LONGHORN STUDENTS FOR ISRAEL$6,330
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS$5,000
JEWISH EDUCATION LOAN FUND$2,500
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$1,000
SHEPHERD CENTER$1,000
HEBREW BENEVOLENT CONGREGATION OF THE TEMPLE$209
TEXAS HILLEL$180
LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD$50
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 (FY21–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%JEWISH FAMILY CAREER SERVICES: $10k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $10k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY CAREER SERVICES: $10k → 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

NY
NV
PA
CA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$959k · 16 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$959k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+15%

Still filing today

38%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TA
    THE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $457k · revenue +48%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +66%
  • JE
    JEWISH EDUCATIONAL LOAN FUND INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $14k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • GF
    GSU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $31k
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -6%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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 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…

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2
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
3
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
4
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
5
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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6
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
7
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
8
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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9
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
10
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
11
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
12
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

15 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. 15 of the 35 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FDD: $200,000 · OtherFDDIndividual grant recipient: $146,578 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIRTHRIGHT OF ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $45,100 · OtherBIRTHRIGHT OF ISRAEL FOUNDATIONGSU FOUNDATION: $31,000 · OtherGSU FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $18,600 · Other+17 more: $60,943 · Other+17 moreTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC: $457,182 · EducationTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC+1 more: $360 · EducationFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $60,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $2,050 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $8,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $50 · Recreation & Sports
Other$502,221Education$457,542International$75,000Philanthropy$60,600Human Services$33,050Health$13,100Recreation & Sports$50

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC: $457,182 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $60,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATIONAL LOAN FUND INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $2,050 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $50 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 THE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH EDUCATIONAL LOAN FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD 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.

The Marcus Foundation IncGA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Arbah Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arbah Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 35 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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