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The Bornblum Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.0MReligion$321kArts & Culture$236kHuman Services$81kInternational$48kCommunity Improvement$15kPhilanthropy$14kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $111k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bornblum Jewish Community School$1,225,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Tn$110,500
Israel Empowered$40,200
Central Fund of Israel$21,800
Memphis Jewish Community Center$17,000
Soulsville Foundation$15,000
Midtown Development Corp$15,000
Destiny Foundation$14,700
Carpenter Art Garden$9,500
PEF Israel Endowment Fund$8,000
Magic Dads Youth Mentor Group$5,000
Breslov Research Institute$5,000
Memphis Jewish Federation$3,600
Individual grant recipient$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL EMPOWERED: $64k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS ZVI LATZADIK: $6k → 14%PEF Israel Endowment Fund: $8k → 17%RABBI MAIER BAAL HANESS: $30k → 20%MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY HOME: $7k → 17%CHILDRENS MIRACLE NETWORK: $360 → 14%Our House of Hope: $2k → 14%DESTINY FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%Israel Empowered: $40k → 6%Breslov Research Institute: $5k → 14%PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT: $3k → 17%JERUSALEM ORPHAN HOME: $15k → 20%Bornblum Jewish Community School: $1.2M → 17%Connect to Community: $2k → 14%Destiny Foundation: $15k → 11%ISRAEL EMPOWERED: $40k → 6%LZION BRINA: $10k → 20%BORNBLUM SCHOOL: $1.0M → 17%Elevated Access Inc: $2k → 14%DESTINY FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ISRAEL EMPOWERED: $25k → 6%LEZION B'RINA: $4k → 20%BORNBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $901k → 17%CCU Parent Support Network: $2k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BET EL: $1k → 6%ZION ORPHAN HOME: $30k → 20%MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $23k → 17%Central Fund of Israel: $22k → 6%BORNBLUM COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $877k → 17%Memphis Jewish Community Center: $17k → 17%BARON HIRSCH: $10k → 17%Memphis Jewish Federation: $4k → 17%Memphis Kollel: $3k → 17%Soulsville Foundation: $15k → 17%Midtown Development Corp: $15k → 17%SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%Creative Aging: $3k → 17%CREATIVE AGING: $3k → 17%CREATIVE AGING: $3k → 17%Carpenter Art Garden: $10k → 17%Protect Our Aquifer: $1k → 17%Magic Dads Youth Mentor Group: $5k → 17%MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $2k → 17%Chabad Lubavitch of Tn: $111k → 17%CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF TN: $71k → 17%CHABAD LUBAVITCH: $61k → 17%CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF TN: $39k → 17%PIKELNY FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%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.
$2.6M · 7 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
16

Total granted

$2.6M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-15%

Still filing today

57%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • BJ
    BOMBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.1M
  • CL
    Chabad Lubavitch of Tn
    3× · 2022–2024 · $220k
  • IE
    Israel Empowered Inc
    4× · 2017–2024 · $169k · revenue +138% · 45% of their budget

Funded once

  • BS
    BORNBLUM SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • BC
    BORNBLUM COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $877k
  • CL
    CHABAD LUBAVITCH
    one grant, 2017 · $61k
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
Israel Restoration Ministries
Religion
3
Jewish Life Foundation
—
4
Zechut Avot Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Cry for Zion

Ministry of the Gospel and the support for the Jewish State of Israel.

Religion
6
Friends of Zion Inc
Philanthropy
7
Hebrew Orphan Society
—
8
Meor Hachaim Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Sherit Isroel
—
10
Zichron Chaim Meir Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Zichron Chaim Avraham Foundation
Philanthropy
12
The Jerusalem Connection
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memphis Jewish Federation; the most unlike its peers is Protect Our Aquifer. 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

18 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. 18 of the 38 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
7/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOMBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $2,126,000 · OtherBOMBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCBORNBLUM SCHOOL: $1,000,000 · OtherBORNBLUM SCHOOLBORNBLUM COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $877,007 · OtherBORNBLUM COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOLChabad Lubavitch of Tn: $220,400 · Other+22 more: $229,686 · OtherIsrael Empowered Inc: $169,200 · Arts & CultureSOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DESTINY FOUNDATION: $42,200 · EducationCARPENTER ART GARDEN: $9,500 · EducationCentral Fund of Israel: $21,800 · InternationalJerusalem Orphan Home Inc: $15,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZVI LATZADIK DBA BRESLOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE JERUSALEM: $6,130 · InternationalLe Zion B'rina Inc: $3,600 · InternationalMIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Community ImprovementPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyMEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $3,600 · PhilanthropyCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$4,453,093Arts & Culture$194,200Education$51,700International$46,530Community Improvement$15,000Philanthropy$14,100Human Services$2,500

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 budgetIsrael Empowered Inc: $169,200 over 4y, 45% of budgetTHE DESTINY FOUNDATION: $42,200 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetMEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $39,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetZion Orphan Home: $30,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $21,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetJerusalem Orphan Home Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARPENTER ART GARDEN: $9,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZVI LATZADIK DBA BRESLOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE JERUSALEM: $6,130 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLe Zion B'rina Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElevated Access Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUR HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProtect Our Aquifer: $1,000 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 Israel Empowered Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE DESTINY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Zion Orphan Home ↗
  • Who funds SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds MIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Jerusalem Orphan Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER ART GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZVI LATZADIK DBA BRESLOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE JERUSALEM ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds Le Zion B'rina Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Elevated Access Inc ↗
  • Who funds OUR HOUSE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds Protect Our Aquifer ↗

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.

Lichterman Loewenberg…Community Foundation …The Goldsmith Family …The Kemmons Wilson Fa…Jewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
Lichterman Loewenberg FoundationTN17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Bornblum Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bornblum Foundation 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 38 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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