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The Brad and Francie Blumenfeld Family Foundation at a glance

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The Brad and Francie Blumenfeld Family Foundation

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.

$66k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$199kEducation$99kPhilanthropy$39kArts & Culture$9kInternational$9kRecreation & Sports$7kYouth Development$5kReligion$1k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$769k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$25,075
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$20,000
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUND OF NEW YORK$19,450
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES$1,800
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 (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%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

ME
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CA
GA
TX
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.
$253k · 6 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$253k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-15%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUND OF NEW YORK
    4× · 2018–2024 · $97k · revenue +15%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +4%
  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • HC
    HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PTA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • DY
    DEVILS YOUTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +47%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -45%
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
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
2
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
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

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

International
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
University of Judaism Foundation
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7
Jewish Communal Fund

To facilitate and promote philanthropy through donor advised funds.

Philanthropy
8
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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10
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life At the Penn State University

To enrich the lives of jewish and undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world. penn state hillel's student leaders, professionals, and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Challenged Athletes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan. 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

17 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.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $96,830 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUND OF NEW YORKBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $61,033 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT…DALTON SCHOOLS INC: $19,000 · EducationDALTON SCHOOLS INCHUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PTA INC: $10,000 · EducationHUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PTA INCUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWIS…AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyAMARILLO ARE…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyDEVILS YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA: $4,400 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $8,600 · InternationalCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGeorge & Raymond Frank Foundation: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsSolomon Schechter School of Manhattan: $1,000 · Other
Health$158,863Education$139,000Philanthropy$39,000Arts & Culture$14,400International$8,600Human Services$5,000Recreation & Sports$2,000Other$1,000

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 budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $96,830 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $61,033 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDALTON SCHOOLS INC: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PTA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $8,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDEVILS YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA: $4,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGeorge & Raymond Frank Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSolomon Schechter School of Manhattan: $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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 The Brad and Francie Blumenfeld Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brad and Francie Blumenfeld Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–15%
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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Find your warmest path to The Brad and Francie Blumenfeld Family 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 17 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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