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The Cynthia Freeman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$10kHuman Services$4kReligion$1kPhilanthropy$1kRecreation & Sports$200Food & Nutrition$100Civil Rights$75Education$50Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
1
States reached
$99k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOSPICE OF EAST BAY$200
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$200
SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND$200
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$200
HOME OF PEACE$195
BENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$100
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION$100
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$100
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 (FY17–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $200 → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $400 → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $175 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $175 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $175 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $150 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $150 → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15k · 19 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
10

Total granted

$15k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+4%

Still filing today

26%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil 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

  • SF
    SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2k · revenue +68%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1k · revenue +25%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $75 · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -30%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT
    one grant, 2024 · $400 · revenue +5%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $200
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
3
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation Inc

Our mission is to expand scientific knowledge and improve public health by designing and conducting world-class clinical trials and epidemiologic research.

Unclassified
7
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
8
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
9
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Center of San Francisco; 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

12 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. 12 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOSPICE OF EAST BAY: $2,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF EAST BAYHOME OF PEACE: $1,755 · OtherHOME OF PEACEBENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1,050 · OtherBENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITALLUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherLUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM: $1,000 · OtherUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISMamerican cancer society: $800 · Otheramerican cancer societyNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $700 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYUCSF FOUNDATION CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $500 · OtherNEUROBOXING INC: $450 · OtherFISHER HOUSE: $450 · Other+7 more: $1,150 · Other+7 moreSOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,850 · HealthSOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INCAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,300 · HealthAmerican Heart Association In…ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUN…+4 more: $400 · Health+4 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,525 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMU…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $400 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $75 · Civil RightsKQED INC: $40 · Arts & Culture
Other$10,855Health$4,550Human Services$1,975Civil Rights$75Arts & Culture$40

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 budgetSOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,525 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $75 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $40 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 SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds CaringBridge ↗
  • Who funds KQED 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.

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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 Cynthia Freeman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cynthia Freeman 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Cynthia Freeman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Cynthia Freeman 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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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