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The David Friedman Private 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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$57kCivil Rights$55kPublic Safety & Disaster$26kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$10kPhilanthropy$7kCommunity Improvement$5kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$475k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION: $25k → 22%POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $300 → 8%JEWISH FEDERATION BAYLESS FUND: $1k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $10k → 14%NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE: $13k → 13%US SQUASH: $10k → 17%BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS: $750 → 28%LOUIS D BRANDEIS CENTER: $5k → 14%BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION: $50 → 19%FRIENDS OF ASTORIA ARMORY: $10k → 13%UTAH FILM CENTER: $10k → 8%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $9k → 12%FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION: $10k → 22%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $9k → 14%LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $5k → 13%TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: $5k → 17%BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION: $10k → 22%VARIETY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF QUEENS: $5k → 13%CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION: $5k → 22%ELMCOR YOUTH & ADULT ACTIVITIES: $5k → 13%THE LAWFARE PROJECT: $5k → 17%PALM BEACH COUNTY MTA: $1k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF SO PALM BEACH COUNTY: $2k → 11%CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $3k → 11%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY: $1k → 11%CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $500 → 11%PALM BEACH ZOO: $1k → 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

NY
OR
PA
CA
UT
CO
DC
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$98k · 4 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$98k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+29%

Still filing today

100%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthCivil RightsAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +149%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES
    2× · 2018–2019 · $19k · revenue +74%
  • CE
    CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +29%
  • US
    US SQUASH
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • UF
    UTAH FILM CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +79%
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 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
7
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
8
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
9
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

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10
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
11
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

—
12
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 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

19 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. 19 of the 24 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $18,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LO…NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE: $12,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCEUTAH FILM CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH FILM CENTERMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $9,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVERLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM+1 more: $750 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGH…BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 · PhilanthropyBOCA RATON POLICE …CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $3,100 · PhilanthropyCHRIS EVERT CHARIT…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyUS SQUASH: $10,000 · OtherUS SQUASHFRIENDS OF ASTORIA ARMORY: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ASTORIA AR…TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $5,000 · OtherTRANSPORTATION ALTERN…JEWISH FEDERATION OF SO PALM BEACH COUNTY: $2,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF …THE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE LAWFARE PROJECT I…+5 more: $3,350 · Other+5 moreELMCOR YOUTH & ADULT ACTIVITIES INC: $5,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $2,000 · HealthThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $5,000 · Crime & LegalVARIETY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF QUEENS INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$55,750Civil Rights$50,000Philanthropy$30,100Other$35,350Health$7,000Crime & Legal$5,000Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $18,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELMCOR YOUTH & ADULT ACTIVITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVARIETY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF QUEENS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bronx Museum of the Arts: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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.

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 Hyde and Watson F…The Ford FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 David Friedman Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The David Friedman Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The David Friedman Private Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The David Friedman Private 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 24 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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