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The DDS 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$5.3MPhilanthropy$2.9MReligion$1.7MArts & Culture$1.7MInternational$919kHealth$572kFood & Nutrition$550kCommunity Improvement$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $189k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $543k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
$18,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Yeshiva University$1,000,000
Friends of United Hatzalah$500,000
UJA Federation$500,000
American Friends of Leket Israel$100,000
American Friends of Shalva$100,000
The Religious Zionist Movement$100,000
Etzion Foundation$80,000
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun$62,800
Tzohar Israel Foundation$50,000
American Friends of ITIM$50,000
American Committee for Shaare Zedek$25,000
Sixpoint Inc$25,000
Sinai School$25,000
Better Future For Israel$20,000
Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach$18,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro: $10k → 17%American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro: $10k → 17%American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro: $10k → 17%American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro: $5k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 31 repeat orgs$571k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
25

Total granted

$13M
$367k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+6%

Still filing today

48%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalPhilanthropyReligionEducationArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +41%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +46%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • WL
    WOMEN'S LEAGUE COMMUNITY RESIDENCESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $85k · revenue +39%
  • PI
    PEF Israel Endowment Fund (Mercaz Telem Jerusalem)
    one grant, 2023 · $35k
  • NS
    NYU Stern Scholarship Fund
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
University of Judaism Foundation
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3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
5
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
6
American Friends of Yeshivat Nachalat Yossef

The organization will provide financial assistance to educational institutions that promote the observance of the jewish religion, its laws and traditions, and sacred texts, including yeshivat nachalat yossef, located in jerusalem, israel.

Religion
7
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
8
Yakar Foundation Inc
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9
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
10
American Friends of Zvi Latzadik Dba Breslov Research Institute Jerusalem

To foster jewish religious education and disseminate the teachings of rabbi nachman of breslov through publication and distribution of books and cds, as well as seminars, lectures and study groups.

International
11
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
12
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the City of New York. 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

35 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. 35 of the 68 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $4,500,000 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITYBARNARD COLLEGE: $500,000 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGE+2 more: $35,000 · EducationUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,744,885 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $550,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAE…PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $388,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ITIM INC: $150,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $83,600 · PhilanthropyAmerican Friends of Shalva: $500,000 · OtherAmerican Friends of…Bnei Akiva OF North America: $310,000 · OtherBnei Akiva OF North…RAMAZ SCHOOL: $305,000 · OtherRAMAZ SCHOOLCONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN: $190,200 · OtherCONGREGATION KEHILA…Project Tabs: $150,000 · OtherProject TabsSinai School: $125,000 · OtherThe Religious Zionist Movement: $100,000 · OtherOrayta: $93,000 · OtherJEWISH CENTER OF ATLANTIC BEACH: $90,180 · OtherWOMEN'S LEAGUE COMMUNITY RESIDENCES: $85,000 · Other+26 more: $447,288 · Other+26 moreFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,400,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF …+3 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $585,000 · ReligionTZOHAR ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · ReligionNefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc: $25,000 · ReligionCOLUMBIABARNARD HILLEL INC: $25,000 · Religion+1 more: $3,600 · ReligionAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $202,500 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $138,600 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC: $17,500 · International+5 more: $35,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthTAMAR FUND INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,800 · Health
Education$5,035,000Philanthropy$3,916,485Other$2,395,668Arts & Culture$1,420,000Religion$738,600International$393,600Human Services$35,000Health$16,800

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 budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $4,500,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,744,885 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,400,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $585,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $550,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $388,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $202,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ITIM INC: $150,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $138,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTZOHAR ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetWOMEN'S LEAGUE COMMUNITY RESIDENCES: $85,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBETTER FUTURE FOR ISRAEL: $50,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYESHIVAT MAALE GILBOA USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOLUMBIABARNARD HILLEL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSIXPOINT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEFARIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Yedidim Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetACCESSIBILITY ACCELERATOR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HESDER SDEROTINC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Chaya-Israel Foundation Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOHR SOMAYACH INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAMAR FUND INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,800 over 1y, 1.0% 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 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ITIM INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds TZOHAR ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LEAGUE COMMUNITY RESIDENCES ↗
  • Who funds BETTER FUTURE FOR ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO INC ↗
  • Who funds PARDES INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT MAALE GILBOA USA INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIABARNARD HILLEL INC ↗
  • Who funds SIXPOINT 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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Jewish Community Foun…Combined Jewish Phila…The Lee and Cheryl La…The Frieman FoundationThe Russell Berrie Fo…FjcFeldman Family Founda…The Eric and Tamar Go…The Fred & Suzan Ehrm…Anne and Natalio Frid…
Jewish Communal FundNY36.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Lee and Cheryl Lasher Family Foundation Inc · The Frieman Foundation · The Russell Berrie Foundation · Fjc · Feldman Family Foundation Inc · The Eric and Tamar Goldstein Foundation · The Fred & Suzan Ehrman Foundation · Anne and Natalio Fridman 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 DDS Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The DDS Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–75%
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 68 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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