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The Fagenson Family 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.

$16k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
54
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,500
Organizations funded a year
22 to 54
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
19
Total assets, FY2025
$88k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Fagenson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$16k40%
FY202454$38k33%
FY202340$30k48%
FY202225$21k32%
FY202127$21k52%
FY202033$7k70%
FY201922$29k68%
FY201833$29k58%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$75kAnimals$21kEducation$16kPhilanthropy$14kHealth$14kArts & Culture$13kRecreation & Sports$9kHuman Services$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
SC
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GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Munkacser Yeshivos$35,0003n/a
Congregation Emanuel$27,5003n/a
Centurion Foundation Inc$10,00031%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$7,50020%
Rising Treetops at Oakhurst$6,70030%
Museum of Modern Art$6,00010%
Hebrew Congregation of St Thomas Inc$4,5006n/a
The Buttonwood Foundation Inc$3,50041%
The Animal Medical Center$3,00020%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$3,00020%
Show all 112 grantees
All grantees of The Fagenson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Munkacser Yeshivos$35,0003n/a
Congregation Emanuel$27,5003n/a
Centurion Foundation Inc$10,00031%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$7,50020%
Rising Treetops at Oakhurst$6,70030%
Museum of Modern Art$6,00010%
Hebrew Congregation of St Thomas Inc$4,5006n/a
The Buttonwood Foundation Inc$3,50041%
The Animal Medical Center$3,00020%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$3,00020%
Wall Street Synagogue Inc$2,2504n/a
Childfund International USA$2,23050%
Best Friends Animal Society$2,05040%
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc$2,00010%
United Way of Palm Beach County Inc$2,00010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,95030%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$1,75030%
Wildlife Conservation Society$1,75020%
Food Bank for New York City$1,70070%
The Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation$1,50020%
Carl Schurz Park Conservancy Inc$1,50020%
National Wildlife Federation$1,50050%
The Abraham Initiatives Inc$1,50020%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Project Ezra$1,40040%
Pilots to the Rescue Inc$1,40040%
Home For Good Dog Rescue Inc$1,35040%
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$1,2501n/a
Axelrod Performing Arts Center Inc$1,25010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,20030%
Second Chances for Blind Dogs Foundation Inc$1,15050%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,10020%
Bideawee Inc$1,05060%
United Service Organizations Inc$1,00020%
American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot D/B/A American Friends of Anu-Museum$1,00010%
Calvary Hospital Inc$1,00010%
The Susie Reizod Foundation$1,00011%
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated$1,0001n/a
National Child Protection Task Forc$1,00011%
Fdny Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc$1,00010%
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue$1,0001n/a
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$1,00010%
Ocean Conservancy$95050%
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc$95030%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$85030%
American Cancer Society Inc$80030%
The Humane Society of New York$80040%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$80050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$75010%
The Good Dog Foundation Inc$75030%
City Harvest Inc$75030%
Kids Wish Network Inc$75050%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$70030%
American Heart Association Inc$65030%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$65030%
Paws for Purple Hearts$60020%
Monmouth County Spca$60020%
American Lung Association$55020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$50010%
Smile Train Inc$50010%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$50010%
Friends of Hudson River Park Inc$50010%
Congregration Zichron$5001n/a
AMA Animal Rescue Incorporated$5001n/a
Interfaith Center of New York Inc$50010%
Friends of the High Line Inc$50010%
National Park Foundation$50020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$40030%
Whitney Museum of American Art$40020%
American Humane Association$40030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$40020%
March of Dimes Inc$40020%
Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc$36010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$35010%
K9 Lifeline Rescue Inc$3502n/a
Save a Pet Animal Rescue Inc$30010%
Produce Good Fruit Inc$30020%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$30020%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$26410%
Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc$25020%
The American Legion$25010%
University of Michigan$25010%
Wounded Paw Project$25010%
Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue Inc$25010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$25030%
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc$25010%
Front Range Equine Rescue$25010%
Michigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc$25010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$25010%
Operation Smile Inc$25010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$25010%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$25020%
Smiling Dog Farms$22510%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$20010%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$20020%
St Josephs Indian School$2002n/a
South Florida Pbs Inc$17510%
Humane World for Animals International$15020%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$15010%
Tiger Haven Inc$15010%
Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc$10010%
Four Corners Equine Rescue$1001n/a
Police Athletic League Inc$10010%
The National Children's Cancer Society$10010%
Fountain House Inc$10010%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd$10010%
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc$10010%
The Seeing Eye Inc$10010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$10010%
Disabled American Veterans$1001n/a
Farm Sanctuary Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fagenson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenturion Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetEthical Culture Fieldston School: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRising Treetops at Oakhurst: $6,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Buttonwood Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildfund International USA: $2,230 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $2,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $1,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $1,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCarl Schurz Park Conservancy Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Abraham Initiatives Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCoast Guard Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezra: $1,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPilots to the Rescue Inc: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHome For Good Dog Rescue Inc: $1,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAxelrod Performing Arts Center Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Chances for Blind Dogs Foundation Inc: $1,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBideawee Inc: $1,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Beit Hatfutsot D/B/A American Friends of Anu-Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCalvary Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susie Reizod Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational Child Protection Task Forc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFdny Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Contemporary Arts Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Care and Control of New York City Inc: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society of New York: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Foundation: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Good Dog Foundation Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKids Wish Network Inc: $750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 99.

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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 FundNY22.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Morris & Arlene Goldfarb Family Foundation Inc · Gat Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Farrell Family Foundation · Butchkie Foundation Inc · The J R Stein Family Foundation (F/K/A the Stein Family Fund) · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation · Bradford Family 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.

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Find your warmest path to The Fagenson 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.

About The Fagenson Family Foundation

How much does The Fagenson Family Foundation give?
The Fagenson Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $15,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Fagenson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (38%), Animals (11%), Education (8%).
Who are The Fagenson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Munkacser Yeshivos ($35k), Congregation Emanuel ($28k), Centurion Foundation Inc ($10k).
Does The Fagenson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Fagenson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Fagenson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Seckinger Foundation Corporation, Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation.
Where is The Fagenson Family Foundation based?
The Fagenson Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 161 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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