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The Farbman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Farbman 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.

$19k
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

78% of The Farbman Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Metropolitan Detroit, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Farbman Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $19k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’17
9
’18
4
’19
2
’20
9
’21
15
’22
3
’23
3
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2024.

Philanthropy$208kArts & Culture$98kInternational$25kReligion$22kHealth$20kEducation$7kCivil Rights$2kEmployment$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k13 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$155
Median grant
4
States reached
$494k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOLDS OF HONOR$10,000
SARASOTA MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$1,000
FRONT PORCH MINISTRIES$1,000
COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE$1,000
GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS$500
FINE ARTS SOCIETY OF SARASOTA$155
JVS HUMAN SERVICES$100
CRANBROOK SCHOOLS$100
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$100
ART CENTER SARASOTA$75
WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE$54
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$50
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MI$36
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 (FY22–22, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $300 → 8%SECOND CHANCE LAST OPPORTUNITY: $100 → 9%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$193k · 19 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 10 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$193k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+128%

Still filing today

63%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2022 · $7k · revenue +187%
  • BB
    BEYOND BASICS
    4× · 2019–2024 · $4k · revenue +297%
  • CC
    CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +245%

Funded once

  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -24%
  • PM
    PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • RD
    RAYDER DEN FOOD PANTRY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Museum of Arts and Design

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

Arts & Culture
2
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
3
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
4
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

—
5
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
6
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
7
Rochester Art Center

Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…

Arts & Culture
8
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan

Jewish historical society of michigan shares and celebrates the experiences and contributions of the jewish people, communities and institutions of michigan.

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9
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
10
Museum of Fine Arts of St Petersburg Florida Inc

Our mission is to engage, educate and excite the community by collecting, exhibiting, and preserving works of art for the enjoyment of all. the museum of fine arts, st. petersburg, florida (mfa) is the cultural leader of our community. our…

Arts & Culture
11
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
12
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is The Front Porch Ministries. 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

32 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. 32 of the 52 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $134,755 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROITTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $7,665 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE…JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA: $64,721 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTAFOLDS OF HONOR: $20,000 · OtherFOLDS OF HONORSARASOTA MUSEUM OF ART: $17,500 · OtherSARASOTA MUSEUM OF ARTUniversity of Michigan: $10,000 · OtherUniversity of Michigan+29 more: $22,751 · Other+29 moreGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $60,500 · Arts & CultureGreat Lakes Center f…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT: $4,625 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORA…CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $2,054 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · HealthCURE MULTIPLE MYELOMA CORPORATION: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthBEYOND BASICS: $4,000 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $500 · Education+1 more: $150 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$142,420Other$134,972Arts & Culture$70,179International$25,100Health$8,100Education$4,650Civil Rights$2,000

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $134,755 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $60,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $7,665 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT: $4,625 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCURE MULTIPLE MYELOMA CORPORATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRONT PORCH MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MICHIG: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FINE ARTS SOCIETY OF SARASOTA INC: $210 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetART CENTER SARASOTA INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE - LAST OPPORTUNITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $54 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.

Gulf Coast Community …The Community Foundat…Rochelle Rosenthal Fo…The Andrea and Lawren…Deroy Testamentary Fo…William G and Marie S…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Deroy Testamentary Foundation · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Farbman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Farbman Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Farbman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Farbman 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 52 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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