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The Fifth C Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$99k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$149kEducation$109kInternational$65kPhilanthropy$62kHealth$50kHuman Services$35kArts & Culture$28kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FUND$48,000
TEMPLE BETH AM$18,600
BENJAMIN SCHOOL$10,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$5,000
MIRASOL FOUNDATION$5,000
KRAVIS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS$2,500
ITEC$2,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,500
PASADENA JEWISH TEMPLE & CENTER$1,000
BIG SUNDAY$1,000
TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS$1,000
VELOSANO$1,000
VELOFREE$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%STONYBROOK FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%MIA'S MIRACLES FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%LITTLE BIRTHDAY ANGELS: $1k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 11%PLACE FOR HOPE: $250 → 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

MN
IL
NY
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
AZ
NM
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$373k · 21 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
47

Total granted

$373k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+14%

Still filing today

48%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • TB
    THE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +89%
  • Elon University
    2× · 2018–2019 · $16k · revenue +42%
  • TM
    THE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $16k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • VC
    VANY CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -59%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue -39%
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
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
2
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
3
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
Greater Miami Hillel Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.

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6
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
7
Impact Forum Foundation

The Impact Forum is an exclusive network of philanthropists. We are connecting philanthropists that support each others initiatives and collaborate to empower and meet with exceptional non-profit organizations to fight antisemitism,…

Philanthropy
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
10
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
11
Better Future for Israel

To strengthen israel's future in these areas: 1)providing new immigrants with assistance in a few key areas: representing them as they navigate government ministries and assisting them with their challenges as new immigrants to israel.…

Philanthropy
12
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Velofree 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

42 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. 42 of the 76 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/42
Grantees still filing
26/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH AM: $96,510 · OtherTEMPLE BETH AMFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FUND: $48,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FUNDKRAVIS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $20,500 · OtherKRAVIS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTSMANDEL JCC: $18,600 · OtherMANDEL JCCCHABAD AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · OtherVANY CHURCH: $10,000 · Other+43 more: $82,010 · Other+43 moreTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $90,400 · EducationTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SC…Elon University: $16,000 · EducationElon University+2 more: $4,500 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $42,304 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…THE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIRASOL F…THE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $5,500 · PhilanthropyTHE ELLEN P H…+1 more: $750 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSTONEYBROOK FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesMIAS MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesLITTLE BIRTHDAY ANGELS INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $7,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $5,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION INC: $2,500 · International+1 more: $72 · InternationalMAUREENS HAVEN INC: $12,500 · Community ImprovementBig Sunday: $1,000 · Community ImprovementAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,300 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,600 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health+2 more: $200 · Health
Other$288,620Education$110,900Philanthropy$64,554Human Services$20,750International$20,072Community Improvement$13,500Health$7,100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $90,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $42,304 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetElon University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMAUREENS HAVEN INC: $12,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARTS FOR HEALING INC: $5,700 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEYBROOK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAS MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEE COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGAMMA ALPHA OF ALPHA PHI INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sunday: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Women International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVELOFREE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLITTLE BIRTHDAY ANGELS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEAST HAMPTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMINOLE REGION CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT INC: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKips Bay Boys & Girls Club: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY TO FAMILY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MACARTHUR BEACH STATE PARK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLATELET DISORDER SUPPORT ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $72 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY9.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Fifth C Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fifth C Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 76 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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