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The Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2026still arriving
6
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Health$90kArts & Culture$59kInternational$7kHuman Services$5kReligion$2kCommunity Improvement$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2026 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$750
Median grant
2
States reached
$644k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY$2,500
THE ACTORS STUDIO$1,000
Individual grant recipient$750
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD$600
Individual grant recipient$500
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $4k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $500 → 14%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

NH
NY
IA
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
HI
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$118k · 9 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
33

Total granted

$118k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+19%

Still filing today

44%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PD
    PROFESSIONAL DANCE NETWORK INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $6k · revenue +27%
  • FRACTURED ATLAS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5k · revenue +63%
  • HI
    HIAS INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $4k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TA
    The Arca Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -19%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN THEATRE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • FO
    FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS ASSOCIATION INC (FDN ATCA)
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
Latino Theater Company

The latino theater company operates the los angeles theatre center, whose mission is to provide a world class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a…

Arts & Culture
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
5
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
6
Artis Contemporary Israeli Art Fundinc

Artis is an independent nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists from israel whose work addresses aesthetic, social and political questions to inspire reflection and debate. www.artis.art

Arts & Culture
7
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
8
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
9
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
11
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc

Simon wiesenthal center, inc. (the center) is a global jewish human rights activist organization that confronts anti-semitism, hate, stands with israel, defends the safety of jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the holocaust for…

Arts & Culture
12
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Motion Picture and Television Fund; the most unlike its peers is Remembering Litvaks 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

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 45 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)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STRENGTH IN SUPPORT: $86,300 · OtherSTRENGTH IN SUPPORTThe Arca Foundation: $10,000 · OtherThe Arca FoundationTHE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN THEATRE: $10,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN THEATREFOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS ASSOCIATION INC (FDN ATCA): $10,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS ASSOCIATION INC (FDN ATCA)AMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATIONTHEATER FOR THE NEW CITY: $6,500 · Other+23 more: $26,650 · Other+23 morePROFESSIONAL DANCE NETWORK INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $5,350 · Arts & CultureREMEMBERING LITVAKS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureArt Division: $600 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $500 · Arts & CultureHIAS INC: $3,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,250 · InternationalSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $800 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $500 · InternationalPARTNERS FOR PROGRESSIVE ISRAEL: $360 · InternationalMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $4,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $500 · Human ServicesCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $600 · EducationNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$159,450Arts & Culture$13,450International$8,410Human Services$4,500Community Improvement$2,000Education$600Civil Rights$500

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 budgetSTRENGTH IN SUPPORT: $86,300 over 2y, 11% of budgetThe Arca Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROFESSIONAL DANCE NETWORK INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $5,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN THEATER OF ACTORS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' STUDIO INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREMEMBERING LITVAKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR PROGRESSIVE ISRAEL: $360 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA6.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 45 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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