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The Frederick M & Susan Friedman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Frederick M & Susan Friedman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Youth Development$28kHealth$26kReligion$12kArts & Culture$10kEducation$7kHuman Services$1kRecreation & Sports$750Crime & Legal$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DWIGHT ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL$2,000
MOUNT SINAI ADOLESCENT HEALTH CENTER$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $1k) 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%NEW YORK POLICE & FIRE WIDOWS & CHILDRENS BENEFIT FUND: $1k → 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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 4 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$48k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+9%

Still filing today

75%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthReligionCivil RightsHuman 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

  • TA
    THE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $27k · revenue -11%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $17k · revenue +1%
  • AS
    ALL SOULS SCHOOL
    4× · 2019–2024 · $4k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • MM
    MITZVAH MATTERSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +67%
  • TB
    THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -25%
  • NI
    NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -18%
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
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
11
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dwight-Englewood School; the most unlike its peers is The Sloan Family Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 25 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $27,000 · OtherTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOLNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $16,500 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INCPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $5,000 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INCALL SOULS SCHOOL: $4,000 · OtherALL SOULS SCHOOL+6 more: $4,750 · Other+6 moreTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLY…HARMONIE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHARMONIE PR…YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIE…JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LIN…MITZVAH MATTERS: $6,980 · ReligionSEVEN ARROWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationDWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $1,250 · EducationHarmony Project: $500 · EducationNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $1,000 · HealthTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthNY POLICE AND FIRE WIDOWS' & CHILDREN'S BENEFIT FUND INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE SLOAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $250 · Philanthropy
Other$57,250Arts & Culture$9,000Religion$6,980Education$5,750Civil Rights$5,000Health$3,000Human Services$1,000Philanthropy$250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $16,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMITZVAH MATTERS: $6,980 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL SOULS SCHOOL: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSEVEN ARROWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONIE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNY POLICE AND FIRE WIDOWS' & CHILDREN'S BENEFIT FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Project: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEUGENE ZITWER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SLOAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Frederick M & Susan Friedman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Frederick M & Susan Friedman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Frederick M & Susan Friedman Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Frederick M & Susan Friedman Family Foundation Inc 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 25 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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