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The Freed 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.

$874k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Animals$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.8MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$791kEducation$425kHousing & Shelter$250kEnvironment$250kYouth Development$225kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $702k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUN$200,000
HIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC$120,000
FRIENDS OF MACARTHUR BEACH STATE PA$84,820
PROJECT LIFT$75,000
STEPHEN WISE FREE SYNAGOGUE$63,000
THE CROSSROADS CLUB$59,000
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA$50,000
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY$50,000
ELEV8 HOPE$30,000
NEW SCHOOL OF MONMOUTH COUNTY$25,000
TRENTON YOUTH WRESTLING LEARNING CE$25,000
FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS$25,000
REVIVE CHURCH$20,000
FLAMINGO GARDENS$20,000
FCDCNJ$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $699k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%SMART RECOVERY USA: $56k → 9%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $50k → 4%ELEV8 HOPE: $30k → 10%SMART RECOVERY USA: $20k → 9%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $50k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $50k → 4%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $25k → 17%PAWS 4 LIBERTY: $20k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY: $60k → 6%PAWS 4 LIBERTY: $15k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY: $60k → 6%AFTER ADOPTION COUNSELING INC: $15k → 11%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 17%THE COMMUNITY YMCA: $40k → 6%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 17%AFTER ADOPTION COUNSELING Inc: $8k → 11%THE COMMUNITY YMCA: $40k → 6%SEARCH AND CARE: $30k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $30k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $30k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $30k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.0M · 30 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

30 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
34

Total granted

$5.0M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+21%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $541k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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 ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER
    4× · 2018–2021 · $680k · revenue +33%
  • NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $275k · revenue +18%
  • AC
    ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $210k · revenue +140% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • MH
    MEDSTAR HEALTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +31%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $275k · revenue +112%
  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC INDIAN RIVER HOSPI
    one grant, 2022 · $150k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
2
The New York Gracie Square Hospital Inc

Our mission is to provide the highest-quality, state-of-the-art mental health and chemical dependency treatment in a warm, healing environment. our caring, compassionate team prepares our patients to return to their families and…

Health
3
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc

Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…

Animals
4
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
5
Humane Society of Manatee County

The humane society of manatee county leads the community in fostering compassion and respect for animals through quality care, education, and advocacy to improve the lives of animals and strengthen the human-animal bond.

Animals
6
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
7
The Good Dog Foundation Inc

Good dog harnesses the dog-human bond to ease human suffering & support learning w/ animal assisted intervention. we train, certify & field hundreds of dogs & their handlers annually, who help tens of thousands of people recover from…

Human Services
8
Animal Haven Inc

Animal haven is a nonprofit organization that finds homes for dogs and cats throughout the tristate area. it operates out of its adoption center in lower manhattan which has facilities for dog training and grooming as part of the adoption…

Animals
9
Flagler Humane Society Inc

We transform the lives of animals with compassionate care and services, outstanding educational programs, and advocacy for all animals.

Animals
10
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
11
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…

Health
12
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc and the most unlike its peers is Toms River South Diamond Club Co Vincent Schmidt. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Health CentersVeteran Support ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Substance Abuse TreatmentCommunity Arts OrganizationsCancer Support OrganizationsIndependent K-8 SchoolsHospice Care ServicesPublic University Foundatio…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Ymca Community CentersGovernment Accountability R…Senior Support ServicesYouth Development CentersAnimal Rescue and Adoption
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%34%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%41%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/58
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,507

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 77 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/51
Grantees still filing
33/51
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MC — $1,510,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MCHIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $220,000 · OtherHIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INCAUDUBON FLORIDA — $218,000 · OtherAUDUBON FLORIDACOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUN — $200,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNCLEVELAND CLINIC INDIAN RIVER HOSPI — $150,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF MACARTHUR BEACH STATE PARK INC — $127,820 · Other+33 more — $1,111,550 · Other+33 moreTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER — $680,000 · AnimalsTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENT…NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC — $275,000 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAG…ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION — $210,000 · AnimalsADIRONDACK CENTER FOR L…BIDEAWEE INC — $100,000 · AnimalsBIDEAWEE INCFLAMINGO GARDENS INC — $95,000 · AnimalsFLAMINGO GARDENS INCSouth Florida SPCA Inc — $75,000 · Animals+4 more — $115,000 · Animals+4 moreMEDSTAR HEALTH INC — $500,000 · HealthMEDSTAR HEALT…CROSSROADS CLUB INC — $103,500 · HealthCROSSROADS CL…SHORE CLUBHOUSE INC — $100,000 · HealthSHORE CLUBHOU…FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC — $75,000 · HealthFAMILY CONNEC…HMH CARRIER CLINIC INC — $36,000 · Health+4 more — $80,000 · Health+4 moreYMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GRE…Community Hope Inc — $150,000 · Human ServicesCommunity H…SEARCH AND CARE INC — $120,000 · Human ServicesSEARCH AND …SMART RECOVERY USA INC — $75,668 · Human ServicesSMART RECOV…THE SEEING EYE INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING …LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL …PAWS 4 LIBERTY INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesElev8hope Inc — $30,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $25,000 · Human Services+1 more — $23,144 · Human ServicesSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $275,000 · EducationGARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL FUND — $75,000 · EducationMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC — $25,000 · EducationTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · EducationCENTRE COLLEGE — $17,000 · Education+1 more — $8,300 · EducationTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT LIFT INC — $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $164,015 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,537,370Animals$1,550,000Health$894,500Human Services$748,812Education$425,300Youth Development$225,000Food & Nutrition$164,015

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER — $680,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC — $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC — $275,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $275,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION — $210,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC — $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $164,015 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc — $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK — $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MACARTHUR BEACH STATE PARK INC — $127,820 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetSEARCH AND CARE INC — $120,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCROSSROADS CLUB INC — $103,500 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC — $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSHORE CLUBHOUSE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFLAMINGO GARDENS INC — $95,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSMART RECOVERY USA INC — $75,668 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL FUND — $75,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetSouth Florida SPCA Inc — $75,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFLORIDA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTRAINING INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH — $60,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOLIDAY EXPRESS INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS 4 LIBERTY INC — $35,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty Humane Society Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAFTER ADOPTION COUNSELING INC — $23,144 over 2y, 74% of budgetHealthCare Chaplaincy Inc DBA HealthCare Chaplaincy Network — $22,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR CLUBHOUSE DEVELOPMENT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRE COLLEGE — $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEZZYS SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTOMS RIVER SOUTH DIAMOND CLUB CO VINCENT SCHMIDT — $15,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetSave A Pet Florida Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetPACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION — $8,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANDID — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STRONGPOINT THEINERT RANCH INC — $7,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Leslie L Alexander Fo…Investors Foundation …The Hyde and Watson F…The Community Foundat…New Jersey Natural Ga…The Batchelor Foundat…The Provident Bank Fo…United Way of Palm Be…Citizens Philanthropi…Columbia Bank Foundat…The Goldman Sachs Cha…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ16× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Freed Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Family Connections Inc — 83% of income from government
  • Community Hope Inc — 41% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Shore Clubhouse Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
15report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 77 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines