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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 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, FY2017 to 2025.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
TRENTON YOUTH WRESTLING LEARNING CE$25,000
NEW SCHOOL OF MONMOUTH COUNTY$25,000
FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS$25,000
REVIVE CHURCH$20,000
FLAMINGO GARDENS$20,000
FCDCNJ$10,000
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 (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. Its 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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +21% for those 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

+38%
+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
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 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
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

51 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. 51 of the 77 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $680,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $275,000 over 5y, 0.2% 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 budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% 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 budgetSHORE CLUBHOUSE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% 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 budgetSouth Florida SPCA Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFLORIDA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL FUND: $75,000 over 3y, 5.6% 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
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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%5%19%42%75%funder's 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
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 77 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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