Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Friedman Family Charitable Trust
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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2022
- 7
- Grants FY2022
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Friedman Family Charitable Trust’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of Greater Phoenix, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Friedman Family Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $66k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 43% of the organizations The Friedman Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 7 | $66k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $215k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $372k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $806k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 47 | $1.1M | 79% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Milken Institute | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Documentary Foundation Inc | $431,810 | 2 | 2% |
| Mass Design Group Ltd | $265,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chabad of Coronado | $185,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hazon Inc | $139,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Inc | $113,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growtorah Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 29% |
| Georgetown University | $103,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rewild | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moishe House | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 83 grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Friedman Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Friedman-French Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Emanuel J Friedman Charitable Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Santa Barbara Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Opaline Fund
How this is measured
Compare The Friedman Family Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About The Friedman Family Charitable Trust
- How much does The Friedman Family Charitable Trust give?
- The Friedman Family Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $65,500 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Friedman Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (18%), Philanthropy (18%), Religion (17%).
- Who are The Friedman Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Milken Institute ($500k), International Documentary Foundation Inc ($432k), Mass Design Group Ltd ($265k).
- Does The Friedman Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Friedman Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Friedman Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Friedman-French Foundation Inc, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is The Friedman Family Charitable Trust based?
- The Friedman Family Charitable Trust is based in DC.
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