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The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 33
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$503k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$54k13%
FY202432$62k9%
FY202330$50k7%
FY202228$50k64%
FY202112$12k50%
FY201927$38k4%
FY201832$56k9%
FY201733$47kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$114kReligion$110kAnimals$45kFood & Nutrition$30kArts & Culture$21kInternational$15kEducation$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
IA
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$18,30080%
Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc$13,00011%
The Senior Dog Sanctuary$11,00041%
Justin Bartlett Animal Resuce Inc$11,00040%
The Jemicy School Inc$10,50050%
Drug Abuse Foundation of Pbc Inc$8,00040%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$8,00030%
Feeding America$8,00040%
The Asher House$7,00040%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$7,00050%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$6,00040%
American Diabetes Association$6,00040%
Parkinson Research Foundation Inc$6,00040%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$5,50080%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$4,50070%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$4,00050%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$4,00020%
Ukraine Childrens Aid Fund Inc$4,00023%
American Brain Tumor Association$4,00040%
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc$3,0003n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,60030%
Covenant Guild Inc$2,2503n/a
Mental Health Association of Maryland Inc$2,00010%
Itineris Foundation Inc$1,20030%
Anti-Defamation League$1,20030%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd$1,00010%
Helping Up Mission Inc$70030%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$50030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50030%
Hias Inc$50030%
Asheville Humane Society Inc$50010%
The Maryland School for the Blind$50030%
Johns Hopkins University$40020%
American Lung Association$30030%
South Florida Pbs Inc$10010%
Catholic Relief Services$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $18,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Museum of Maryland Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Senior Dog Sanctuary: $11,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJustin Bartlett Animal Resuce Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jemicy School Inc: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDrug Abuse Foundation of Pbc Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Asher House: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson Research Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUkraine Childrens Aid Fund Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association of Maryland Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetItineris Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Up Mission Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAsheville Humane Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland School for the Blind: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Florida Pbs Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $56,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Religion (29%), Animals (12%).
Who are The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($18k), Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc ($13k), The Senior Dog Sanctuary ($11k).
Does The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Gertrude and Israel Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 71 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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