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The Grabel Foundation at a glance

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The Grabel Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

55% of The Grabel Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

6
’18
8
’19
5
’20
8
’21
4
’22
1
’23
2
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$108kPhilanthropy$23kHealth$12kInternational$12kPublic Benefit$9kReligion$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$205k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brown University$5,000
AMFDA$2,500
HANDS TOGETHER FOR HAITIANS$1,000
RED SOX FOUNDATION$540
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Wounded Warrior Project: $500 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
FL
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60k · 16 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$60k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+116%

Still filing today

56%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyInternationalHealthCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterHuman 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

  • PB
    Palm Beach Civic Association Inc
    4× · 2018–2022 · $7k · revenue +5%
  • TO
    Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc
    3× · 2018–2021 · $5k · revenue +54%
  • TP
    The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $9k · revenue +252%
  • PU
    Princeton Unversity
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • PB
    PALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING OF TRIBUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +204%
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 Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
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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3
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association

Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
4
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
5
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
6
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
7
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
Plainview Hospital

Plainview hospital is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Disabled Amer Veterans of Tenn #41. 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

22 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. 22 of the 32 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROWN UNIVERSITY: $101,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $6,600 · Community ImprovementPalm Beach Civic Association IncIndividual grant recipient: $23,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMFDA: $7,500 · OtherAMFDAPrinceton Unversity: $5,000 · OtherPrinceton UnversityHANDS TOGETHER FOR HAITIANS INC: $2,000 · OtherPBCC foundation: $2,000 · OtherKatherin M Taglialatella Foundation: $2,000 · OtherTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $1,800 · Other+11 more: $7,323 · Other+11 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…PALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING OF TRIBUTE INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPALM BEACH NA…Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm …THE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,900 · PhilanthropyTHE MIRASOL F…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $540 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $8,500 · InternationalJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $1,000 · InternationalThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $3,000 · Crime & LegalPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $750 · HealthTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,000 · Education
Community Improvement$107,600Other$51,373Philanthropy$23,440International$9,500Crime & Legal$3,000Health$2,750Education$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $101,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $6,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING OF TRIBUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS TOGETHER FOR HAITIANS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $145 over 1y, 0.0% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Grabel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Grabel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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