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The Heschel J and Adinah W Raskas Family at a glance

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The Heschel J and Adinah W Raskas Family

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.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$123kEducation$46kInternational$32kPhilanthropy$25kCivil Rights$13kHuman Services$7kHealth$5kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$586k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS$10,000
YOUNG ISRAEL OF ST LOUIS$7,500
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ST LOUIS KAPLAN FELDMAN HOLOCAUST$500
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 (FY20–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $6k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $700 → 11%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$212k · 17 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
10

Total granted

$212k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+4%

Still filing today

47%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionCivil RightsInternationalPhilanthropyHuman 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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $32k · revenue +254%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $14k · revenue +76%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • CY
    CHEVRA-KADISHA YERUSHALAYIM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -54%
  • TR
    THE RABBI SACKS LEGACY CORPgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +104%
  • MT
    MA'AYAN TORAH STUDY FROM THE
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
2
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
Torah Ore Seminary

To promote the furtherance of jewish religious and rabbinic education on a college and graduate level in israel and to increase the dissemination of scholarly research works in the fields of torah, talmud and halacha.

Education
5
Yeshiva University High Schools

The yeshiva university high schools has as its educational mission to teach and perpetuate the values of torah and secular studies. see schedule o.

Education
6
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
7
Torah Temimah Jerusalem

The school trains advanced talmudic scholars, enabling them to become high level teachers and religious leaders in israel and the united states using specific methodology combining traditional talmudic study with innovative learning…

Education
8
The Academy for Jewish Religion

The academy for jewish religion serves the needs of the jewish people by ordaining rabbis and cantors and training leaders. we affirm our commitment to a vibrant and inclusive jewish pluralism; to an interweaving of sacred texts, critical…

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9
Sherit Isroel
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10
University of Judaism Foundation
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11
Denver Academy of Torah

Denver academy of torah (the "school")provides education to students from kindergarten through high school. the school's mission is to nuture students to be torah-observant role models and future leaders through an intellectually rigorous…

Education
12
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Washington University. 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

17 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. 17 of the 29 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL: $30,000 · OtherYESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOLH F EPSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $27,500 · OtherH F EPSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMYYOUNG ISRAEL OF ST LOUIS: $22,985 · OtherYOUNG ISRAEL OF ST LOUISPRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAY: $17,200 · OtherPRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAYIndividual grant recipient: $9,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEWISH STUDENT UNION: $9,000 · OtherJEWISH STUDENT UNIONBARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL- NORTH: $4,800 · Other+6 more: $9,210 · Other+6 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC: $31,800 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIE…THE RABBI SACKS LEGACY CORP: $12,000 · ReligionTHE RABBI SAC…ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $10,000 · ReligionETZION FOUNDA…Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel: $7,200 · ReligionOhr Torah Sto…+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionCHEVRA-KADISHA YERUSHALAYIM INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCHEVRA-KAD…Jewish Federation of St Louis: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Fed…WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $13,750 · EducationYESHIVAT CHOVEVEI TORAH RABBINICAL SCHOOL LTD (FORMERLY THE MEOROT INST): $3,000 · EducationSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL: $1,800 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,250 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,500 · Civil RightsJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,400 · Human ServicesTHE CROWN CENTER INC: $400 · Housing & Shelter
Other$134,995International$31,800Religion$30,200Philanthropy$25,000Education$20,050Civil Rights$12,750Human Services$6,400Housing & Shelter$400

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC: $31,800 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetYESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCHEVRA-KADISHA YERUSHALAYIM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $13,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RABBI SACKS LEGACY CORP: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOhr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel: $7,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT CHOVEVEI TORAH RABBINICAL SCHOOL LTD (FORMERLY THE MEOROT INST): $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CROWN CENTER INC: $400 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHEVRA-KADISHA YERUSHALAYIM INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE RABBI SACKS LEGACY CORP ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of St Louis ↗
  • Who funds ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA ↗
  • Who funds Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT CHOVEVEI TORAH RABBINICAL SCHOOL LTD (FORMERLY THE MEOROT INST) ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds SAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT ↗
  • Who funds THE CROWN CENTER INC ↗

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.

Harry & Mary Neuman F…Millstone FoundationCombined Jewish Phila…Jewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Jewish Federation of …The Silk Foundation N…The Patriot FoundationStaenberg Family Foun…Fredman Family Charit…Sam and Marilyn Fox F…The Kranzberg Family …
Harry & Mary Neuman Foundation Trust Dtd 12/29/1992NY17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harry & Mary Neuman Foundation Trust Dtd 12/29/1992 · Millstone Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of St Louis · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Silk Foundation Northern Trust · The Patriot Foundation · Staenberg Family Foundation · Fredman Family Charitable Trust · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation

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 Heschel J and Adinah W Raskas Family funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Heschel J and Adinah W Raskas Family. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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%
  • Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 29 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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