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The Jake Aronov Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Jake Aronov Charitable 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.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$5.6MInternational$1.5MEducation$987kPhilanthropy$444kHealth$263kHuman Services$18kFood & Nutrition$10kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $196k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$20,700
Median grant
4
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEKUSHARIM INC$60,000
CHABAD UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$45,000
YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL INC$37,800
ATLANTA SCHOLARS KOLLELL$30,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEOROT YERUSHALAYIM$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,700
NER ISRAEL RABBINICAL COLLEGE$19,200
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$18,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS BOSTON IN ISRAEL INC$9,600
CHABAD INTOWN$9,600
JEWISH HERITAGE MOVEMENT$5,000
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.

US giving: 79% of grant dollars ($7.6M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 21% that went abroad ($2.0M) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LOVING CLASSROOM THE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE CENTER: $100k → 9%TORAS DOVID COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $500k → 14%AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $120k → 14%CHABAD UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $45k → 17%ATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY: $18k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $230k → 14%LEV ECHAD LEV MODIN TRU: $36k → 11%AISH GLOBAL INC: $720k → 12%THE FOUNDATION OF OPTIMA HEALTH: $263k → 10%NER ISRAEL RABBINICAL COLLEGE: $19k → 11%CHABAD OF SOUTHERN MN: $18k → 9%YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL INC: $38k → 14%JEWISH FUTURES FOUNDATION: $250k → 20%AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $95k → 14%CHABAD OF ALABAMA: $300k → 16%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $38k → 14%QUALITY OF LIFE: $36k → 11%AISH GLOBAL INC: $540k → 12%CHABAD OF SOUTHERN MN: $18k → 9%JUST ONE LIFE: $18k → 17%JEWISH FUTURES FOUNDATION: $100k → 20%CHABAD OF ALABAMA: $150k → 16%MEKUSHARIM INC: $60k → 14%QUALITY OF LIFE: $36k → 11%AISH HATORAH NEW YORK: $360k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEOROT YERUSHALAYIM: $180k → 20%CHABAD OF ALABAMA: $90k → 16%JEWISH UNITY INTERNATIONAL: $600k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEOROT YERUSHALAYIM: $75k → 20%JEWISH UNITY INTERNATIONAL: $500k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEOROT YERUSHALAYIM: $25k → 20%ATLANTA KOLLEL: $438k → 14%ALIYOS SHLOMO: $150k → 20%ATLANTA KOLLEL: $225k → 14%ATLANTA SCHOLARS KOLLELL: $180k → 14%ATLANTA SCHOLARS KOLLELL: $125k → 14%YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL: $97k → 14%YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL: $90k → 14%TEMIMA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $80k → 14%TEMIMA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $80k → 14%BETH JACOB ATLANTA: $65k → 14%BETH JACOB ATLANTA: $60k → 14%ATLANTA SCHOLARS KOLLELL: $50k → 14%TORAH DAY SCHOOL: $36k → 14%YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL: $36k → 14%ATLANTA SCHOLARS KOLLELL: $30k → 14%BETH JACOB ATLANTA: $25k → 14%BETH JACOB ATLANTA: $21k → 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

MN
NY
NJ
VA
MD
DC
LA
AL
GA

Beyond the US: 21% of all-years giving ($2.0M)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Israel$1.7M · 2 grants
South Africa$360k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 22 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
20

Total granted

$8.0M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+27%

Still filing today

27%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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
EducationReligionInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • JU
    Jewish Unity International Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +11%
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $215k · revenue +2%
  • TT
    TEMIMA THE RICHARD AND JEAN KATZ HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $160k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • TD
    TORAS DOVID COMMUNITY KOLLEL
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
  • AG
    AISH GLOBAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $360k · revenue +32%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION OF OPTIMA HEALTH
    one grant, 2018 · $263k
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
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
2
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
3
University of Judaism Foundation
—
4
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
Friends of Yeshiva Beer Abraham

Furtherance of jewish education

Religion
7
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
8
Friends of Yeshiva Tehilas Shlomo Inc

Provide support to further jewish education

Philanthropy
9
Sherit Isroel
—
10
American Friends of Ohev Yisrael

Support for study of torah and chasiddus in ramat shilo, israel

Religion
11
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
12
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael of Atlanta Inc

Inspire and assist each student in his quest to nurture a personal relationship with hashem, develop and refine his character, immerse himself in serious torah scholarship and attain the knowledge and skills necessary to be an articulate…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pirchei of Atlanta. 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

21 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. 21 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JERUSALEM AISH HATORAH FUND: $1,670,000 · OtherTHE JERUSALEM AISH HATORAH FUNDAISH GLOBAL INC: $1,260,000 · OtherAISH GLOBAL INCIndividual grant recipient: $662,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHABAD OF ALABAMA: $540,257 · OtherCHABAD OF ALABAMATORAS DOVID COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $500,000 · OtherTORAS DOVID COMMUNITY KOLLELATLANTA SCHOLARS KOLLEL INC: $385,000 · OtherOHR SOMAYACH SOUTH AFRICA: $360,000 · OtherJEWISH FUTURES FOUNDATION: $350,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEOROT YERUSHALAYIM: $280,000 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITY: $267,964 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION OF OPTIMA HEALTH: $262,500 · Other+17 more: $917,545 · Other+17 moreJewish Unity International Inc: $1,100,000 · ReligionJewish Unity Intern…AISH GLOBAL INC: $360,000 · ReligionAISH GLOBAL INCALIYOS SHLOMO: $150,000 · ReligionALIYOS SHLOMO+3 more: $32,600 · ReligionAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 · InternationalJUST ONE LIFE INC: $18,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $18,000 · International+1 more: $1,800 · InternationalTEMIMA THE RICHARD AND JEAN KATZ HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $160,000 · EducationPIRCHEI OF ATLANTA: $34,000 · EducationCMCH Elementary INC: $19,200 · EducationATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY INC: $18,000 · Education+2 more: $2,800 · EducationQUALITY OF LIFE INC: $72,000 · PhilanthropyYAD L YAD CHARITY FUND INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $3,600 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $1,800 · Arts & CultureMAYO CLINIC: $500 · Health
Other$7,455,766Religion$1,642,600International$252,800Education$234,000Philanthropy$85,600Arts & Culture$1,800Health$500

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 budgetJewish Unity International Inc: $1,100,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $360,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTEMIMA THE RICHARD AND JEAN KATZ HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $160,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetALIYOS SHLOMO: $150,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE INC: $72,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetPIRCHEI OF ATLANTA: $34,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCMCH Elementary INC: $19,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJUST ONE LIFE INC: $18,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS VERETZKY: $18,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetYAD L YAD CHARITY FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetN E MILES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $500 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 Jewish Unity International Inc ↗
  • Who funds AISH GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEMIMA THE RICHARD AND JEAN KATZ HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALIYOS SHLOMO ↗
  • Who funds QUALITY OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds PIRCHEI OF ATLANTA ↗
  • Who funds CMCH Elementary INC ↗
  • Who funds JUST ONE LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS VERETZKY ↗
  • Who funds YAD L YAD CHARITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MOSDOS BOSTON IN ISRAEL 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.

Jewish Federation of …Jewish Communal FundThe Ojc FundThe Joyce and Ramie T…Jewish Community Foun…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta IncGA21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · The Joyce and Ramie Tritt Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile 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 Jake Aronov Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jake Aronov Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–10%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Jake Aronov Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 49 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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