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The Kedar Family and Zoltan Sonesh Foundation at a glance

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The Kedar Family and Zoltan Sonesh 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.

$334k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$553kAnimals$162kHealth$66kEducation$37kCommunity Improvement$30kPhilanthropy$27kReligion$18kHuman Services$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALO GLOBAL FOUNDATION$250,000
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY$10,010
AMERICA GIVES INC$10,000
GAVIN FARRELL FOUNDATION$7,523
JGIVE FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC$6,000
TIBET FUND$5,500
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT$5,146
MEET$5,000
SUNRISE ASSOCIATION$5,000
WORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION (WISE)$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING BLINDNESS$5,000
HAIR TO STAY$5,000
HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION$3,000
CHABAD OF SOUTHAMPTON JEWISH CENTER$2,800
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%THE DINNER PARTY LABS: $10k → 10%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 6%GAVIN FARRELL FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$337k · 12 repeat orgs$621k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
29

Total granted

$337k
$313k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+15%

Still filing today

67%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $308k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • WI
    WORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $37k · revenue +61%
  • H
    HAIRTOSTAY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +91%
  • IA
    INNOVATION AFRICA
    3× · 2021–2023 · $18k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • T
    TENDREL
    one grant, 2020 · $162k
  • SF
    SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND
    one grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue +15%
  • MA
    MEET AC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +200%
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 Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
2
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc

To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.

—
3
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
5
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
6
American Friends of Kohelet Policy Forum

The principal and primary intent of the organization is to support kohelet policy forum (the "forum"), a jerusalem-based non-profit policy center founded in 2012, comprised of leading academics and researchers.

—
7
American Friends of the Us - Israel Binational Science Foundation

The mission of the american friends of the u.s.-israel binational science foundation (afbsf) is to ensure the continuation of collaborative world-class scientific research by israeli and american scientists through the us israel binational…

Science & Tech
8
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center

To promote and support the rambam health care campus-the premier medical center in northern israel.

International
9
Friends of Israeli Flying Aid Inc

Friends of israeli flying aid, inc. raises funds to provide funding to a charitable organization in israel, israeli flying aid, for its charitable mission of supplying humanitarian aid and medical assistance in war torn areas of the world.

Human Services
10
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
11
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
12
American Friends of the Heschel Center Inc

The american friends of the heschel center, inc., envisions a just and sustainable society in israel, with full participation of all its diverse inhabitants and in productive dialogue with american individuals and organizations engaged in…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Meet Ac Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALO GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $197,897 · OtherCALO GLOBAL FOUNDATIONTENDREL: $162,481 · OtherTENDRELTHE-MEET: $27,500 · OtherTHE-MEET+25 more: $70,009 · Other+25 moreCALO GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationCALO GLOBAL FOUNDATION INCWORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION INC: $36,690 · EducationWORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION I…SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $32,500 · InternationalSEARCH FOR …INNOVATION AFRICA: $17,500 · InternationalINNOVATION …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $15,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FR…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $11,030 · InternationalAMERICAN FR…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF …Tibet Fund Inc: $5,500 · InternationalTibet Fund …SEEDS OF PEACE INC: $5,000 · International+2 more: $3,016 · InternationalHAIRTOSTAY: $25,754 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $10,500 · HealthASHLEY INC: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $125 · HealthMEET AC INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICA GIVES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,146 · PhilanthropyGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAHRC NEW YORK CITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,256 · PhilanthropyNEPHCURE KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DINNER PARTY LABS CO NPOC SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesGAVIN FARRELL FOUNDATION: $7,523 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Human Services
Other$457,887Education$286,690International$99,546Health$38,879Community Improvement$30,000Philanthropy$29,402Human Services$25,523

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 budgetCALO GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetWORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION INC: $36,690 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $32,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEET AC INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAIRTOSTAY: $25,754 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetINNOVATION AFRICA: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $11,030 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY: $10,010 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DINNER PARTY LABS CO NPOC SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $7,768 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGAVIN FARRELL FOUNDATION: $7,523 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetJGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTibet Fund Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,146 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLEY INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAHRC NEW YORK CITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,256 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEcoHealth Alliance Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEPHCURE KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $516 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $322 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC: $100 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Jewish Community Fede…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Raymond James Charita…
Jewish Communal FundNY19.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Kedar Family and Zoltan Sonesh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kedar Family and Zoltan Sonesh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • EcoHealth Alliance Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Meet Ac Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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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 54 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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