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The Lederhausen 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.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$228kPhilanthropy$158kInternational$110kCivil Rights$100kCommunity Improvement$65kPublic Benefit$50kReligion$38kYouth Development$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Central Fund of Israel$25,000
Ronald McDonald House$15,000
Inside the Middle East Inc$15,000
Jewish Council for Youth Services$7,500
Admirals Cove Foundation Inc$5,000
Serving Up Hope Inc$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 (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Karma for Cara Inc: $3k → 7%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
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CO
VA
MD
DC
LA
TX
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$323k · 7 repeat orgs$545k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +95% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
267

Total granted

$323k
$497k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+95%
0%

Still filing today

86%
6%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionArts & 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 UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    2× · 2020–2023 · $140k · revenue +13%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Global
    2× · 2022–2023 · $80k · revenue +69%
  • MU
    MACCABI USA INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue -17%
  • RE
    RepresentUs Education Fund
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -42%
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +3%
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
Impact Forum Foundation

The Impact Forum is an exclusive network of philanthropists. We are connecting philanthropists that support each others initiatives and collaborate to empower and meet with exceptional non-profit organizations to fight antisemitism,…

Philanthropy
2
Young Judaea Global Inc

Young judaea is a diverse community that educates and empowers jewish youth to deeply engage with israel and to lead positive change for the jewish people, israel and the world.

Education
3
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
4
University of Judaism Foundation
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5
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
6
Tamid Israel Investment Group Ltd

Tamid group facilitates experiential education and cultivates relationships to create a strong, lasting connection to israel for emerging professionals.

Youth Development
7
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…

—
8
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
9
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
10
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
11
Jewish Federation of Detroit

The jewish federation of detroit is the cornerstone of our jewish community. we are committed to taking care of the needs of the jewish people and building a strong and vibrant jewish future, in detroit, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
12
Boundless Israel Inc

The organization is a think-action tank partnering with community leaders to revitalize israel education and take bold collective action to combat jew-hatred.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Israel Education Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ted Foundation 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

25 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. 25 of the 278 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)
25/25
Grantees still filing
12/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ronald McDonald House: $25,000 · OtherRonald McDonald HouseSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP: $20,000 · OtherSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING…BUILD INC: $15,000 · OtherBUILD INCFriends of Barzilai: $10,352 · OtherCHILDREN OF DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherMACCABI USA INC: $25,000 · OtherMACCABI USA INCPROSPER CHICAGO INC: $10,000 · Other+180 more: $162,436 · Other+180 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $140,273 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF…ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyADMIRALS COVE FOUNDAT…AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAE…Central Fund of Israel: $25,000 · InternationalCentral Fund o…INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST INC: $15,000 · InternationalINSIDE THE MID…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEN…THE ISRAEL ADVOCACY GROUP: $10,000 · InternationalTHE ISRAEL ADV…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $100,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATI…Ronald McDonald House Global: $80,000 · HealthRonald McDo…HALFTHESTORY: $10,000 · HealthHALFTHESTOR…TED FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementRepresentUs Education Fund: $50,000 · Public Benefit
Other$277,788Philanthropy$157,773International$110,000Civil Rights$100,000Health$90,000Community Improvement$65,000Public Benefit$50,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $140,273 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTED FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBUILD INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROSPER CHICAGO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetHALFTHESTORY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISRAEL ADVOCACY GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Green: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONEGOAL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKarma for Cara Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSERVING UP HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Federation of …National Philanthropi…The Chicago Community…American Endowment Fo…Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lederhausen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lederhausen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%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
    5get 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 · 0–10%
    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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    How do I get to The Lederhausen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lederhausen 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 278 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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