· Private foundation
The Mario and Sara Rafalin 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF THE IDF | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE | $3,000 |
| JEWISH RELIVE AGENCY | $2,000 |
| PUENTES DE SALUD ATTN STEVE LARSEN | $1,000 |
| THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND | $1,000 |
| GARCES FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ELWYN | $1,000 |
| THE JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
| MONTOGOMERY COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND | $500 |
| COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ATTN ALBERTA LANDIS | $500 |
| HELP HOPE LIVE | $500 |
| UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAN MUSEUM | $500 |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +206%
- ACAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC8× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +168%
- ICISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- TPTHE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ANNUAL FUNDone grant, 2021 · $1k
WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORYgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +218%- NCNICKLOUS CHILDREN HOSPITALone grant, 2023 · $500
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.
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.
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…
The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…
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.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
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…
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…
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.
See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…
The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.
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…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC ↗
- Who funds JBI INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ELWYN ↗
- Who funds GARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds National Liberty Museum ↗
- Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY ASSOC FOR BLIND ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds INGLIS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CANCER SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC ↗
- Who funds National Foundation For Cancer Research ↗
- Who funds WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mario and Sara Rafalin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mario and Sara Rafalin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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