· Private foundation
The Max Ida Fred & Marji Strauss Foundation Inc
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $18,575 |
| Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus | $15,700 |
| CAMP RAMAH | $11,570 |
| YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,100 |
| MEROM ISRAEL PARDES KATZ | $6,000 |
| CENTER AHAVAT ISRAEL | $5,500 |
| William N DeBerry Elementary School | $2,000 |
| JAFCO CHILDRENS FOUNDATION | $1,800 |
| POSNACK SCHOOL FUND | $1,200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $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 (FY17–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +121% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 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, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YMYOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE INC7× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue ×44
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SOUTH BROWARD INC4× · 2019–2023 · $16k · revenue +83%
- JCJAFCO Children's Foundation Inc5× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +121%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2021–2022 · $5k
- LHLOTUS HOUSE2× · 2021–2022 · $5k
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.
Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.
To surround students at risk of dropping out with caring adults embedded in schools who provide a community of support with safe places to learn and grow, a focus on graduation to ensure successful futures with a marketable skills, and…
Provide services and programs for women, teens, children, and families of miami-dade county in focusing our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
The mission of the ljd jewish family & community services, inc. is to strengthen the entire community by providing family and individual social services in the jewish tradition of helping people help themselves.
To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…
Achieve miami, inc. is a florida 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a transformational educational ecosystem in miami. in partnership with leaders across the public and private sectors, achieve miami designs and…
Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…
Our mission is to strengthen children and families through innovative education, supportive programming and community engagement. our vision is for every child and family to reach their full potential.
To deliver quality and compassionate behavioral health services to individuals and families all the time through a trauma informed care philosophy and approach.
The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…
Provide crisis intervention for youths.
To unlock the potential of at-risk children and families by providing compassionate and effective services that create opportunities for success.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 67 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.
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: The Miami Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Max Ida Fred & Marji Strauss Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Max Ida Fred & Marji Strauss Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jewish Community Centers of South Broward Inc: 8% of income from government
- Easter Seals South Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Young Musicians Unite Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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