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The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable 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.

$51k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
83%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$27,500
Organizations funded a year
6 to 43
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$676k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 83% of the organizations The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionCivil RightsRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving6$48k0%
FY20236$51k83%
FY202243$45k9%
FY202141$41k10%
FY202039$40k5%
FY201939$40k3%
FY201842$40k0%
FY201742$40kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$83kInternational$61kHealth$58kReligion$39kEducation$35kHuman Services$16kArts & Culture$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc$18,00060%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$15,00070%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$11,80060%
Geder Avos Jewish Heritage Group Inc$9,50041%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$9,00060%
Solomon Schechter Day School Inc$8,4006n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$6,20060%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$6,00060%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$6,00060%
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc$5,50040%
Zionist Organization of America$4,60060%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$4,50060%
Boston Jewish Film Inc$4,50060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,20060%
Love for Life Foundation$3,900617%
American Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc$3,00060%
Heart to Heart International Inc$3,00060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,80060%
Out Metrowest Inc$2,00020%
Group International Foundation Inc$2,0004n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,90060%
The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children$1,80060%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,50030%
Goodwill Industries International Inc$1,50020%
Prager University Foundation$1,50030%
Pine Street Inn Inc$1,20060%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,20060%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$1,00060%
Belev Echad Inc$1,00010%
The David Project$8003n/a
The Sports Museum of New England Inc$65020%
Lincoln Land Conservation Trust$60060%
Poly Prep Country Day School$50050%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$50010%
American Friends of the Israel Intellig Ence Herritage and Commemoration Center$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($198k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc: $18,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $11,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeder Avos Jewish Heritage Group Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $6,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetZionist Organization of America: $4,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Jewish Film Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLove for Life Foundation: $3,900 over 6y, 17% of budgetAmerican Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOut Metrowest Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries International Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBelev Echad Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sports Museum of New England Inc: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Land Conservation Trust: $600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPoly Prep Country Day School: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Israel Intellig Ence Herritage and Commemoration Center: $300 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

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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.

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About The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation

How much does The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation give?
The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (22%), International (16%), Health (15%).
Who are The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc ($18k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($15k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($12k).
Does The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation based?
The Melvin & Beatrice Fraiman Charitable Foundation is based in MA.

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 62 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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