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The Michael Finkelstein and Sue-Ann Friedman Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Michael Finkelstein and Sue-Ann Friedman 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.

$112k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$389kCivil Rights$224kArts & Culture$115kEnvironment$56kReligion$44kPhilanthropy$25kYouth Development$11kEducation$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$6,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$863k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS (NORD)$50,000
AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC$25,000
ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC$15,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER$6,854
Individual grant recipient$6,500
TEMPLE SHOLOM$5,109
METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION$2,750
Individual grant recipient$500
STAMFORD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES$250
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, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE OPTIONS: $1k → 13%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

MT
NY
MA
OR
IN
CT
KS
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$843k · 20 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
24

Total granted

$843k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+13%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $223k · revenue +78%
  • AT
    AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $53k · revenue +498%
  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $50k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +30%
  • SU
    STEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -28%
  • NF
    NYWICI FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +269%
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 Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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.

Education
8
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
9
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
10
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

29 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. 29 of the 47 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS (NORD): $170,000 · OtherNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS (NORD)STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $115,000 · OtherSTAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER: $55,854 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVERTEMPLE SHOLOM INC: $23,103 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $18,000 · Other+22 more: $55,875 · Other+22 moreANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $223,200 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $52,650 · Arts & CultureAVON THEATRE FI…Metropolitan Opera Association Inc: $22,500 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Op…ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEA…STEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTEP UP WOMEN'S…NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $8,750 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY B…THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HA…NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY C…+4 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $23,000 · PhilanthropyADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFSHD SOCIETY: $23,900 · HealthWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthNYWICI FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Education
Other$437,832Civil Rights$223,200Arts & Culture$124,900Public Safety & Disaster$50,000Philanthropy$40,000Health$29,400Education$6,500

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 budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $223,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $52,650 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFSHD SOCIETY: $23,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $22,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $8,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNYWICI FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAMFORD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Adoption and Foster Care Options Inc: $1,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAWARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF STAMFORD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $150 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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Michael Finkelstein and Sue-Ann Friedman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael Finkelstein and Sue-Ann Friedman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • 100 Black Men of Stamford Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Stamford Emergency Medical Services Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 47 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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