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The Morton and Barbara Mandel Foundation Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$19M
Granted FY2020
136
Grants FY2020
17
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of The Morton and Barbara Mandel Foundation Family Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Brandeis University, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 59 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Morton and Barbara Mandel Foundation Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 61 organizations, $19M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

61
’20
59
’21

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2021.

International$11MEducation$7.7MPhilanthropy$3.2MCivil Rights$470kHealth$465kHuman Services$410kArts & Culture$300kCommunity Improvement$292kHousing & Shelter$290kOther$2.3M
02FY2020 · 136 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k8 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k97 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+3 grants · $14M
$20,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Friends of the Hebrew University$10,000,000
Brandeis University$3,333,333
Tzedek Social Justice Fund$1,131,117
United Way of Summit & Medina$200,000
Stewart's Caring Place$125,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University$125,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University$125,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County$100,000
New Israel Fund$100,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University$100,000
Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children's Se$100,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County$100,000
Case Western Reserve University$100,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County$100,000
United Way of Summit & Medina$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $385k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Jewish Community Centers Association: $50k → 17%Victim Assistance Program: $10k → 13%Victim Assistance Program: $10k → 13%Tranzmission Inc: $30k → 12%Tranzmission Inc: $30k → 12%Tranzmission Inc: $25k → 12%Sparc Foundation: $15k → 12%Tranzmission Inc: $15k → 12%Tranzmission Inc: $15k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $25k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $25k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $25k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $25k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $25k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $20k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $15k → 12%Colaborativa La Milpa: $15k → 12%UMOJA Health Wellness and Justice Collective: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 50 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +54% since the first grant, against +39% for the ones you funded once.

50 repeat relationships — 50 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
44

Total granted

$17M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+39%

Still filing today

82%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $618k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
Civil RightsEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TS
    Tzedek Social Justice Fund
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.6M · revenue +207% · 92% of their budget
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    2× · 2020–2021 · $450k · revenue +44%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $350k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TO
    Town of Palm Beach
    one grant, 2021 · $228k
  • FG
    Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children's Se
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • UA
    UNC Asheville Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $93k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
2
Out & Equal

To provide leadership and professional development, education and research to create workplaces free from discrimination.

Social Science
3
Equality Florida Institute Inc

Equality florida institute is the educational arm of the largest civil rights organization in florida dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Civil Rights
4
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana

To support the work of the amercian civil liberties union of louisiana through litigation, public education and limited lobbying in support of civil liberties.

Civil Rights
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
6
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
7
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
8
Equality Nc

Securing equality and justice for lgbtq north carolinians.

Civil Rights
9
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
10
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
11
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc

The american civil liberties union foundation of northern california (aclu nc foundation) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc foundation, a california…

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12
Forward Justice Action Network

Forward Justice Action Network is a nonprofit with the purpose to engage in educational and advocacy activities to promote political and grassroots support for public policies that advance racial social and economic justice in North…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Lgbtq Task Force and the most unlike its peers is Tzedek Social Justice Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsPolicy Research and AdvocacyLgbtq+ Community SupportImmigrant Worker SupportEnvironmental Conservation …Community Arts CentersUnited Way AffiliatesHealth Access Advocacy and …Local Food System Organizat…Youth Development ServicesVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Food Banks and PantriesDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr16%67%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/84
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,481

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 102 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/80
Grantees still filing
60/80
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $10,400,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC+4 more — $300,000 · InternationalBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — $6,666,667 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITYTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $449,500 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE …CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $350,000 · Education+6 more — $199,000 · EducationTzedek Social Justice Fund — $1,591,943 · PhilanthropyTzedek Social…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $550,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA — $500,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…JEWISH COMMUNITY BOARD OF AKRON — $362,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUN…+4 more — $157,500 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach — $227,930 · OtherTown of Palm …THE ASTRAEA FOUNDATION INC — $160,000 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL — $125,000 · OtherEAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO — $250,000 · OtherEAGLE MARKET …NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED — $160,000 · OtherTHE LORD'S PLACE INC — $200,000 · OtherTHE LORD'S PL…WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WORKERS CENTER — $140,000 · Other+51 more — $1,909,055 · Other+51 moreCampaign For Southern Equality — $85,000 · Civil RightsEQUALITY FEDERATION INSTITUTE — $70,000 · Civil RightsYOUTH OUTRIGHT WNC INC — $60,000 · Civil RightsMOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT — $60,000 · Civil RightsFUNDERS FOR LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES INC DBA FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES — $60,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC — $50,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC — $40,000 · Civil Rights+3 more — $45,000 · Civil RightsSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY — $250,000 · HealthComprehensive Alcoholism Rehabilitation Programs — $70,000 · HealthCLUB OASIS INC — $65,000 · HealthOur Voice Inc — $55,000 · HealthKEEP IT SIMPLE INC — $25,000 · HealthColaborativa La Milpa — $175,000 · Human ServicesTRANZMISSION INC — $85,000 · Human ServicesHELPMATE INC — $55,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA — $50,000 · Human ServicesVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesSPARC Foundation Inc — $15,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human Services
International$10,700,000Education$7,665,167Philanthropy$3,161,443Other$3,171,985Civil Rights$470,000Health$465,000Human Services$410,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $10,400,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — $6,666,667 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTzedek Social Justice Fund — $1,591,943 over 2y, 92% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $550,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA — $500,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $449,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY BOARD OF AKRON — $362,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO — $250,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY — $250,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND — $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC — $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetColaborativa La Milpa — $175,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED — $160,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetTHE ASTRAEA FOUNDATION INC — $160,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WORKERS CENTER — $140,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetPALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC — $130,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INC — $105,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetKL TRAINING SOLUTIONS — $86,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetINNER CITY INNOVATORS INC — $85,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCampaign For Southern Equality — $85,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCenter for Participatory Change — $80,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE — $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEQUALITY FEDERATION INSTITUTE — $70,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetComprehensive Alcoholism Rehabilitation Programs — $70,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYTL TRAINING PROGRAM — $70,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetCAROLINA JEWS FOR JUSTICE GOLDSTEIN — $66,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetCLUB OASIS INC — $65,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetYOUTH OUTRIGHT WNC INC — $60,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetMOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT — $60,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc — $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFUNDERS FOR LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES INC DBA FUNDERS FOR LGBTQ ISSUES — $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUALITY NC FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHELPMATE INC — $55,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetOur Voice Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetArteria Collective — $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE — $50,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetASHEVILLE CREATIVE ARTS INC — $49,900 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetSOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAsheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust — $40,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetHOPE RURAL SCHOOL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKEEP IT SIMPLE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dogwood Health TrustThe Community Foundat…Wnc Bridge FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Z Smith Reynolds Foun…United Way of Ashevil…Laughing Gull Foundat…Community Foundation …Borealis PhilanthropySouthern Vision Allia…Blueprint North Carol…Wellspring Philanthro…
Dogwood Health TrustNC56.5× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Laughing Gull Foundation · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Southern Vision Alliance · Blueprint North Carolina · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Morton and Barbara Mandel Foundation Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc — 17% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Brandeis University — 9% of income from government
  • Hope Rural School Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Day Academy Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Morton and Barbara Mandel Foundation Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Morton and Barbara Mandel Foundation Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 102 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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