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The Nagen Project Inc

The nagen project stands at the forefront of a crucial battle against antisemitism, fighting not just for the present but for the future of north american jews.

$749k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Civil Rights$1.1MInternational$510kReligion$400kEducation$25k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL VALUES$275,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY$150,000
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$150,000
ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION$35,000
THE LAWFARE PROJECT$25,000
BOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC$25,000
CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL$25,000
GEVURAH FUND$25,000
ISGAP$25,000
MERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC: $25k → 8%GEVURAH FUND: $25k → 10%Reut USA: $5k → 14%Central Fund of Israel: $25k → 6%ISGAP: $25k → 17%Hillel International: $250k → 14%Foundation to Combat Antisemitism: $35k → 10%UCONN Foundation: $25k → 11%Jewish Institute for Liberal Values: $416k → 15%Friends of ELNET: $25k → 14%Boundless Israel Inc: $25k → 8%CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL: $25k → 6%THE LAWFARE PROJECT: $25k → 17%The Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $280k → 14%JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL VALUES: $275k → 15%MERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%THE FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY: $150k → 14%Jewish Institute for Liberal Values: $50k → 15%The Foundation for Defence of Democracies: $150k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
KS
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 5 repeat orgs$210k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +73% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
4

Total granted

$1.8M
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+73%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
InternationalEducationReligionCivil RightsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • JI
    JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL VALUES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $741k · revenue +395% · 36% of their budget
  • FF
    Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $580k · revenue +77%
  • HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • FT
    FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue ×13
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ELNET
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -3%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +4%
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
Foundation for Conservative Judiasm of South Florida
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3
Sherit Isroel
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4
Alliance for Israel

To educate about antisemitism and the campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel.

Civil Rights
5
Israel Initiative 2020 Inc
International
6
Friends of Institute for Zionist

The organization seeks to reinforce the foundations of israel as a jewish and democratic state. it acts to promote programs to educate the israeli public on the importance of both values and to demonstrate how each contributes to and…

International
7
Voices United for Israel

Educational information regarding Israel and the Middle East.

International
8
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Moskowitz Prize for Zionism Inc
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10
International Coalition for Israel - Usa

International coalition for israel usa (ici-usa) is a u.s. based organization inititated by the european coalition for israel to promote international cooperation and trans-atlantic relations, to further engage the international…

International
11
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
12
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Israel On Campus Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

14 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL VALUES INC: $740,950 · ReligionJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL VALUES INCHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $400,000 · ReligionHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFEFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $580,000 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democra…Central Fund of Israel: $50,000 · InternationalCentral Fund of IsraelTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $25,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ELNET: $25,000 · InternationalBOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC: $50,000 · EducationISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC: $35,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationGEVURA FUND: $25,000 · EducationFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $35,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY: $25,000 · Civil RightsMERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyREUT USA: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Religion$1,140,950International$680,000Education$135,000Civil Rights$60,000Philanthropy$10,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL VALUES INC: $740,950 over 3y, 36% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $580,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEVURA FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetMERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREUT USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Marcus Foundation…Combined Jewish Phila…Jewish Community Fede…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Nagen Project Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nagen Project Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Nagen Project Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Nagen Project Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 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 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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