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The Needelman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Needelman Family Foundation

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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$45kAnimals$8kHuman Services$2kInternational$2kArts & Culture$2kHealth$1kReligion$900Environment$650Other$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$400
Median grant
8
States reached
$57k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 98% of reported assets are held in Exxon Stock.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OC$7,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$600
TIGER HAVEN FOUNDATION$400
ALLEY CAT ALLIES INC$400
PANTHERA FOUNDATION$400
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$400
CHABAD CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE$300
JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE$250
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$200
THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$200
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$200
CHABAD OF WEST ORANGE COUNTY$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $600 → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $200 → 6%HERITAGE POINTE: $518 → 10%HERITAGE POINTE: $200 → 10%HERITAGE POINTE: $200 → 10%HERITAGE POINTE: $125 → 10%HERITAGE POINTE: $100 → 10%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

NY
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
AL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$61k · 23 repeat orgs$860 to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
5

Total granted

$61k
$860

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+49%

Still filing today

52%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesInternationalPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    3× · 2020–2025 · $2k · revenue +211%
  • AC
    Alley Cat Allies Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1k · revenue +104%
  • JH
    JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • WA
    Wetlands and Wildlife Care Centergraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $400 · revenue +72%
  • TR
    THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200 · revenue +48%
  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100 · revenue +49%
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 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
6
Northern Jaguar Project

The mission of the northern jaguar project is to preserve and recover the world's northermost population of the jaguar, its unique natural habitat, and native wildlife under its protection as a flagship, keystone, and umbrella species.

Animals
7
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
8
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
9
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
10
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
The National World War Ii Museum Inc

The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is San Diego Museum of Art. 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

17 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. 17 of the 29 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OC: $45,400 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OC+13 more: $7,485 · Other+13 moreAlley Cat Allies Inc: $1,400 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $675 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $600 · AnimalsWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $400 · AnimalsJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,143 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $800 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,900 · InternationalJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $550 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $400 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $400 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $250 · Arts & CultureTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $200 · Arts & CultureHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $225 · Public BenefitHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100 · HealthSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100 · Crime & Legal
Other$52,885Animals$3,075Human Services$1,943International$1,900Arts & Culture$1,800Public Benefit$225Health$100Crime & Legal$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $1,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,143 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $675 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $225 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Needelman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Needelman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–25%
    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 29 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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