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The Rochwarger Family Foundation at a glance

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The Rochwarger 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$147kPhilanthropy$65kInternational$45kHealth$25kHuman Services$13kEducation$12kYouth Development$2kArts & Culture$960Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,800
Median grant
4
States reached
$360k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Various$7,260
The Chesed Fund$5,000
A Time$2,880
PEF Israel Endowment Funds$1,800
Toras Chaim Inc$1,000
Ezer Mizion$1,000
Friends of Asor Fund USA - Jgive$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZALASH INC: $2k → 13%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $3k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $5k → 20%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $1k → 20%Nechamacomfort: $1k → 7%Belev Echad: $1k → 17%A Time: $3k → 20%A Time: $2k → 20%A Time: $2k → 20%A TIME: $1k → 20%A TIME: $1k → 20%A Time: $1k → 20%A Time: $1k → 20%Bonei Olam: $758 → 20%Bonei Olam: $500 → 20%Bonei Olam: $500 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $500 → 20%A TIME: $200 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $250 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $180 → 20%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
PA
NJ
CA
MD
TX
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$227k · 40 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
69

Total granted

$227k
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+16%

Still filing today

33%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% 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
Human ServicesInternationalReligionPhilanthropyCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • CF
    Central Fund of Israel
    3× · 2019–2022 · $23k · revenue +145%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI
    7× · 2018–2024 · $19k · revenue +531%
  • AT
    A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange
    8× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +346%

Funded once

  • JC
    Jewish Content Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -20%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS MISHTERET YISROEL
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • KT
    KOLLEL TORAS CHAIM
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
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
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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2
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
Sherit Isroel
—
5
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

—
6
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
7
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
8
Zichron Chaim Avraham Foundation
Philanthropy
9
American Friends of Shviti Hashem Inc

To support and promote the study of torah (bible) among members of jewish faith worldwide.

Religion
10
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

—
11
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
12
American Friends of Torat Eliyahu
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aish Global Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kln Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 113 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEF Israel Endowment Funds: $26,700 · OtherPEF Israel Endowment FundsFRIENDS OF MISHTERET YISRAEL: $22,856 · OtherFRIENDS OF MISHTERET YISRAELVarious: $20,390 · OtherVariousAMERICAN FRIENDS MISHTERET YISROEL: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS MISHTERET YISROELSINAI ACADEMY: $9,600 · Other+83 more: $153,032 · Other+83 moreCentral Fund of Israel: $22,640 · InternationalCentral Fund…EZER MIZION: $6,915 · InternationalEZER MIZIONTORAH COMMUNITY FUND INC: $5,500 · InternationalTORAH COMMUN…AMIT CHILDREN INC: $2,800 · InternationalAMIT CHILDRE…NE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $1,800 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI: $19,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $4,700 · PhilanthropyAmerican Friends of Shaalei Torah Inc: $3,200 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $10,680 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $6,000 · Human ServicesBonei Olam Inc: $2,688 · Human ServicesCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $2,500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZALASH INC: $1,834 · Human ServicesNECHAMACOMFORT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesBELEV ECHAD INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesJewish Content Inc: $20,000 · ReligionTORAS CHAIM INC: $1,000 · ReligionTORAS EMES ACADEMY OF MIAMI INC: $870 · ReligionBRIS AVROHOM INC: $860 · Religion+2 more: $860 · ReligionTHE ALEPH INSTITUTE INC: $1,277 · Crime & LegalCHAI LIFELINE INC: $860 · Health
Other$247,578International$40,155Philanthropy$27,400Human Services$25,702Religion$23,590Crime & Legal$1,277Health$860

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $22,640 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Content Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI: $19,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $10,680 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetZICHRON TZVI ELIMELECH: $6,950 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEZER MIZION: $6,915 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTORAH COMMUNITY FUND INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $5,076 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $4,700 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetYAKAR FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 16% of budgetAmerican Friends of Shaalei Torah Inc: $3,200 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $2,688 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeis Midrash of Queens: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVA DERECH CHAIM: $1,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZALASH INC: $1,834 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHAVEI YISRAEL INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ALEPH INSTITUTE INC: $1,277 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNECHAMACOMFORT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBELEV ECHAD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTORAS EMES ACADEMY OF MIAMI INC: $870 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRIS AVROHOM INC: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ERETZ HEMDAH: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKLN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIKVAH USA INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASBIA: $300 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.

  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Content Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI ↗
  • Who funds A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange ↗
  • Who funds ZICHRON TZVI ELIMELECH ↗
  • Who funds EZER MIZION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER ↗
  • Who funds TORAH COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds YAKAR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Shaalei Torah Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMIT CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Bonei Olam Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHESED FUND ↗

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 Jmg FoundationThe Ojc FundJewish Federation of …FjcJack Adjmi Family Fou…The Ari & Cheryl Pear…Gertrude and Morris B…Mayberg Foundation IncRegina Goldwasser Fou…The Fishoff Family Fo…The Setton Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY29.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Jmg Foundation · The Ojc Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Fjc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Ari & Cheryl Pearl Foundation Inc · Gertrude and Morris Bienenfeld Charitable Foundation · Mayberg Foundation Inc · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · The Fishoff Family Foundation · The Setton 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 Rochwarger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rochwarger Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Aleph Institute Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 113 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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