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The Rose Flaum Foundation at a glance

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The Rose Flaum 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.

$269k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$211k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.4MHealth$209kPhilanthropy$34kReligion$28kInternational$15kCivil Rights$10kArts & Culture$10kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $211k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OSU FOUNDATION$210,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY$15,000
HOLLINS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING$10,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSP$5,000
NATIONAL STUTTERING ASSOCIATION$3,500
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$2,500
HADASSAH THE WOMENS ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA INC$2,250
THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION$2,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$2,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY (EASTERN DIVISION)$1,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM$1,000
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$1,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$720
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 (FY19–25, $107k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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 INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $21k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $20k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $15k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $13k → 17%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $13k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%HELPUSADOPTORG: $100 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $200 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%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

MN
NY
OH
NJ
CT
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
AL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 45 repeat orgs$431k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
23

Total granted

$1.3M
$220k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-10%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $211k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $908k · revenue +6%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING TREATMENT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
    7× · 2019–2025 · $102k · revenue +11%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $206k
  • TO
    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • TI
    TEMPLE ISRAEL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
3
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
4
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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6
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
7
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
8
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
9
Jewish War Veterans of the United States

The Organization was granted a charter as a not for profit corporation for patriotic and educational purposes with special concern for the welfare of veterans. The Organization's principal activities consist of protecting the benefits and…

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10
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
11
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stuttering Foundation of America. 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

52 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. 52 of the 71 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
33/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $908,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONOklahoma State University Foundation: $210,500 · EducationOklahoma State University Foundation+3 more: $9,350 · EducationTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $205,500 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIV…CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $19,460 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE+43 more: $71,850 · Other+43 moreTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING TREATMENT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: $101,812 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,200 · Human Services+3 more: $700 · Human ServicesAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $90,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,300 · International+4 more: $2,950 · InternationalHOLLINS COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $71,000 · Social ScienceUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $32,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 · HealthNational Stuttering Association: $7,500 · HealthTHE JED FOUNDATION: $3,820 · Health+2 more: $500 · Health
Education$1,127,850Other$296,810Human Services$106,712International$98,250Social Science$71,000Philanthropy$36,000Health$19,820

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 budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $908,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $210,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING TREATMENT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: $101,812 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLINS COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $71,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Stuttering Association: $7,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetStuttering Foundation of America: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairleigh Dickinson University: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $3,820 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Keller Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTri-State Public Communications Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLIFFORD E GALBRAITH POST 7127: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIME CONNECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving 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 Rose Flaum Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rose Flaum Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 71 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home