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The Sabes Family Foundation at a glance

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The Sabes Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$22kReligion$13kYouth Development$12kRecreation & Sports$7kEducation$6kHealth$6kPhilanthropy$2kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $64k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAF1 LLC$32,000
LJD EVENTS$20,000
UJAMAA PLACE$12,000
ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION$2,500
LAKE MINNETONKA ASSOCIATION$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UJAMAA PLACE: $12k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES OF MINNEAPOLIS: $100 → 11%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.
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.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19k · 5 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$19k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+21%

Still filing today

40%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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

  • TJ
    THE JEWISH FDN OF NORTH AMERICA (LIONS OF JUDAH)
    2× · 2019–2021 · $10k
  • OH
    OPERATION HOMEFRONT NEVADA
    3× · 2019–2022 · $3k
  • SA
    STILLWATER AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2019–2022 · $3k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TU
    TOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +21%
  • PC
    PACER CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -19%
  • TL
    THE LOCALS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +3%
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
Aish Minnesota

For education and outreach to members of the minnesota jewish community. we hope to make the minnesota jewish community grow in numbers and involvement. we want the jewish community in minnesota to learn about their rich culture and…

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2
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
3
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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4
Minnesota Jewish Community Center

The minnesota jcc is dedicated to strengthening our community by providing inclusive programs that inspire personal growth, foster connection, and promote well-being through arts, culture, education, fitness, early childhood, day camp and…

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5
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
6
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
7
Lake Street Council

Lake Street Council engages, serves, and advocates for the Lake Street business community in Minneapolis to ensure the vitality and prosperity of the commercial corridor. The Lake Street Council fosters economic vitality and amplifies Lake…

Community Improvement
8
United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe

To organize all workers for the economic, moral and social advancement of their condition and status.

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9
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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10
St Louis Jewish Light

The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.

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11
Sahan Journal

Sahan Journal provides immigrants and communities of color with free, fair, and responsive journalism that shows everyone the way to a more equitable Minnesota.

Education
12
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis; the most unlike its peers is Twin Cities Public Television 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAF1 LLC: $32,000 · OtherDAF1 LLCTHE JEWISH FDN OF NORTH AMERICA (LIONS OF JUDAH): $10,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH FDN OF NORTH AMERICA (LIONS OF JUDAH)OPERATION HOMEFRONT NEVADA: $3,200 · OtherOPERATION HOMEFRONT NEVADASTILLWATER AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · OtherADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION: $2,500 · Other+8 more: $7,600 · Other+8 moreLJD EVENTS: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLJD EVENTSTHE LOCALS INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE LOCALS INC+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureUJAMAA PLACE: $12,000 · Human ServicesUJAMAA PLACE+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesTOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA: $5,000 · EducationTHE ISRAEL BRIDGE: $1,000 · EducationPACER CENTER INC: $2,000 · Civil RightsLake Minnetonka Association: $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$58,300Arts & Culture$21,600Human Services$12,100Education$6,000Civil Rights$2,000Environment$1,500Philanthropy$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLJD EVENTS: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetUJAMAA PLACE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTILLWATER AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOCALS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF LAS VEGAS SIGESMUND CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Minnetonka Association: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ISRAEL BRIDGE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Sabes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sabes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    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 Sabes Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Sabes 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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