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The Saramar Charitable Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$501k
Granted FY2024still arriving
109
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$157k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.2MHealth$517kInternational$489kArts & Culture$457kEducation$415kPhilanthropy$228kHuman Services$89kFood & Nutrition$86kOther$0
02FY2024 · 109 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k100 grants · $137k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $247k
$1,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAR ZION TEMPLE$156,872
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$90,000
SHARE FOOD PROGRAM$25,000
THE BARNES FOUNDATION$25,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC$19,827
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$17,000
AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE$10,079
FRIENDS OF OFANIM INC$10,000
KIMMEL CANCER CENTER AT JEFFERSON$10,000
WISSINOMING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$8,000
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$7,750
CONGREGATION KOL SHOFAR$5,540
MEDFORD UNITED METHODIST CHUCH$5,500
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY - FERKAUF SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY$5,500
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAELI AMERICAN COUNCIL: $4k → 14%JAFCO (JEWISH ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE OPTIONS): $1k → 13%NJY CAMPS: $1k → 16%ISRAELI AMERICAN COUNCIL: $1k → 14%Philadelphia Contemporary: $1k → 22%HIP HOP PUBLIC HEALTH INC: $1k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $1k → 17%PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY: $1k → 22%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $500 → 17%The Gershman Y: $2k → 22%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JCHAI: $5k → 7%The Gershman Y: $1k → 22%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JCHAI: $5k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 22%Federation Early Learning Services: $2k → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $2k → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $860 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $750 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $750 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $500 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $500 → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $3k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $3k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2k → 22%Jewish Family and Children's Service: $2k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $2k → 22%Jewish Family and Children's Service: $2k → 22%JERRY SEGAL CLASSIC: $500 → 22%Project HOME: $52k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $12k → 22%Project HOME: $8k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $2k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $500 → 22%People's Emergency Center: $500 → 22%People's Emergency Center: $500 → 22%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

ME
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 196 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

196 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2024, 112 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

196
217

Total granted

$3.4M
$286k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+27%

Still filing today

64%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PM
    PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
    6× · 2017–2023 · $146k · revenue +14%
  • PH
    PROJECT HOME
    6× · 2017–2023 · $75k · revenue +67%
  • SF
    SHARE FOOD PROGRAM
    5× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +572%

Funded once

  • SO
    SISTERS OF MERCY
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TC
    THE CLAY STUDIOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +292%
  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -15%
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 Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
4
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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5
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
6
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
7
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
8
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life At the Penn State University

To enrich the lives of jewish and undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world. penn state hillel's student leaders, professionals, and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and…

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9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
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
11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ravitz Family 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

265 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. 265 of the 443 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)
59
Early backer (in before they grew)
255/265
Grantees still filing
189/265
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAR ZION TEMPLE: $1,011,541 · OtherHAR ZION TEMPLECHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $173,976 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA: $82,907 · Other+110 more: $872,587 · Other+110 moreBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $418,680 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISR…FRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $26,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF OFA…+7 more: $31,860 · International+7 morePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $145,580 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA …THE BARNES FOUNDATION: $121,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FO…PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $44,600 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA …The Chevra Inc: $19,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $98,630 · Arts & Culture+15 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $207,152 · PhilanthropyTEAM IMPACT INC: $12,500 · PhilanthropyRAVITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $15,300 · PhilanthropyAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC: $43,197 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $37,800 · EducationOrot: $19,180 · EducationCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $11,110 · EducationMOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $10,750 · EducationThe George Washington University: $9,500 · EducationYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $8,300 · EducationAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $7,000 · EducationKELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY: $6,900 · EducationBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $6,750 · Education+10 more: $34,050 · EducationPROJECT HOME: $74,605 · Human ServicesJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $40,460 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $17,176 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $13,250 · Human ServicesFEDERATION DAY CARE SERVICES D/B/A FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $5,735 · Human Services+4 more: $14,013 · Human ServicesTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $32,350 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $22,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $14,130 · HealthVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $11,250 · HealthCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $9,400 · HealthBEYOND CELIAC: $8,250 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $7,500 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · HealthMINDING YOUR MIND: $6,850 · HealthCHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER: $5,500 · Health+13 more: $37,045 · Health
Other$2,141,011International$476,540Arts & Culture$443,810Philanthropy$244,952Education$194,537Human Services$165,239Health$161,275

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $418,680 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $207,152 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $145,580 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $121,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $74,605 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $44,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $44,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC: $43,197 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $40,460 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $37,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RITTENHOUSE SQUARE: $33,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $32,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $26,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $22,880 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrot: $19,180 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetThe Chevra Inc: $19,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $17,176 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $14,130 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $13,250 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Heritage Programs: $12,600 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia City Rowing Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $12,420 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $11,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $11,110 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLAY STUDIO: $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $10,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION: $10,540 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICA SHARE USA INC: $10,200 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,180 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAVITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUDDHIST FILM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetISRAEL IDEAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMUSEUM OF AMERICAN HERITAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe George Washington University: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $9,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY: $9,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $8,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCEASEFIRE PENNSYLVANIA: $8,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $8,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND CELIAC: $8,250 over 4y, 0.3% 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 BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds SHARE FOOD PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF RITTENHOUSE SQUARE ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF OFANIM INC ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Orot ↗
  • Who funds The Chevra Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Heritage Programs ↗
  • Who funds TEAM IMPACT INC ↗

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.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA61.9× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · The Snider Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The William Penn Foundation · The Specter Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Erlbaum Family Foundation · Katz Family Charitable Trust · Tzedakah Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Honickman 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 Saramar Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Saramar Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
49report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 443 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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