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The Sassoon Family Foundation at a glance

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The Sassoon 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.

$599k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$178k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.8MArts & Culture$1.0MEducation$837kHealth$311kInternational$188kPhilanthropy$109kHuman Services$103kYouth Development$99kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $99k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $178k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $322k
$3,600
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH$177,500
CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL$80,000
WEST COAST TORAH CENTER$64,623
MILKEN INSTITUTE$47,952
JEWISH NEWS SERVICE INC$40,000
JEWISH CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL INC$28,500
Stephen Wise Temple$20,949
FRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN$18,000
TRAVELING PRESS FUND INC$12,500
Sasson and Simcha Inc$10,000
MAIMONIDES ACADEMY$9,000
INTERNATIONAL LONE SOLDIERS INC$9,000
Friends of Sheba Medical Center$9,000
MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL$7,800
THE WESTSIDE KOLLEL INC$6,000
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 (FY21–24, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $4k → 7%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $3k → 14%Israeli American Council: $50k → 14%Israeli American Council: $18k → 14%Love n Groceries: $3k → 14%Love n Groceries: $2k → 14%BAIS CHESED LA: $2k → 14%Hachasas Kallah of Greater Los Ange: $500 → 14%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

MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DE
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 61 repeat orgs$692k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
45

Total granted

$4.0M
$438k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+21%

Still filing today

36%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k 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
ReligionEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $779k · revenue +383%
  • YH
    YULA HIGH SCHOOL
    5× · 2018–2022 · $338k · revenue +212%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $110k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • AC
    Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treat
    one grant, 2020 · $135k
  • GT
    Girls Town or Chadash
    one grant, 2020 · $78k
  • YB
    YULA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $61k
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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5
Congregation Beth-El Sephardic Center of Jamaica Estates

Congregation beth-el sephardic center of jamaica estates is a religious institution

Religion
6
Ohr Meir Ubracha

The organization provides financial assistance to victims of acts of terrorism in the state of israel.

Philanthropy
7
Friends of Yeshiva Beer Abraham

Furtherance of jewish education

Religion
8
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
9
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
10
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

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

Religion
11
American Friends of Yeshiva High School of Kiryat Arba Inc

Raise funds for religious and educational institutions in the state of israel, and to provide educational and social improvement for the children of kiryat arba, israel.

Philanthropy
12
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Love N Groceries. 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

54 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. 54 of the 125 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/54
Grantees still filing
24/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Birthright Israel: $300,000 · OtherBirthright IsraelAdelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treat: $135,300 · OtherAdelson Clinic for Drug Abuse TreatHARKHAM-GAON ACADEMY: $135,000 · OtherHARKHAM-GAON ACADEMYSTEPHEN S WISE TEMPLE: $110,071 · OtherSTEPHEN S WISE TEMPLEUWC-SEA UNITED WORLD COLLEGE SE ASIA: $107,000 · OtherTHE WESTSIDE KOLLEL INC: $91,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBRON HERITAGE: $83,000 · OtherGirls Town or Chadash: $78,000 · OtherISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL: $68,000 · Other+77 more: $906,281 · Other+77 moreWEST COAST TORAH CENTER: $553,961 · ReligionWEST COAST TORAH CEN…CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDIES: $125,000 · ReligionCENTER FOR JEWISH CO…Gindi Maimonides Academy: $79,600 · ReligionGindi Maimonides Aca…MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $59,300 · ReligionMERKAZ HATORAH COMMU…+6 more: $44,938 · ReligionFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $778,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HA…WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSWC MUSEUM CORP: $40,000 · Arts & CultureYULA HIGH SCHOOL: $338,079 · EducationYULA HIGH S…New York University: $50,000 · EducationNew York Un…JEWISH NEWS SERVICE INC: $40,000 · EducationJEWISH NEWS…Jewish Culture High School Inc: $28,500 · EducationJewish Cult…+5 more: $21,191 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $109,000 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC: $37,791 · HealthMicrobiome Research Inc: $15,000 · HealthInternational Lone Soldiers INC: $9,000 · Health+2 more: $1,036 · HealthCentral Fund of Israel: $80,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $70,000 · International+4 more: $10,898 · InternationalFRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC: $110,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN: $18,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TRAVELING PRESS FUND INC: $12,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $644 · Philanthropy
Other$2,013,652Religion$862,799Arts & Culture$858,500Education$477,770Health$171,827International$160,898Philanthropy$141,144

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 budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $778,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWEST COAST TORAH CENTER: $553,961 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetYULA HIGH SCHOOL: $338,079 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetHARKHAM-GAON ACADEMY: $135,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetCENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDIES: $125,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $109,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL: $68,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $59,300 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNew York University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $47,952 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NEWS SERVICE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSWC MUSEUM CORP: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $37,791 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Culture High School Inc: $28,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBHPOA BENEVOLENT FUND: $23,865 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPRIVATE REDEMPTION FOUNDATION: $18,480 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN: $18,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $16,420 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMicrobiome Research Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC: $14,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TORAH AND NATURE FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TRAVELING PRESS FUND INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTIKVAH-ETTA AND LAZEAR ISRAEL CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHSA COUNCIL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAISH TAMID OF LOS ANGELES: $9,938 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetInternational Lone Soldiers INC: $9,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHERITAGE RETREATS INC: $7,120 over 4y, 0.4% of budget101 ENTERPRISES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE N GROCERIES: $4,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKOL HANEARIM OF MONSEY INC: $3,771 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL KINDNESS: $3,360 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $2,884 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,660 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKOL HANEARIM INC: $2,014 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAIS CHESED LA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEVERLY HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWiley Center for Speech and Language Development: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHUVU BANIM MIAMI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF NAHAL HAREDI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHACHNASAS KALLAH OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST COAST TORAH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YULA HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HARKHAM-GAON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds Gindi Maimonides Academy ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds THE MILKEN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NEWS SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SWC MUSEUM CORP ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Culture High School Inc ↗
  • Who funds BHPOA BENEVOLENT 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 Community Foun…Jewish Communal FundCalifornia Community …Goldner Family Founda…The Stanley & Joyce B…Dallas Jewish Communi…Lee and Anne Samson C…Jewish Federation Cou…Jewish Federation of …Paul Marciano Foundat…Davmarn FoundationThe Alon and Rosana M…
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA58.7× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · California Community Foundation · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Paul Marciano Foundation · Davmarn Foundation · The Alon and Rosana Miller 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 Sassoon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sassoon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 125 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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