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The Schocken Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Schocken Foundation Inc

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.

$553k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$288k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

58% of The Schocken Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’22
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’23
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’24
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

International$1.8MPhilanthropy$300kEducation$167kReligion$105kHuman Services$75kEnvironment$30kCrime & Legal$30kPublic Benefit$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $288k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEF Israel Endowment Funds Inc$287,500
American Friends of Hand in Hand$50,000
Hebrew Union College$35,000
American Friends of Smaya School$30,000
J Street Education Fund$30,000
Jewish Funders Network$25,000
New Israel Fund$20,000
Community Partners$15,000
Social Good Fund$15,000
Ono Friends Inc$15,000
Roger Williams University School of Law$15,000
Jewish National Fund USA$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $25k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $25k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $25k → 12%International Refugee Assistance Project: $25k → 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
MA
OR
PA
RI
CA
CO
KS
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of The Schocken Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Schocken Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 53% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$925k · 11 repeat orgs$417k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
21

Total granted

$925k
$307k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
0%

Still filing today

91%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • HI
    HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $400k · revenue +58%
  • ID
    INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES
    3× · 2021–2023 · $75k · revenue +20%
  • JS
    J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • AI
    AMERICA ISRAEL DEMOCRACY COALITION
    one grant, 2024 · $40k
  • GH
    Givat Haviva Education Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +48%
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 Ish El Rayahu

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

Religion
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
American Friends of Kohelet Policy Forum

The principal and primary intent of the organization is to support kohelet policy forum (the "forum"), a jerusalem-based non-profit policy center founded in 2012, comprised of leading academics and researchers.

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4
Friends of Jerusalem

Friends of Jerusalem's mission is to provide assistance to the needs and indigent living in Jerusalem and all of Israel.

Human Services
5
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
6
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council

The jewish agency for israel - north american council (the organization"), was organized to work with and in support of nonprofit organizations in israel active in the fields of aliyah (immigration) and absorption; service to vulnerable…

International
7
American Friends of the Jerusalem Great Synagogue Inc

To provide for the needs of the great synagogue in jerusalem israel.

Religion
8
University of Judaism Foundation
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American Friends of the Open University of Israel Inc

To raise awareness in the united states and provide support for the open university of israel's vital mission of making access to higher education available to capable and motivated students from all sectors of israeli society.

International
10
American Friends of Judea and Samaria Inc

Mission: american friends of judea and samaria (afjs) is a non-profit educational organization 501(c)3 dedicated to increasing knowledge, and sharing the truth about the israeli communities of judea, samaria, and the jordan valley to the…

Education
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
Joint Israel

To help build a more just society by creating model programs for disadvantaged populations. The activities focus primarily on helping Israel overcome the challenges facing five groups (cont. on sched O):

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Funders Network; the most unlike its peers is Silent Spring Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 41 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
13/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $962,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $140,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORKTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $60,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $40,000 · PhilanthropyHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $400,000 · InternationalHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE …NEW ISRAEL FUND: $209,500 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSI…FRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $55,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA+9 more: $140,000 · International+9 moreHEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION: $35,000 · OtherHEBREW UNIO…American Friends of Smaya School: $30,000 · OtherAmerican Fr…Givat Haviva Education Foundation (GHEF): $25,000 · OtherGivat Haviv…RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL COLLEGE: $20,000 · OtherRECONSTRUCT…RI Community Food Bank: $20,000 · OtherRI Communit…Ono Friends Inc: $15,000 · OtherOno Friends…American Friends of the Jordan River Village Foundation: $15,000 · OtherAmerican Fr…Naropa University: $15,000 · OtherNaropa Univ…Individual grant recipient: $10,250 · OtherArtis: $10,000 · OtherGentle Giant Rowing Club: $10,000 · OtherHaTikva Project(The Hope Project): $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY P…NEWTON CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · OtherSILENT SPRING INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $12,000 · OtherINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $75,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $60,000 · EducationROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $30,000 · EducationJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $60,000 · ReligionDRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center: $10,000 · ReligionVOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $30,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$1,202,500International$879,500Other$262,250Human Services$100,000Education$90,000Religion$70,000Environment$30,000

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 budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $962,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $400,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $209,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF REICHMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $55,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICA ISRAEL DEMOCRACY COALITION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LATET HUMANITARIAN AID INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELEM YOUTH IN DISTRESS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaropa University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEWTON CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSILENT SPRING INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJust Vision Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

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 FundCombined Jewish Phila…Jewish Community Fede…Adelson Family Founda…Rose Community Founda…Jewish Community Foun…National Philanthropi…Boston Foundation IncCalifornia Community …ImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…
Jewish Communal FundNY17.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Adelson Family Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · National Philanthropic Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Schocken Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schocken Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Silent Spring Institute Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Newton Cultural Alliance Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–90%
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 41 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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