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The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family 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.

$42k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$14,123
Organizations funded a year
2 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$801k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving7$42k43%
FY20246$10k33%
FY20237$13k57%
FY202213$25k69%
FY20212$3k50%
FY202025$11k28%
FY201926$9k46%
FY201812$5k50%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$16kCivil Rights$12kArts & Culture$10kInternational$8kHealth$7kEnvironment$6kAnimals$6kHuman Services$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
ID
MT
MN
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dog Is My Copilot$15,50030%
St Labre Indian School$5,7504n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$5,20050%
Friends of Thai Daughters Inc$5,0001n/a
Sea Education Association Inc$4,00030%
Juilliard School$3,75030%
Native American Heritage Association$3,55040%
Harbor Theater$3,00030%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,50010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2,50010%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dog Is My Copilot$15,50030%
St Labre Indian School$5,7504n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$5,20050%
Friends of Thai Daughters Inc$5,0001n/a
Sea Education Association Inc$4,00030%
Juilliard School$3,75030%
Native American Heritage Association$3,55040%
Harbor Theater$3,00030%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,50010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2,50010%
Utah Valley University$2,5001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$2,50010%
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School$2,00020%
Webb Institute$2,00020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,70040%
Dorot Inc$1,58030%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$1,40030%
United Service Organizations Inc$1,25020%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$1,10030%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota$1,00010%
Parent Possible$1,00040%
Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund In$1,00010%
Boothbay Region Land Trust$1,00010%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$1,00020%
Second Helpings Atlanta Inc$1,00030%
The Salvation Army$9003n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$77020%
Feeding America$75020%
Visiting Nurse Service of New York$75030%
Paws for Purple Hearts$75020%
Hias Inc$50010%
American Indian College Fund$50010%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$50020%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$45020%
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc$4001n/a
Oxfam-America Inc$30010%
The Doe Fund Inc$25010%
Project Orbis International Inc$25010%
Builders Beyond Borders$25010%
Operation Smile Inc$25010%
Mercy Corps$25010%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$25010%
Americares Foundation Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDog Is My Copilot: $15,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $5,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSea Education Association Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJuilliard School: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $3,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHarbor Theater: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHurricane Island Outward Bound School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWebb Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $1,580 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParent Possible: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoothbay Region Student Aid Fund In: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoothbay Region Land Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHimalayan Cataract Project Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Helpings Atlanta Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $770 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVisiting Nurse Service of New York: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Doe Fund Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Orbis International Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuilders Beyond Borders: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT13.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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.

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About The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation

How much does The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation give?
The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $42,156 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Civil Rights (14%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dog Is My Copilot ($16k), St Labre Indian School ($6k), Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc ($5k).
Does The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation based?
The Syril H and Walter A Frank Family Foundation is based in ME.

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 66 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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