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The Yale Fishman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Yale Fishman 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.

$218k
Granted FY2024still arriving
120
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$2.1MInternational$123kPhilanthropy$54kHuman Services$46kEducation$32kHealth$12kArts & Culture$2kFood & Nutrition$680Other$0
02FY2024 · 120 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k113 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $90k
$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF B AHAVAT YISRAEL$27,115
Individual grant recipient$13,000
SEWARD PARK JEWISH PRECHOOL$10,000
YAD CHAYA$10,000
KOLLEL OHEL LIFSHA$10,000
TORAS EMES ACADEMY OF MIAMI$10,000
MESIVTA YESHIVA CHAIM BERLIN$10,000
TORAH UMESORAH$8,000
SHUVU$8,000
SHULAMITH SCHOOL FOR G$7,719
YOUNG ISRAEL OF LAWRENCE CEDARHURST$6,260
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$6,000
SHOR YOSHUV$5,300
BNEI TORAH MOVEMENT$5,000
KOLLEL CHATZOS$4,770
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YAD CHAYA: $12k → 13%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $500 → 14%YAD CHAYA: $10k → 13%AVIGDOR'S HELPING HAND: $700 → 13%GEMACH OF JACKSON: $36 → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MENUCHA VEYESHUA: $1k → 17%KOLLEL OHEL LIFSHA: $10k → 11%YAD CHAYA: $10k → 6%YISROEL RELIEF FUND: $3k → 11%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $4k → 6%KOLLEL OHEL LIFSHA: $1k → 11%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $2k → 6%KEREN HATZADAKA: $1k → 11%KEREN SIMCHAS CHAIM: $500 → 11%A-TIME: $1k → 20%CHASDEI SHIMON INC: $360 → 11%A-TIME: $500 → 20%KEREN HATZADAKA: $126 → 11%ZICHRON MATTEL: $120 → 11%BONEI OLAM: $1k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $500 → 20%KIMPATORIN AID: $100 → 20%KIMPATORIN AID: $100 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $100 → 20%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$447k · 91 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

91 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
180

Total granted

$447k
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
0%

Still filing today

32%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalHealthOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $36k · revenue +142%
  • YC
    YAD CHAYA INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $32k · revenue +46%
  • SR
    SHUVU RETURN INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $16k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • JH
    JUDAIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +117%
  • BC
    BUTTERFLY CHARITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $73k
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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3
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
6
Sherit Isroel
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7
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
8
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
9
Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
10
Zichron Moshe Elihu Tzedoka Fund
Philanthropy
11
Mifal Tzedaka Vchesed Chasdei Aharo N Inc

Provide financial assistance to torah and talmudic scholars, as well as to other needy individuals and other organizations that work to promote these purposes.

Philanthropy
12
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of Menucha Veyeshua 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

71 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. 71 of the 327 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)
65/71
Grantees still filing
42/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUDAIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 · OtherJUDAIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INCBUTTERFLY CHARITY INC: $73,150 · Other+150 more: $626,243 · Other+150 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,000 · International+3 more: $6,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $36,000 · PhilanthropySHUVU RETURN INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyMoadim Uzmanim: $14,300 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INC: $4,300 · Philanthropy+3 more: $1,412 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF BAHAVAT YISRAEL INC: $27,115 · ReligionTORAS EMES ACADEMY OF MIAMI INC: $10,000 · ReligionKEREN HASHVIIS INC: $7,200 · ReligionGATES OF ZION INC: $5,369 · ReligionYESHIVA NISHMAS HATORAH INC: $4,200 · ReligionMAIMONIDES WAY INC: $2,300 · ReligionSHIRAT DAVID INC: $2,250 · Religion+6 more: $4,804 · ReligionYAD CHAYA INC: $32,265 · Human ServicesKolel Ohel Lifsha Inc: $11,000 · Human ServicesDAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $6,100 · Human ServicesYISROEL RELIEF FUND: $2,500 · Human Services+8 more: $7,286 · Human ServicesSHULAMITH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $14,385 · EducationSEWARD PARK JEWISH PRESCHOOL CO-OP: $10,000 · EducationCHEDER TORAS ZEV: $9,100 · EducationSHEMIRAS SEDORIM INC: $3,950 · EducationNACHLAS BAIS YAAKOV: $1,800 · Education+4 more: $3,110 · EducationCHESED OF LAKEWOOD INC: $6,645 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,948 · Health
Other$1,749,393International$112,500Philanthropy$72,012Religion$63,238Human Services$59,151Education$42,345Health$8,593

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $36,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetYAD CHAYA INC: $32,265 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSHUVU RETURN INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHULAMITH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $14,385 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMoadim Uzmanim: $14,300 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKolel Ohel Lifsha Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSEWARD PARK JEWISH PRESCHOOL CO-OP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHEDER TORAS ZEV: $9,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEREN HASHVIIS INC: $7,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESED OF LAKEWOOD INC: $6,645 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDAVIS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $6,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATES OF ZION INC: $5,369 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INC: $4,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHEMIRAS SEDORIM INC: $3,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA DMIR INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIKUR CHOLIM EZRAT ACHIM: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYISROEL RELIEF FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAIMONIDES WAY INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSHIRAT DAVID INC: $2,250 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,948 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRefua Vesimcha Inc: $1,860 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNACHLAS BAIS YAAKOV: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN HATZEDAKA INC: $1,126 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAIS MEDRASH L'TORAH A NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $1,104 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBMG STUDENT AID FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBNOS MELECH OF LAKEWOOD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $788 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVIGDORS HELPING HAND INC: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OHEV YISRAEL: $660 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMORRIS AND ROSE CASKEY TORAH ACADEMY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $610 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIFERES YISROEL INC: $592 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOMCHEI TZEDAKA CORP: $585 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeis Midrash of Queens: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVYAZREIM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDoresh Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVAS NACHLAS BNEI SHIMON: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN SIMCHAS CHAIM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHASDEI SHIMON INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAAS MEISHARIM: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOHR TORAH INC: $305 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds YAD CHAYA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BAHAVAT YISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds SHUVU RETURN INC ↗
  • Who funds SHULAMITH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Moadim Uzmanim ↗
  • Who funds Kolel Ohel Lifsha Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEWARD PARK JEWISH PRESCHOOL CO-OP ↗
  • Who funds TORAS EMES ACADEMY OF MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEDER TORAS ZEV ↗
  • Who funds KEREN HASHVIIS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESED OF LAKEWOOD 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.

Jack Adjmi Family Fou…The Ojc FundThe Jmg FoundationZichron Yechiel Meche…Jewish Communal FundZichron Btz Tzedakah …The Setton FoundationDonors Fund IncThe Sorala FoundationAlyad Foundation IncJewish Community Foun…Zichron Chaim Charity…
Jack Adjmi Family Foundation IncNY71.7× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Ojc Fund · The Jmg Foundation · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · The Setton Foundation · Donors Fund Inc · The Sorala Foundation · Alyad Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Cheder Toras Zev: 22% of income from government
  • Bnos Melech of Lakewood Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Tiferes Bais Yaakov Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Mesoras Hatorah Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Tiferes Yisroel Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Nachlas Bais Yaakov: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get 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.
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How do I get to The Yale Fishman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Yale Fishman 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 327 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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