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Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation at a glance

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Todd a and Raphaela Stern 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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$2.8MPublic Benefit$1.6MEducation$567kPhilanthropy$417kHuman Services$379kHousing & Shelter$290kCivil Rights$151kHealth$112kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,627,220
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DETAILS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST$1,627,220
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 (FY21–23, $275k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NETZACH FOUNDATION: $18k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ISRAEL MOVEMENT: $360 → 13%ZICHRON MATTEL INC: $10k → 11%CHAI4EVER: $2k → 11%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%AHAVAS TZEDAKA: $118 → 11%AHAVAS TZEDAKIS: $72 → 11%NALEH INC: $20k → 11%NALEH INC: $5k → 11%KEREN HATZEDAKAH: $540 → 11%BONEI OLAM: $540 → 20%FRIENDS OF KETER TORAH INC: $360 → 20%TIKVA LEDOROS: $144 → 20%MOSDOS NESIVAS SHALOM: $72 → 20%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $97k → 14%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $60k → 14%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $44k → 14%LIBENU: $6k → 14%LIBENU: $5k → 14%LIBENU: $5k → 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

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 66 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 66 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
227

Total granted

$3.4M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+9%

Still filing today

48%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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
ReligionPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthOther
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

  • CC
    CHICAGO CHESED FUND
    3× · 2021–2023 · $201k · revenue +12%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $179k · revenue +33%
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $151k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • NA
    NETIVOT ACADEMY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • CM
    CHICAGO MIKVAH ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -13%
  • TC
    THE CHURCH STREET SYNAGOGUE (DBA KEHILAT CHOVEVEI TZION)
    one grant, 2023 · $120k
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.

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Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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3
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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4
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
6
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
7
Zichron Moshe Elihu Tzedoka Fund
Philanthropy
8
Sherit Isroel
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9
Chevras Shabbos Kodesh Podcast Fellowship
Religion
10
Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
11
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
12
University of Judaism Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Us Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spetner Family Charitable Foundation 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

102 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. 102 of the 297 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/102
Grantees still filing
63/102
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DETAILS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST: $1,627,220 · OtherDETAILS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUESTNER NAFTALI INC: $1,015,000 · OtherNER NAFTALI INCBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC: $290,000 · OtherBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INCHEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE: $252,240 · OtherNETIVOT ACADEMY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION: $250,000 · OtherKehilat Chovevei Tzion: $210,614 · Other+136 more: $1,554,983 · Other+136 moreCHICAGO MIKVAH ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 · ReligionCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $107,530 · ReligionREBBE TALMID INC KLEIN: $100,000 · ReligionILLINOIS CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES: $48,000 · ReligionAGUDATH ISRAEL OF ILLINOIS: $36,180 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVEH ZION: $20,000 · Religion+15 more: $59,080 · ReligionJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $179,154 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $120,000 · PhilanthropyJust One Chesed Inc: $93,540 · PhilanthropyHEBRON FUND INC: $14,400 · Philanthropy+7 more: $13,044 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $201,300 · Human ServicesNALEH INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE NETZACH FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesLIBENU: $15,878 · Human ServicesZichron Mattel Inc: $10,000 · Human Services+5 more: $4,270 · Human ServicesSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $151,000 · Arts & CultureCHAI LIFELINE INC: $52,745 · HealthHATZALAH CHICAGO: $46,830 · HealthBIKUR CHOLIM: $6,020 · Health+1 more: $360 · HealthPROJECT 613 NFP: $20,000 · EducationBALTIMORE TORAH SCHOOL INC: $18,000 · EducationYESHIVA GEDOLA OF THE MIDWEST: $10,000 · EducationYESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC: $3,600 · EducationNESIV HATORAH INC: $2,160 · Education+6 more: $4,485 · Education
Other$5,200,057Religion$520,790Philanthropy$420,138Human Services$274,448Arts & Culture$151,000Health$105,955Education$58,245

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 budgetBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC: $290,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $201,300 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $179,154 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $151,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHICAGO MIKVAH ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $120,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $107,530 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetREBBE TALMID INC KLEIN: $100,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetLUBAVITCH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetJust One Chesed Inc: $93,540 over 3y, 12% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $52,745 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES: $48,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetHATZALAH CHICAGO: $46,830 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF ILLINOIS: $36,180 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNALEH INC: $25,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNETZACH FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 2y, 92% of budgetPROJECT 613 NFP: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVEH ZION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE NETZACH FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE TORAH SCHOOL INC: $18,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLIBENU: $15,878 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $14,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP NAGEELA MIDWEST INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHABAD AT THE MEDICAL CENTERS: $11,800 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetYESHIVA GEDOLA OF THE MIDWEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJET - JEWISH EDUCATION TEAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetZichron Mattel Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIMUDEI DA'AS INC: $7,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM: $6,020 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HINDA INSTITUTE: $5,400 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVAAD HARABBANIM L'INYANEI TZEDUKA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR THE RESOLUTION OF AGUNOT INC: $4,396 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAREYVUT INC: $3,600 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MILWAUKEE INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUL PURPOSE COMMUNITY INC: $3,600 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOHEL AVRAHAM: $3,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMY MORASHA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNESIV HATORAH INC: $2,160 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL BAIS YECHIEL ESFORMES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC: $1,980 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCHAI 4EVER INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TIFERES YISROEL: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYAD EZRA V'SHULAMIT: $1,800 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 BL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHESED FUND ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO MIKVAH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN ↗
  • Who funds REBBE TALMID INC KLEIN ↗
  • Who funds LUBAVITCH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Just One Chesed Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds HATZALAH CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds AGUDATH ISRAEL OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds NALEH INC ↗
  • Who funds NETZACH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT 613 NFP ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVEH ZION ↗

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.

Aj & Sl Stern Family …Bitton Family Foundat…Jewish Federation of …Jack Adjmi Family Fou…The Ojc FundZichron Yechiel Meche…Associated Jewish Cha…Jewish Communal FundZichron Chaim Charity…Jewish Community Foun…Ahavas Avraham Founda…The Jmg Foundation
Aj & Sl Stern Family FoundationIL110.2× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Ojc Fund · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jewish Communal Fund · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Ahavas Avraham Foundation · The Jmg 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 Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 240%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chai 4EVER Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
24get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to Todd a and Raphaela Stern 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 297 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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