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Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn

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.

$999k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$220,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$7.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsArts & CultureHealthOther
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 arriving27$954k4%
FY202428$789k7%
FY202333$676k24%
FY202230$599k10%
FY202127$556k19%
FY202028$500k43%
FY201920$353k0%
FY201822$349kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.4MPhilanthropy$860kPublic Safety & Disaster$683kHealth$582kFood & Nutrition$338kInternational$260kEnvironment$180kPublic Benefit$133kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater Houston$815,00080%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$595,00030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$523,00080%
The Houston Food Bank$338,00080%
United States Fund for Unicef$168,00080%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$161,00080%
World Central Kitchen Inc$157,50060%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$157,00080%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$106,00080%
The Barack Obama Foundation$100,00060%
Holocaust Museum Houston$71,00080%
National Alliance to End Homelessness$65,00050%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$55,00040%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$46,00080%
Sierra Club Foundation$45,00030%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$45,00030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$45,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$35,00060%
The Against Malaria Foundation$30,50080%
Anti-Defamation League$30,00030%
Cooperative for Education$27,00080%
Black Girls Code Inc$26,00050%
Bay Area Turning Point Inc$20,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20,00020%
Institute for Human Understanding Inc$17,0008n/a
St Anthony Foundation$13,0005n/a
Search Homeless Services$13,0003n/a
Kentucky Chamber Foundation Inc$12,50020%
Our Rescue$12,00010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10,00010%
Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra$5,5002n/a
The Brookwood Community Inc$5,50070%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$5,00010%
Pretty Brown Girl Foundation Inc$5,00052%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$4,50020%
The Sparks Foundation$4,00012%
Breakthrough T1d$3,00030%
The Conscious Kid$3,00030%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$2,50010%
Trevor Project Inc$2,00010%
Houston Center for Literacy$1,00010%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,0002n/a
Hope Stone Inc$1,00020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($972k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $815,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $595,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $523,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $338,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $168,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $161,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $157,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $157,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $106,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Museum Houston: $71,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNational Alliance to End Homelessness: $65,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $46,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Against Malaria Foundation: $30,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Education: $27,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBlack Girls Code Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Turning Point Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Chamber Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOur Rescue: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPretty Brown Girl Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sparks Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conscious Kid: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Center for Literacy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Stone Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn

How much does Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn give?
Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn reported 29 grants totaling $998,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Philanthropy (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
Who are Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: United Way of Greater Houston ($815k), The University of Texas Foundation Inc ($595k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($523k).
Does Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn 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 Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn based?
Twilight & Marc Freedman Fdn is based in NJ.

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 56 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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