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Tzedakah Foundation at a glance

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Tzedakah 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.

$410k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$729kReligion$659kHealth$520kHuman Services$345kArts & Culture$137kHousing & Shelter$119kCrime & Legal$91kYouth Development$81kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $192k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
$1,800
Median grant
9
States reached
$121k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
THE CHEVRA$85,000
DAMON RUNYON CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$30,000
INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC$26,000
KAVOD$25,550
CHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER$25,000
JRA$25,000
THE DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$20,000
JCHAI$10,000
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PHILADELPHIA$10,000
GAN ISRAEL COUNTRY DAY CAMP$10,000
PHILADELPHIA CITY ROWING INC$10,000
THE INDIAN & FOREST ACRES SCHOLARSHIP FUND$6,400
INGLIS HOUSE$5,000
THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $352k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JCHAI: $10k → 10%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $100 → 8%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $360 → 6%JCHAI: $7k → 10%KAVOD: $26k → 12%JUDITH CREED HOMES FOR ADULT INDEPENDENCE: $5k → 10%JEWISH ADOPTION AND FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $2k → 13%KAVOD SHEF: $25k → 12%JCHAI: $5k → 10%JCHAI: $5k → 10%KAVOD SHEF: $2k → 12%KEN'S KREW: $2k → 6%JUDITH CREED HOMES FOR ADULT INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 10%JUDITH CREED HOMES FOR ADULT INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 10%BEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC: $1k → 10%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY - JRA: $50k → 7%PROJECT HOME: $1k → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY - JRA: $50k → 7%ALPHA BRAVO CANINE: $300 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $44k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $25k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $25k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $25k → 7%KEN'S KREW INC: $5k → 17%JFCS: $250 → 22%JEWISH ADOPTION AND FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $2k → 7%JFCS: $250 → 22%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $225 → 22%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $100 → 22%LUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN: $5k → 22%LUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN: $2k → 22%BIKKUR CHOLIM OF PHILADELPHIA: $3k → 7%INGLIS HOUSE: $5k → 22%INGLIS HOUSE: $5k → 22%INGLIS HOUSE: $5k → 22%INGLIS HOUSE: $5k → 22%FAMILIES BEHIND THE BADGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%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

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 79 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 58 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
149

Total granted

$2.5M
$385k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+25%

Still filing today

51%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $220k · revenue +42%
  • IN
    INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $118k · revenue +28%
  • MY
    MINDING YOUR MIND
    3× · 2017–2019 · $106k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • SC
    SYLVESTER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $33k
  • JC
    JEWISH CENTER FOR PRINCETON
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life At the Penn State University

To enrich the lives of jewish and undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world. penn state hillel's student leaders, professionals, and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and…

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4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
6
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
9
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
10
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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11
Institute for Applied Gerontology

The mjhs institute for innovation in palliative care is a not-for-profit organization. the institute is dedicated to promoting access to evidence-based, specialist-level palliative care for patients and families coping with serious or…

Human Services
12
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. 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

122 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. 122 of the 251 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
119/122
Grantees still filing
89/122
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL: $612,500 · OtherTHE MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOLINTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC: $118,000 · OtherINTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INCTHE INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM: $90,000 · Other+131 more: $874,748 · Other+131 moreThe Chevra Inc: $432,130 · Arts & CultureThe Chevra IncFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $51,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED …+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $220,030 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF…KAVOD: $52,550 · Human ServicesKAVODJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $35,200 · Human ServicesJUDITH CREED …INGLIS HOUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesINGLIS HOUSE+11 more: $24,405 · Human Services+11 moreMINDING YOUR MIND: $106,447 · HealthMINDING YO…CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthCANCER RES…THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $30,700 · HealthTHE ANDREW…CHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER: $27,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S…THE JED FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthTHE JED FO…+18 more: $27,884 · Health+18 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $39,100 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $12,780 · EducationINDIAN & FOREST ACRES ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $5,200 · EducationGIRLS FIRST: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationSHIPLEY SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationLIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION: $3,600 · EducationTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $3,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HAKOTEL INC: $3,000 · Education+4 more: $3,500 · EducationCentral Fund of Israel: $19,700 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $15,280 · InternationalFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $12,000 · InternationalAdi Israel Foundation Inc: $5,436 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · International+5 more: $5,260 · InternationalGan Israel Chabad Inc: $17,000 · Recreation & SportsPhiladelphia City Rowing Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,695,248Arts & Culture$484,130Human Services$352,185Health$277,031Education$85,180International$60,676Recreation & Sports$27,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Chevra Inc: $432,130 over 8y, 22% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $220,030 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetINTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC: $118,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMINDING YOUR MIND: $106,447 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKAVOD: $52,550 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $51,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $39,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $35,200 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $30,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER: $27,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINGLIS HOUSE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $19,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGan Israel Chabad Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $15,280 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $12,780 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPETER'S PLACE: $10,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia City Rowing Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPACT: $9,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetKEN'S KREW: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN INC: $6,800 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $6,530 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdi Israel Foundation Inc: $5,436 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINDIAN & FOREST ACRES ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $5,200 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetMILDRED'S DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGIRLS FIRST: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHIPLEY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION: $3,600 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPENDOR MEDIA INC: $3,334 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HAKOTEL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $2,576 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBikkur Cholim of Philadelphia: $2,520 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $2,500 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE THIELEN FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,018 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN LINE HEALTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 The Chevra Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds MINDING YOUR MIND ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KAVOD ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE JED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INGLIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds Gan Israel Chabad Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF OFANIM INC ↗
  • Who funds PETER'S PLACE ↗

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.

Erlbaum Family Founda…Jewish Federation of …The Saramar Charitabl…The Philadelphia Foun…Katz Family Charitabl…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Snider FoundationThe Sidewater Family …The Specter FoundationDaniel M Tabas Family…Jewish Communal FundThe Jill and Mark Fis…
Erlbaum Family FoundationPA56.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erlbaum Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Philadelphia Foundation · Katz Family Charitable Trust · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Snider Foundation · The Sidewater Family Foundation Inc · The Specter Foundation · Daniel M Tabas Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Jill and Mark Fishman 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 Tzedakah Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tzedakah Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Interfaith Neighbors Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 251 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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