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William & Elyssa Friedland Foundation at a glance

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William & Elyssa Friedland 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.

$276k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$110k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$781kPhilanthropy$582kInternational$257kArts & Culture$108kHuman Services$55kPublic Benefit$30kReligion$26kHealth$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
$900
Median grant
3
States reached
$558k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL INC$110,150
YALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT$65,000
THE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION$50,000
DOROT INC$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$10,020
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$6,000
COURT OF DREAMS$2,000
BELEV ECHAD$1,800
JGIVE - FRIEND OF ASOR$1,180
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$900
THE 92ND STREET Y NEW YORK$680
HORACE MANN SCHOOL$500
Individual grant recipient$500
UNITED HATZALAH$500
MOISE SAFRA COMMUNITY CENTER INC$500
02The need
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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 (FY22–24, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS: $180 → 7%CHAMBER OF MOTHERS INC: $206 → 20%MOISE SAFRA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $500 → 17%MOISE SAFRA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $500 → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $10k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $2k → 17%DOROT INC: $25k → 17%DOROT: $17k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2k → 17%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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 11 repeat orgs$419k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
27

Total granted

$1.5M
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+25%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k 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
Human ServicesInternationalEducationArts & CultureReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $575k · revenue +27%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $214k · revenue +77%
  • MT
    MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $80k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -35%
  • Cornell University
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +15%
  • EW
    EAGLES WINGS INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +60%
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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Sherit Isroel
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The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
4
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
5
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
6
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
7
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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8
University of Judaism Foundation
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9
The Jerusalem Connection
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10
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
12
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Facing History & Ourselves Inc; the most unlike its peers is Courts of Dreams 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

35 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. 35 of the 52 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $575,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF…YALE UNIVERSITY: $190,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND: $115,000 · OtherYALE COLLEGE ALUMNI FUNDCONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM: $110,000 · OtherCONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOMYALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT: $65,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT+22 more: $78,690 · Other+22 moreFRIENDS OF RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL INC: $214,150 · EducationFRIENDS OF RODEPH …Horace Mann School: $50,500 · EducationHorace Mann SchoolCornell University: $25,000 · EducationCornell University+3 more: $16,645 · Education+3 moreFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $150,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF IR D…THE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalTHE NETHERLAND-…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $42,520 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,800 · International+3 more: $2,960 · InternationalMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $860 · Arts & CultureDOROT INC: $42,068 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,160 · Human Services+4 more: $3,186 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $30,150 · Employment
Philanthropy$575,000Other$558,690Education$306,295International$256,280Arts & Culture$86,860Human Services$57,414Employment$30,150

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $575,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL INC: $214,150 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHorace Mann School: $50,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $42,520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $42,068 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $30,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLES WINGS INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMet Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TIKVAH FUND: $5,608 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURTS OF DREAMS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBELEV ECHAD INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH SLIFKA CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $1,037 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOISE SAFRA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYDN FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChamber of Mothers Inc: $206 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORRY'S CAMP INC: $105 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY23× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William & Elyssa Friedland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William & Elyssa Friedland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to William & Elyssa Friedland Foundation?

Find your warmest path to William & Elyssa Friedland 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 52 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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