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Yardeni 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.

$284k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$135k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$410kInternational$369kHealth$252kCrime & Legal$100kEducation$94kRecreation & Sports$39kCivil Rights$36kPhilanthropy$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $97k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $135k
$4,440
Median grant
4
States reached
$300k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$135,000
Gatestone Institute$20,000
Friends of the IDF$19,900
Individual grant recipient$16,440
Grahams Foundation$10,358
UJA Federation of New York$10,000
MskGiving$10,000
Friends of Barzilai$10,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Watermill$8,600
Jewish Center of the Hamptons$8,100
Kabbalah Centre of NY$5,400
Mount Sinai$5,150
Individual grant recipient$4,440
United Hatzalah$4,320
Israel Economic Forum$3,734
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 (FY17–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%LARGER THAN LIFE USA: $500 → 13%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%Challenged Athletes: $2k → 11%AHRC NASSAU: $113 → 6%CHALLENGED ATHLETES: $500 → 11%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
OR
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$983k · 20 repeat orgs$562k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
57

Total granted

$983k
$308k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+1%

Still filing today

55%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k 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
InternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    6× · 2018–2023 · $240k · revenue +41%
  • CA
    CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +54%
  • AJ
    AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $23k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -63%
  • SI
    SHUVA ISRAEL NEW YORK
    one grant, 2023 · $32k
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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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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2
Sherit Isroel
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3
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
4
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
5
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc

To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.

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6
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
7
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
8
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
9
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
10
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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11
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
12
The Jerusalem Connection
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Dance Institute. 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 99 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)
38/38
Grantees still filing
19/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $227,742 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INCMEMORIAL-SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN: $192,400 · OtherMEMORIAL-SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENIndividual grant recipient: $135,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $100,000 · OtherNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAWKABBALAH CENTRE OF NEW YORK INCORPORATED: $85,400 · OtherKABBALAH CENTRE OF NEW YORK INCORPORATEDAIPAC: $35,000 · Other+64 more: $243,829 · Other+64 moreFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $239,903 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEF…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDAT…AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC: $23,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS …+4 more: $6,850 · InternationalGATESTONE INSTITUTE: $90,000 · Education+4 more: $3,695 · EducationCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $37,000 · Human Services+2 more: $613 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF BARZILAI: $10,000 · HealthPROJECT ALS INC: $5,803 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,300 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · Health+3 more: $1,350 · HealthUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTEAM CONTINUUM INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyINDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementISRAEL ECONOMIC FORUM: $3,734 · Community Improvement
Other$1,019,371International$344,753Education$93,695Human Services$37,613Health$29,453Philanthropy$11,250Community Improvement$8,734

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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $239,903 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGATESTONE INSTITUTE: $90,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $37,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC: $23,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF BARZILAI: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHINENI INC: $6,710 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $5,803 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetISRAEL ECONOMIC FORUM: $3,734 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIKVAH SHUVA ISRAEL INC: $2,600 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC: $1,835 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM CONTINUUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOUNDLESS ISRAEL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER TEL HASHOMER INC: $533 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPIC LONG ISLAND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLVING KIDS' CANCER INC: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CHARITABLE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYSARC INC Nassau County Chapter: $113 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $50 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 FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds GATESTONE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BARZILAI ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HINENI INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ALS INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The Setton FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…California Community …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY25.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Setton Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Yardeni Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yardeni Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 99 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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