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Jonathan and Karen Fryd

Miami Beach, FL · EIN 81-4740966. Reported 68 grants totalling $581,527 to 41 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$581,527granted, 2021-2025
41recipients, as named on its returns
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,036,571assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jonathan and Karen Fryd did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $11,000; the smallest was $360 and the largest $70,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
21 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
15 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
17 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
South Florida Youth FoundationMiami Beach, FL$195,000552025
Adrienne Arsht Center FoundationMiami, FL$81,147552025
University of MiamiMiami, FL$74,750552025
Um Frost MuseumMiami, FL$40,000222022
Perez Art MuseumMiami, FL$31,125222022
Perez Art Museum MiamiMiami, FL$25,000222025
Miami Beach Police DepartmentMiami Beach, FL$10,372332024
Amnesty International USANew York, NY$10,000112025
Dedication to CommunityCharlotte, NC$10,000112023
Pacific Jazz OrchestraLos Angeles, CA$10,000222025
The Bass Museum of ArtsMiami Beach, FL$10,000222025
The Foundation for New Education InitiativesMiami, FL$7,500112022
The Miami FoundationMiami, FL$7,086222024
Temple Beth SholomMiami Beach, FL$6,360332024
Lausd Education FoundationLos Angeles, CA$6,000112025
The Eileen Youtie Foundation IncAventura, FL$5,900222025
Aspen InstituteWashington, DC$5,000112025
Care USAMerriefield, VA$5,000112025
Equality Florida FirstSt Petersburg, FL$5,000112025
Greater Miami Hillel Foundation IncCoral Gables, FL$5,000112021
Herald Charities IncMiami, FL$5,000332023
The Institute of World PoliticsWashington, DC$5,000112021
Theater AspenAspen, CO$3,000112024
Chabad of Venetian IslandMiami Beach, FL$2,500112021
FomaAventura, FL$2,000222024
Jackson Health FoundationMiami, FL$2,000222022
Angels of HumanityBoca Raton, FL$1,500112023
Best Buddies InternationalMiami, FL$1,000112022
Center for Social Change IncMiami, FL$1,000112022
Oolite ArtsMiami Beach, FL$1,000112023
Place of HopePalm Beach Gardens, FL$1,000112025
Project Medishare for HaitiMiami, FL$1,000112021
Udonis Haslem Children FoundationMiami, FL$1,000112021
Give MiamiMiami Beach, FL$762112021
Chapman PartnershiporgMiami, FL$525112023
Coral Gables Community FoundationCoral Gables, FL$500112021
Dan Lewis FoundationCoral Gables, FL$500112024
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyHollywood, FL$500112021
Mr Holland's Opus FoundationStudio City, CA$500112021
Msk GivingNew York, NY$500112023
The Als AssociationArlington, VA$500112023

15 of 41 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
18 grants
Education
8 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Religion
3 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Civil Rights
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$88,139$1,000
202213$94,585$5,400
202313$106,447$1,000
202412$123,586$5,543
202513$168,770$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

90% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Florida
$526K
California
$16K
New York
$10K
North Carolina
$10K
District of Columbia
$10K
Virginia
$6K
Colorado
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsThe Miami Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsUnited Way Miami Inc10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Jonathan and Karen Fryd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 523 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 81-4740966 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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