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Myra Friedman Family Foundation

Naples, FL · EIN 45-5400144. Reported 64 grants totalling $1,747,349 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$1,747,349granted, 2021-2023
50recipients, as named on its returns
24%of grantees funded again the next year

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. Myra Friedman Family Foundation 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $145 and $5,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $1,563,175. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
31 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
17 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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
Fidelity Charitable TrustCincinnati, OH$1,563,175112023
Jewish Federation of Greater NaplesNaples, FL$48,233222022
Temple ShalomNaples, FL$22,443222022
Community Foundation of Collier CountyNaples, FL$18,000222022
Champions for LearningNaples, FL$15,000222022
Baker Senior Center NaplesNaples, FL$10,600112022
Naples Senior Care Center JfcsNaples, FL$10,000112022
Womens Foundation of Collier CountyNaples, FL$5,275112021
Hadassh the Women's Zionist Organization of AmericaNew York, NY$5,148112022
West Virginia University FoundationMorgantown, WV$5,100222022
Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of AmericaNew York, NY$5,025112021
Artis NaplesNaples, FL$5,000222022
ElunaPhiladelphia, PA$5,000222022
Shelter for Abused Women & ChildrenNaples, FL$5,000112022
Moornings Park FoundationNaples, FL$3,175222022
Jewish National FundNew York, NY$2,800222022
Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education CenterNaples, FL$2,500112022
Parkinson Association of Southwest FloridaNaples, FL$2,350222022
Theatre ZoneNaples, FL$1,500222022
Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education CenterNaples, FL$1,450112021
Naples Senior Center JfcsNaples, FL$1,050112021
Adl PhiladelphiaNew York, NY$1,000222022
Jewish Educational Loan FundSandy Springs, GA$1,000112021
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL$1,000112022
Radnor Educational CenterWayne, PA$1,000112022
Guadalupe CenterImmokalee, FL$500112022
Humane Society NaplesNaples, FL$500112021
Legacy Youth Tennis & EducationPhiladelphia, PA$500112022
Lighthouse of Collier CountyNaples, FL$500112021
Neighborhood Health ClinicNaples, FL$500112022
Youth HavenNaples, FL$500112021
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest FloridaNaples, FL$350222022
Women's Foundation of Collier CountyNaples, FL$275112022
Make a Wish FoundationBlue Bell, PA$250112021
Radnor Educational AssociationWayne, PA$250112021
St Matthew's HouseNaples, FL$250112022
St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN$200222022
Naples Botanical GardensNaples, FL$145112022
Naples Botanical GardenNaples, FL$130112021
Canine CompanionsSanta Roasa, CA$100112022
Foredrert Hospital FoundationMilwaukee, WI$100112022
Friends of Foster Children FoundationNaples, FL$100112021
The Salvation ArmyNaples, FL$100112022
Jewish Academy of OrlandoMaitland, FL$50112022
Mosaic Law CongregationSacramento, CA$50112021
Sky Foundation IncBloomfield Hills, MI$50112022
Upmc Hillman CenterPittsburgh, PA$50112022
Als Association of Western PaPittsburgh, PA$25112021
Israel Guide Dog CenterWarrington, PA$25112022
Shelter for Abused Women and ChildrenNaples, FL$25112021

14 of 50 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 24%, across 2 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 29 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.

Human Services
7 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Environment
2 grants
Religion
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202129$93,534$1,000
202234$90,640$750
20231$1,563,175$1,563,175

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

89% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Ohio
$1.6M
Florida
$156K
New York
$14K
Pennsylvania
$7K
West Virginia
$5K
Illinois
$1K
Georgia
$1K
Tennessee
$200

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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 Fund23 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc22 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program18 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc17 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust16 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. 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 Ohio.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Myra Friedman Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). 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: 7448 Little Lane Apt 601, Naples, FL, 34105. 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 45-5400144 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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