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Jonathan and Karen Fryd

Miami Beach, FL · EIN 81-4740966. Reported 55 grants totalling $412,757 to 35 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$412,757granted, 2021-2024
35organizations funded
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,983,142assets, 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $360 and the largest $55,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
9 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
20 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
13 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
South Florida Youth FoundationMiami Beach, FL$125,000442024
Adrienne Arsht Center FoundationMiami, FL$59,877442024
University of MiamiMiami, FL$54,750442024
Um Frost MuseumMiami, FL$40,000222022
Perez Art MuseumMiami, FL$31,125222022
Miami Beach Police DepartmentMiami Beach, FL$10,372332024
Dedication to CommunityCharlotte, NC$10,000112023
Perez Art Museum MiamiMiami, FL$10,000112024
The Foundation for New Education InitiativesMiami, FL$7,500112022
The Miami FoundationMiami, FL$7,086222024
Temple Beth SholomMiami Beach, FL$6,360332024
The Eileen Youtie Foundation IncAventura, FL$5,400112022
Greater Miami Hillel Foundation IncCoral Gables, FL$5,000112021
Herald Charities IncMiami, FL$5,000332023
Pacific Jazz OrchestraLos Angeles, CA$5,000112024
The Bass Museum of ArtsMiami Beach, FL$5,000112024
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
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

11 of 35 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
14 grants
Education
6 grants
Religion
3 grants
International Affairs
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
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

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$388K
North Carolina
$10K
California
$6K
District of Columbia
$5K
Colorado
$3K
New York
$500
Virginia
$500

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund13 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsThe Miami Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsUnited Way Miami Inc10 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

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

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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