Myra Friedman Family Foundation
Naples, FL · EIN 45-5400144. Reported 64 grants totalling $1,747,349 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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.
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.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Charitable Trust | Cincinnati, OH | $1,563,175 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Naples | Naples, FL | $48,233 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Temple Shalom | Naples, FL | $22,443 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Collier County | Naples, FL | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Champions for Learning | Naples, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baker Senior Center Naples | Naples, FL | $10,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naples Senior Care Center Jfcs | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Foundation of Collier County | Naples, FL | $5,275 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hadassh the Women's Zionist Organization of America | New York, NY | $5,148 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Virginia University Foundation | Morgantown, WV | $5,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America | New York, NY | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Artis Naples | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eluna | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shelter for Abused Women & Children | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moornings Park Foundation | Naples, FL | $3,175 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center | Naples, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parkinson Association of Southwest Florida | Naples, FL | $2,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Theatre Zone | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education Center | Naples, FL | $1,450 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Naples Senior Center Jfcs | Naples, FL | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adl Philadelphia | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Educational Loan Fund | Sandy Springs, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Radnor Educational Center | Wayne, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guadalupe Center | Immokalee, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society Naples | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Youth Tennis & Education | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lighthouse of Collier County | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood Health Clinic | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Haven | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida | Naples, FL | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women's Foundation of Collier County | Naples, FL | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Blue Bell, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Radnor Educational Association | Wayne, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Matthew's House | Naples, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Naples Botanical Gardens | Naples, FL | $145 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naples Botanical Garden | Naples, FL | $130 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Canine Companions | Santa Roasa, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foredrert Hospital Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Foster Children Foundation | Naples, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army | Naples, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Academy of Orlando | Maitland, FL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mosaic Law Congregation | Sacramento, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sky Foundation Inc | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upmc Hillman Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Als Association of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center | Warrington, PA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shelter for Abused Women and Children | Naples, FL | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
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. 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 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.
- Fidelity Charitable Trust
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFTS - Jewish Federation of Greater Naples
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT - Naples Senior Care Center Jfcs
UNRESTICTED CHARITABLE GIFT - Shelter for Abused Women & Children
UNRSTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT - Jewish National Fund
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GRANT - Radnor Educational Center
UNRESTRCITED CHARITABLE GIFT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $93,534 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 34 | $90,640 | $750 |
| 2023 | 1 | $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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 89% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- 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.
- 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). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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.
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