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Barbara and Bentley Kassal Foundation at a glance

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Barbara and Bentley Kassal 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.

$854k
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$383kInternational$287kHuman Services$128kPublic Safety & Disaster$107kHealth$101kHousing & Shelter$94kRecreation & Sports$50kEducation$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $376k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $440k
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$52k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$63,000
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM$62,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$55,000
FOOD BANK NYC$55,000
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS$54,000
CITY HARVEST$50,000
MAKE A WISH$50,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$50,000
DOROT$45,000
FEED THE CHILDREN$35,000
MAGEN DAVID ADOM$35,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$32,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$30,500
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMM$30,000
TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION$25,000
02The need
03

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 (FY22–24, $197k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 → 9%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $63k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $38k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $4k → 14%EXHALE TO INHALE: $10k → 17%DOROT: $45k → 17%DOROT: $19k → 17%COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY: $10k → 17%DOROT: $4k → 17%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
NY
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
OK
LA
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 24 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
9

Total granted

$1.1M
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+32%

Still filing today

79%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsEducationFood & NutritionOther
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 WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $104k · revenue +4%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $92k · revenue +190%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $77k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • ET
    EXHALE TO INHALE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -7%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +32%
  • TN
    The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundationsgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +76%
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.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
6
International Committee of the Red Cross

The international committee of the red cross (switzerland)(icrc) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and of violence…

International
7
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
8
Refugees International Inc

Refugees international advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crisis.

International
9
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
10
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
11
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
12
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marc Foundation Inc. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $95,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $91,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $58,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $54,000 · InternationalFEED THE CHILDREN INCInternational Rescue Committee INC: $40,300 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INCAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $37,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INCAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $27,500 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INCHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $25,300 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $93,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCMAKE A WISH: $50,000 · OtherMAKE A WISHIndividual grant recipient: $21,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,500 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,000 · OtherThe United States Holoca…+14 more: $39,800 · Other+14 moreFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $104,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WO…DOROT INC: $67,500 · Human ServicesDOROT INCCOMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · Human ServicesEXHALE TO INHALE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,100 · Human ServicesCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $77,000 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-ON-…CITY HARVEST INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $62,500 · HealthNAMI National: $18,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · HealthFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $78,000 · Community ImprovementSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $40,500 · Recreation & SportsFRESH AIR FUND: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,750 · Recreation & Sports
International$429,600Other$268,300Human Services$196,600Food & Nutrition$147,000Health$90,500Community Improvement$78,000Recreation & Sports$50,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $104,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $93,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $91,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $78,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $77,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $67,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $62,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $58,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $54,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $40,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $40,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $25,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXHALE TO INHALE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Barbara and Bentley Kassal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara and Bentley Kassal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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 44 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home