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Barbara and Fred Kort Foundation at a glance

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Barbara and Fred Kort Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.7MHealth$2.0MArts & Culture$1.8MHuman Services$1.2MReligion$838kYouth Development$695kInternational$325kFood & Nutrition$175kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+2 grants · $550k
$175,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF RACHASHEI LEV$300,000
AMIT$250,000
SKOOKUM KIDS$200,000
THE ROSE$200,000
NEEMAN FOUNDATION USA$175,000
CHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS$175,000
VIRGINIA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$170,000
ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND$100,000
NAMES NOT NUMBERS$80,000
US FRIENDS OF DROR ISRAEL$75,000
YESHIVA KETANA OF LOS ANGELES$75,000
ASIAN YOUTH CENTER$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SKOOKUM KIDS: $200k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $180k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $180k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $140k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $140k → 12%CHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $175k → 16%SKOOKUM KIDS: $77k → 12%CHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $175k → 16%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $150k → 14%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $140k → 14%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $110k → 14%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $50k → 14%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $50k → 14%GIRLS WHO CODE: $480k → 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

WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
TN
DC
TX
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.8M · 21 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$9.8M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+59%

Still filing today

86%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalReligionHealthOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.4M · revenue +95%
  • TR
    THE ROSE
    5× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +10%
  • TV
    The Virginia Holocaust Museum
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • H
    HADASSAH
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • GIRLS WHO CODE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $480k · revenue +32%
  • GC
    GRATZ COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +59%
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Sherit Isroel
—
3
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
4
Novachai
Education
5
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
—
6
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
8
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
9
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
10
Voices United for Israel

Educational information regarding Israel and the Middle East.

International
11
Abraham Joshua Heschel School

The abraham joshua heschel school is an independent jewish day school which includes students from a wide range of jewish backgrounds, practices and beliefs. (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
12
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Impactisrael Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chasday Naomi Usa Friends. 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

25 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. 25 of the 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ROSE: $1,343,750 · OtherTHE ROSEAMIT: $874,000 · OtherAMITHADASSAH: $500,000 · OtherHADASSAHAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM: $350,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEMISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $248,500 · OtherISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INCA PLACE CALLED HOME: $145,000 · Other+5 more: $315,000 · Other+5 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY: $1,448,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN…Friends of Rachashei Lev Whispers of The Heart: $700,000 · EducationFriends of Rachashei Lev Whi…Yeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles: $320,000 · EducationYeshiva Ketana of Los Angele…GRATZ COLLEGE: $300,000 · EducationGRATZ COLLEGE+2 more: $117,500 · EducationSkookum Kids: $916,500 · Human ServicesSkookum KidsASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $500,000 · Human ServicesASIAN YOUTH CENTERGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $480,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INCCHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $350,000 · Human ServicesCHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIE…The Virginia Holocaust Museum: $1,140,000 · Arts & CultureThe Virginia Holo…HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $430,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM …The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $125,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States…The Tennessee Holocaust Commission Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Tennessee Hol…NE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $350,000 · InternationalIMPACTISRAEL INC: $125,000 · InternationalSharsheret Inc: $200,000 · HealthKLEINMAN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER INC: $100,000 · ReligionCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$3,776,250Education$2,885,500Human Services$2,246,500Arts & Culture$1,795,000International$475,000Health$200,000Religion$100,000Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY: $1,448,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetTHE ROSE: $1,343,750 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetThe Virginia Holocaust Museum: $1,140,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetSkookum Kids: $916,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetFriends of Rachashei Lev Whispers of The Heart: $700,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $500,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $480,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $430,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $350,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $350,000 over 2y, 89% of budgetYeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles: $320,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetGRATZ COLLEGE: $300,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $248,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $145,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUS FRIENDS OF DROR ISRAEL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetStandUp for Kids: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetThe Tennessee Holocaust Commission Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetKLEINMAN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL: $37,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC: $27,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to Barbara and Fred Kort Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Barbara and Fred Kort Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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