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Betty and Ira Kohn Foundation at a glance

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Betty and Ira Kohn 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.

$116k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$664kHuman Services$145kPhilanthropy$68kHealth$42kArts & Culture$33kCommunity Improvement$19kEducation$11kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $86k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE$38,400
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND$15,000
TOURO SYNAGOGUE$11,770
THE PARK SYNAGOGUE$11,296
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$10,000
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART$5,465
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND$5,000
TULANE UNIVERSITY$2,500
NEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION$2,500
HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF LOUISIANA FOUNDATION$2,500
NEW ORLEANS BALLET ASSOCIATION$2,100
WIBO GIVING$1,800
THE FASHION COUNCIL OF NEW ORLEANS$1,150
CANCER ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA$1,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $38k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $20k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $15k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $13k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $11k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $10k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $10k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $10k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $5k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $5k → 23%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $1k → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $750 → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $550 → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $500 → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $300 → 23%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $250 → 23%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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$893k · 25 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
8

Total granted

$893k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+39%

Still filing today

68%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +13%
  • HT
    HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $12k · revenue +36%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -3%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +39%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF HOUSTON
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Jewish Endowment Foundation

The jewish endowment foundation of louisiana (jef), chartered in 1967, ensures a secure future and an enduring legacy by serving as an essential resource for jewish and non-jewish philanthropy.

Philanthropy
4
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Philanthropy
5
National Council of Jewish Women Inc Jersey Hills Section
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6
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
7
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Jewish Federation of San Antonio

The jewish federation of san antonio is the coordinating and convening body dedicated to building the jewish community, nurturing the quality of jewish life, and securing a favorable jewish future in san antonio, israel and worldwide…

Philanthropy
10
National Center for Jewish Filminc

The national center for jewish film is a unique, independent nonprofit motion picture archive, distributor, resource center and exhibitor. ncjf's ongoing mission is the collection, preservation and exhibition of films with artistic and…

Arts & Culture
11
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
12
Jewish Community Day School of Greater New Orleans

The purpose of this jewish day school is to uphold jewish traditions, religious, charitable, and philanthrophic activities in the jewish community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans Inc; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 52 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
17/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOURO SYNAGOGUE: $585,945 · OtherTOURO SYNAGOGUEPARK SYNAGOGUE: $33,878 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH YESHURUN: $27,011 · Other+26 more: $57,353 · Other+26 moreJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $132,650 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $8,600 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SE…+2 more: $1,550 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $33,345 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $15,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $14,770 · Arts & CultureNew Orleans Ballet Association: $6,400 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $4,400 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $3,300 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,025 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthTOURO INFIRMARY FOUNDATION: $6,200 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN GREATER NEW ORLEANS SECTION INC: $16,872 · Community ImprovementTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $6,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $300 · Education
Other$704,187Human Services$142,800Philanthropy$59,345Arts & Culture$35,895Health$21,200Community Improvement$16,872Education$6,300

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $132,650 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $33,345 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN GREATER NEW ORLEANS SECTION INC: $16,872 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $14,770 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $12,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $8,600 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNew Orleans Ballet Association: $6,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTOURO INFIRMARY FOUNDATION: $6,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $4,400 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $3,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWiBo Giving: $1,800 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200 over 2y, 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.

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.

Goldring Family Found…The Usdin-Weil Founda…Cahn Family FoundationWoldenberg FoundationOscar J Tolmas Charit…Van Der Linden Family…Rittenberg Family Fou…Luther and Zita Templ…Louis & Lillian Glaze…Sac FoundationRobert B and Shirley …Ferber Family of Houm…
Goldring Family FoundationLA30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Goldring Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · Cahn Family Foundation · Woldenberg Foundation · Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust · Van Der Linden Family Foundation · Rittenberg Family Foundation · Luther and Zita Templeman Foundation · Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation · Sac Foundation · Robert B and Shirley K Haspel Endowment Fund · Ferber Family of Houma 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 Betty and Ira Kohn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty and Ira Kohn 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Betty and Ira Kohn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Betty and Ira Kohn 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 52 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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