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Charles & Jane Klein Family Fund

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.

$2k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$487kArts & Culture$286kEducation$111kHealth$87kEnvironment$59kReligion$11kRecreation & Sports$8kScience & Tech$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,100
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER$2,100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $2k → 17%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $429k → 9%VERMONT WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION: $60 → 11%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $75k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$941k · 54 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +37% for the ones you funded once.

54 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
62

Total granted

$941k
$139k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+37%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’22’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    3× · 2017–2020 · $79k · revenue +58%
  • SI
    STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $63k · revenue +43%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $33k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • NY
    New York Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +59%
  • NS
    NYU School of Medicine
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • CS
    Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory
    one grant, 2018 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
5
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
6
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
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
9
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Expanded Schools Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Donaldson Adoption Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr21%11%10–20yr22%27%20–35yr14%29%35–55yr12%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%2%10–20yr22%34%20–35yr14%48%35–55yr12%17%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/78
the rest of the field
11%
2,154/20,492

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 76 of the 116 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/76
Grantees still filing
60/76
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NYU School of Law — $485,538 · OtherNYU School of LawSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC — $63,250 · OtherSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCManhattan Theater Club — $28,420 · OtherNYU School of Medicine — $25,000 · Other+56 more — $139,402 · Other+56 moreMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $78,641 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSE…NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC — $32,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CEN…NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $13,570 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC R…THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER — $8,789 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History — $7,750 · Arts & CultureTHE WASSAIC PROJECT INC — $6,175 · Arts & Culture+11 more — $17,956 · Arts & Culture+11 moreNew York University — $50,100 · EducationNew York …KENT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC — $10,800 · EducationKENT LIBR…ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationST LAWREN…HARLEM ACADEMY — $4,325 · EducationTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL — $4,000 · EducationPROCTOR ACADEMY — $3,000 · Education+8 more — $6,475 · Education+8 moreKENT LAND TRUST INC — $40,050 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $5,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $4,400 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $2,400 · EnvironmentJACKSON HOLE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE — $2,000 · Environment+7 more — $3,335 · EnvironmentCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE VISCARDI CENTER INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesANCHOR HOUSE INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesEXPANDED SCHOOLS INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesMONTECITO RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION — $500 · Human Services+1 more — $100 · Human ServicesNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $2,500 · HealthGREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC — $1,900 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC — $1,385 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation — $1,100 · HealthCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $3,250 · Recreation & SportsTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$741,610Arts & Culture$165,381Education$88,700Environment$57,185Human Services$14,600Health$6,885Recreation & Sports$5,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $78,641 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC — $63,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNew York University — $50,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT LAND TRUST INC — $40,050 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC — $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTAINS — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $13,570 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKENT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC — $10,800 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetKENT PRESENTS INC — $10,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER — $8,789 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History — $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASSAIC PROJECT INC — $6,175 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE — $5,090 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $4,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY — $4,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPILOBOLUS INC — $4,084 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $2,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANCHOR HOUSE INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC — $1,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY — $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $1,564 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC — $1,385 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENT COMMUNITY FUND INC — $1,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN INC — $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation — $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEXPANDED SCHOOLS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DONALDSON ADOPTION INSTITUTE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEAN CASEY ANIMAL RESCUE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARVELWOOD SCHOOL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEcoHealth Alliance Inc — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Kestrel FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…H & L Family Foundati…The Connecticut Commu…Murray & Susan Haber …The Anne Hendricks Ba…FjcJewish Communal FundBabbitt Family Charit…Sara & Robert Savage …Dungannon Foundation …The Wenden Foundation
The Kestrel FoundationCT28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kestrel Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · H & L Family Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Murray & Susan Haber Charitable Foundation · The Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Communal Fund · Babbitt Family Charitable Trust · Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 · Dungannon Foundation Inc · The Wenden Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Charles & Jane Klein Family Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Vermont Woodlands Association — 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 116 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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