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Daniel a Kohl Family Charitable Trust

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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$73kEducation$48kReligion$35kCommunity Improvement$10kArts & Culture$9kYouth Development$6kCivil Rights$5kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
$1,800
Median grant
3
States reached
$382k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND$23,800
MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$1,800
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JEWISH WOMEN$1,800
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 (FY18–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $2k → 8%MOST VALUABLE KIDS: $500 → 14%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
WI
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CA
MD
DC
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$117k · 13 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
25

Total granted

$117k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+40%

Still filing today

54%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther
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

  • JS
    J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $17k · revenue +29%
  • THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $6k · revenue +45%
  • PC
    Pitzer College
    2× · 2018–2019 · $5k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • JS
    J STREET EDUCATIONAL FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +40%
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
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
2
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
3
The Pardes Jewish Day School Inc

The pardes jewish day school prepares students to become outstanding members of society through a rigorous secular and judaic education, a nurturing community, and a foundation in reform judaism that welcomes all jewish traditions.

Education
4
Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle

Jds is committed to providing an innovative academic program through a rigorous integrated, inquiry-based curriculum with general & judaic studies, empowering children to grow into capable, wise, and compassionate upstanders.

Education
5
Meredith College

Meredith college, grounded in the liberal arts and committed to professional preparation, educates and inspires students to live with integrity and provide leadership for the needs, opportunities and challenges of society.

Education
6
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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7
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
8
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
9
Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital

The mission of the milton gottesman jewish primary day school of the nation's capital ("jpds-nc") is to provide a strong foundation in jewish and secular learning, laying the groundwork for our students to become knowledgeable, responsible…

Education
10
Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School

Ronald c. wornick jewish day school develops students who are socially and academically prepared to meet their full potential as engaged leaders committed to a life steeped in jewish ethics and values.

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11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Most Valuable Kids 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

17 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. 17 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND: $49,600 · OtherFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUNDFIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $23,800 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUNDUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINUWM FOUNDATION OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS: $10,000 · OtherUWM FOUNDATION OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONSUW HILLEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherUW HILLEL FOUNDATIONJ STREET EDUCATIONAL FUND: $5,500 · Other+22 more: $42,390 · Other+22 moreTHE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION: $6,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERS…MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE A…Pitzer College: $5,000 · EducationPitzer Coll…EDMUND BURKE SCHOOL INC: $3,500 · EducationEDMUND BURK…+1 more: $360 · EducationJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $16,750 · ReligionJ STREET E…Lev Experience: $2,000 · ReligionLev Experi…BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $1,900 · Human ServicesMOST VALUABLE KIDS INC: $500 · Human ServicesForeign Policy For America Foundation: $2,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $1,800 · Community ImprovementLAW FORWARD INC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$151,290Education$19,860Religion$18,750Human Services$2,400Public Benefit$2,000Community Improvement$1,800Crime & Legal$1,000

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 budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $16,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPitzer College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDMUND BURKE SCHOOL INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Womans Party: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLev Experience: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetForeign Policy For America Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAW FORWARD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOST VALUABLE KIDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEQUON JEWISH PRESCHOOL INC: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES: $250 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.

  • Who funds J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Pitzer College ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds EDMUND BURKE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds National Womans Party ↗
  • Who funds Lev Experience ↗
  • Who funds Foreign Policy For America Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds LAW FORWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds MOST VALUABLE KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEQUON JEWISH PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES ↗

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.

Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Herbert H Kohl Charit…The Lubar Family Foun…Cedar Street Charitab…United Way of Greater…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Baird Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Milwaukee Jewish Federation IncWI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The Lubar Family Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Daniel a Kohl Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Daniel a Kohl Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 40 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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