Ohio · Private foundation
Donald L Kaufman 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,550
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $302k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Donald L Kaufman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $28k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $27k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $22k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $25k | 84% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $54k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $26k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $36k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel | $58,695 | 8 | n/a |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $16,666 | 2 | 0% |
| Judea Reform Congregation | $6,215 | 3 | n/a |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $5,537 | 4 | 0% |
| Revere Rd Synagogue | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ellison Institute Research Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Holocaust Museum La | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Honorable Tina Brozman Fdtn Inc | $1,554 | 1 | n/a |
| Menorah Park Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald L Kaufman Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Columbus Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Donald L Kaufman Foundation
- How much does Donald L Kaufman Foundation give?
- Donald L Kaufman Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $28,936 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donald L Kaufman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Human Services (12%), Health (10%).
- Who are Donald L Kaufman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Temple Israel ($59k), The University of Akron Foundation ($17k), Judea Reform Congregation ($6k).
- Does Donald L Kaufman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald L Kaufman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald L Kaufman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Ohio Inc, Columbus Foundation, California Community Foundation.
- Where is Donald L Kaufman Foundation based?
- Donald L Kaufman Foundation is based in OH.
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