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Florence & Richard Koplow Family 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.

$328k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
46
Organizations funded FY2024
52%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,600
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
46 to 63
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving38$328k24%
FY202446$314k52%
FY202359$303k90%
FY202063$262kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$160kReligion$132kInternational$98kArts & Culture$96kYouth Development$63kEducation$61kEnvironment$52kCommunity Improvement$51kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple Isaiah$85,6003n/a
Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc$80,00031%
Lexington Historical Society$51,60032%
Cary Memorial Library Foundation Inc$50,15026%
Oakland Catholic Worker$40,0001n/a
The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children$30,00021%
SparkShare Inc$25,00025%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$21,80010%
American Jewish Committee$20,50010%
Israel Emergency Alliance$20,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$20,00010%
La Compagnia de' Colombari Inc$20,00023%
Clover Foundation Inc$16,170113%
Lex Eat Together Inc$15,5003n/a
We Can Corporation$15,00030%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$15,00020%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$15,00010%
Fshd Society$11,00020%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$10,00010%
Link Education Partners Inc$9,80020%
Birthright Israel Foundation$7,30020%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$7,00020%
Food Link Inc$6,00020%
Terezin Music Foundation Inc$5,25022%
Social Capital Inc$5,00011%
New Profit Inc$5,00010%
Dysautonomia International Inc$5,00010%
Museum of Fine Arts$4,00020%
City Year Inc$4,00030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3,50020%
The Barack Obama Foundation$3,50020%
Rosie's Place Inc$3,00020%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$2,50020%
Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn$2,00020%
Associates of Boston Public Library Inc$1,50020%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$1,50020%
More Than Words Inc$1,50010%
Walker Inc$1,50010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$1,30020%
Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs$1,00010%
Greenpeace Inc$1,00010%
New York Women's Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Freshman Fresh Start Inc$1,00011%
Parents Helping Parents - the Roundtable of Support Inc$1,00010%
The Lenny Zakim Fund$1,00010%
The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research and Information Inc$1,0001n/a
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$1,00010%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$80020%
The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc$75020%
Fuller Craft Museum Inc$60020%
Outer Cape Health Services Inc$50010%
The Friends of Lexington Council on Aging$5001n/a
Lexington Symphony Inc$50010%
Anne E Borghesani Community Foundation$5001n/a
Friends of Council on Aging$50014%
Fresh Air Fund$50010%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$30010%
Eldredge Public Library Inc$30030%
Saint Francis House Inc$20010%
The Society of Arts and Crafts$20010%
Harvard Magazine Inc$10010%
Chatham Fire Association Inc$10010%
The Chatham Police Association Inc$10010%
AARP Foundation$2510%
Friends of Chatham Waterways Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 84 recipients with no EIN on record ($550k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMissionsafe a New Beginning Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLexington Historical Society: $51,600 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCary Memorial Library Foundation Inc: $50,150 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetThe Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSparkShare Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $21,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $20,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Compagnia de' Colombari Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetClover Foundation Inc: $16,170 over 1y, 13% of budgetWe Can Corporation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFshd Society: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLink Education Partners Inc: $9,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $7,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood Link Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTerezin Music Foundation Inc: $5,250 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSocial Capital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNew Profit Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDysautonomia International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMuseum of Fine Arts: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAssociates of Boston Public Library Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMore Than Words Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWalker Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAgassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreshman Fresh Start Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetParents Helping Parents - the Roundtable of Support Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lenny Zakim Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFuller Craft Museum Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOuter Cape Health Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLexington Symphony Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Council on Aging: $500 over 1y, 4.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 58.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA32× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation

How much does Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation give?
Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $328,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (10%), Religion (8%), International (6%).
Who are Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Temple Isaiah ($86k), Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc ($80k), Lexington Historical Society ($52k).
Does Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Florence & Richard Koplow Family 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 Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
Where is Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation based?
Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation is based in MA.

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 151 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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