· Private foundation
George B Kaufman Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
67% of George B Kaufman Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Atlanta Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $73k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA | $72,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| ORT | $5,000 |
| JELF | $2,500 |
| ROBERT B LIPMAN FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| CROHNS & COLITIS | $2,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES | $2,000 |
| THE WEBER SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| ATLANTA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS | $1,000 |
| THE TEMPLE | $1,000 |
| NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| DALLAS AREA TORAH ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFTHE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +226%
- JFJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +51%
- ACATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +9%
Funded once
- HHADASSAHone grant, 2017 · $3k
- SCSHEPHERD CENTER INCone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +14%
- HJHOUSTON JEWISH FUNDone grant, 2018 · $2k
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.
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.
The jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
Juf provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to over 500,000 chicagoans of all faiths and millions of jews in israel and around the world, funding a network of 100+ agencies,…
The jewish federation of greater washington (federation) envisions a connected and vibrant jewish community that cares for each other, fosters jewish learning and journeys, embraces jewish peoplehood and israel, and acts as a force for…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds THE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds NERANENAH INC ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ROBERT B LIPMAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF AKIM USA INC ↗
- Who funds GOODWILL OF NORTH GEORGIA INC ↗
- Who funds Operation Feed Inc ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George B Kaufman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George B Kaufman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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