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Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation

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.

$581k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$6.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsEducationArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2024still arriving6$581k67%
FY20239$214k44%
FY202211$425k55%
FY202122$667k50%
FY202018$650k33%
FY201918$503k39%
FY201826$645k50%
FY201728$660kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MPublic Benefit$1.2MPhilanthropy$831kHealth$642kReligion$242kArts & Culture$187kCivil Rights$156kYouth Development$106kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
MD
DE
NM
AR
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$500,00010%
Integrity First for America Inc$445,00047%
Civic Influencers Inc$382,500315%
Jewish Center of the Hamptons$242,0006n/a
Media Matters for America$200,00031%
Protect Democracy Project$125,00020%
Tesseract Research Center Inc$115,00012%
Project Most Inc$112,50083%
Democracy Matters Foundation$100,00011%
New York Historical Society$82,00050%
Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$500,00010%
Integrity First for America Inc$445,00047%
Civic Influencers Inc$382,500315%
Jewish Center of the Hamptons$242,0006n/a
Media Matters for America$200,00031%
Protect Democracy Project$125,00020%
Tesseract Research Center Inc$115,00012%
Project Most Inc$112,50083%
Democracy Matters Foundation$100,00011%
New York Historical Society$82,00050%
Onward Together Foundation$75,000112%
Womens Sports Foundation$75,00021%
The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation$65,00046%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$50,00010%
Protect Democracy United$50,00013%
Peak Unleashed Inc$50,000171%
Ms Foundation for Women Inc$50,00011%
Canterbury School Inc$30,00020%
The American Independent Foundation$25,00011%
Sag Harbor Partnership Inc$25,00010%
George Jackson Academy$20,00010%
The Epiphany School Foundation Inc$20,00021%
High Watch Recovery Center Inc$17,50010%
The Center Inc$16,1002n/a
Jan's Haven International$15,0001n/a
Hofstra University$12,00010%
Friends Without a Border$10,00010%
Foundation for Positive Psychology Inc$10,0001n/a
Counteract Foundation$10,0001n/a
Mi Vecinos$10,00013%
Four Suns Csp Rescue & Rehab$10,0001n/a
Voto Latino Inc$10,0001n/a
The Spark Foundation Inc % Max Mahler$10,000110%
Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer Inc$6,00031%
Bay Street Theatre Festival Inc$5,00010%
Utah Children$3,00010%
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Inc$2,50010%
The Bronx Museum of the Arts$2,50010%
East Hampton Education Foundation Inc$2,00011%
Perfect Earth Project Inc$2,00011%
Bonac Booster Club Inc$1,50012%
The Hetrick-Martin Institute Inc$1,30010%
East Hampton Food Pantry Inc$85010%
Bark Nation$7501n/a
Waggin Tails Dog Rescue Inc$75011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIntegrity First for America Inc: $445,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetCivic Influencers Inc: $382,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetMedia Matters for America: $200,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTesseract Research Center Inc: $115,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetProject Most Inc: $112,500 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetDemocracy Matters Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $82,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOnward Together Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Ellen P Hermanson Foundation: $65,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProtect Democracy United: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetPeak Unleashed Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetMs Foundation for Women Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCanterbury School Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSag Harbor Partnership Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGeorge Jackson Academy: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Epiphany School Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHigh Watch Recovery Center Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHofstra University: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends Without a Border: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMi Vecinos: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Spark Foundation Inc % Max Mahler: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetManhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBay Street Theatre Festival Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Children: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBrooklyn Community Pride Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Bronx Museum of the Arts: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEast Hampton Education Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPerfect Earth Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBonac Booster Club Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Hetrick-Martin Institute Inc: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Hampton Food Pantry Inc: $850 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWaggin Tails Dog Rescue Inc: $750 over 1y, 1.5% 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 37.

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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.

The New York Community TrustNY19.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Andrew Sabin Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Fine and Greenwald Foundation · Indian Trail Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Kate Cassidy Foundation · Yaffa Foundation Inc · Marin Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

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 Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation

How much does Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation give?
Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $580,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Public Benefit (25%), Philanthropy (17%).
Who are Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ($500k), Integrity First for America Inc ($445k), Civic Influencers Inc ($383k).
Does Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable 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 Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation based?
Graham-Kerman Fam Charitable Foundation is based in NY.

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 81 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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