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Ira J Kaufman Family Foundation at a glance

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Ira J Kaufman Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2018
31
Grants FY2018
8
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

70% of Ira J Kaufman Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Ira J Kaufman Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $67k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’17
20
’18
4
’19
0
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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$1.0MAnimals$35kEducation$25kHuman Services$25kRecreation & Sports$21kHealth$15kArts & Culture$12kInternational$7kOther$0
02FY2018 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k30 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSION COMPASSION PAW$14,408
RAVINIA$7,200
AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION$5,000
AUDITORIUM THEATRE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
INVEST FOR KIDS$3,090
JEWISH UNITED FUND$3,000
HIGHLAND PARK GIANTS CLUB$2,795
HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT$2,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$2,000
THE NIGHT MINISTRY$1,500
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE$1,500
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$1,000
OAK SCHOOL$1,000
CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–19, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE GOOD BEGINNING: $500 → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $500 → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $500 → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $4k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $3k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $3k → 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

VT
IL
NY
MA
IN
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$118k · 17 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +102% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
19

Total granted

$118k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+102%
+19%

Still filing today

76%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • MC
    MISSION COMPASSION PAW INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +849%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +99%
  • IF
    Invest for Kids Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +29%
  • IS
    IAN SOMERFELD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
6
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
10
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
11
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
12
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Miracle Network; the most unlike its peers is Inclusion Body Myositis Foundation 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

32 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. 32 of the 52 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,034,838 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+2 more: $6,000 · PhilanthropyRAVINIA: $16,458 · OtherAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · OtherAUDITORIUM THEATRE: $10,200 · OtherHIGHLAND PARK GIANTS CLUB: $5,311 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherHEARTLAND ALLIANCE: $3,000 · Other+26 more: $28,739 · OtherMISSION COMPASSION PAW INC: $30,388 · AnimalsMICHIANA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · AnimalsInvest for Kids Inc: $10,090 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2,500 · Human ServicesInspiration Corporation: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE GOOD BEGINNING: $500 · Human ServicesCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,800 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,030 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 · HealthAIDS Foundation of Chicago: $410 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthTeach for America Inc: $6,500 · EducationHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $4,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 · International
Philanthropy$1,040,838Other$82,708Animals$32,388Human Services$14,090Health$8,990Education$6,500International$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,034,838 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION COMPASSION PAW INC: $30,388 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIANA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKESHET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS Foundation of Chicago: $410 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY11.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ira J Kaufman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ira J Kaufman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 52 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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