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Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan 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.

$362k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
40
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
40 to 61
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CultureEmploymentPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving47$332k6%
FY202440$295k10%
FY202360$399k5%
FY202257$362k7%
FY202159$339k8%
FY202061$365kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$592kInternational$367kArts & Culture$187kHuman Services$187kFood & Nutrition$165kCrime & Legal$144kHousing & Shelter$115kEnvironment$109kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX

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 57 grantees
All grantees of Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc$279,00060%
Food & Friends Inc$121,00060%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$105,50062%
Clean Water Fund$95,50060%
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington$92,00060%
Open City Advocates$70,00063%
Homeless Children's Playtime Project$69,00061%
Fonkoze USA Inc$65,00061%
Friends of the Guest House Inc$58,00051%
Yachad Inc$57,00062%
Alexandria Seaport Foundation$56,00042%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$52,50050%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$44,00040%
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation$37,00040%
Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc$35,00061%
Young Playwrights Theater$34,00061%
Jubilee Jumpstart$34,00050%
Purdue Research Foundation$30,00060%
Some Inc$28,00060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$27,00060%
Hope for Henry Foundation$26,50040%
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc$25,00050%
Community of Hope$24,00060%
James Renwick Alliance$21,27153%
National Vulvodynia Association Inc$20,00062%
Medstar Health Inc$20,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$18,00060%
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project$16,00041%
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc$14,00050%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$13,50060%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$12,50050%
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00060%
House of Ruth$9,00040%
Washington Humane Society$8,00060%
Hias Inc$7,50060%
Housing Initiative Partnership Inc$6,00010%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$5,00020%
McSweeney's Literary Arts Fund$5,00010%
Women for Women International$3,00030%
Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc$3,00060%
A Wider Circle Inc$2,50050%
Mdrc$2,5001n/a
All Our Kids Inc$2,5001n/a
Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries$2,00040%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$2,00050%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$1,99450%
Jbi International Inc$1,50060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,25030%
Avalon Theatre Project Inc$1,25050%
Learning Ally Inc$1,25050%
Smile Train Inc$1,25050%
American Heart Association Inc$1,25050%
American Diabetes Association$97240%
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation$75030%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$50020%
Community Connections Inc$50010%
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($411k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: $279,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $121,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $105,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetClean Water Fund: $95,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBender Jcc of Greater Washington: $92,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOpen City Advocates: $70,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetHomeless Children's Playtime Project: $69,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFonkoze USA Inc: $65,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of the Guest House Inc: $58,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetYachad Inc: $57,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $56,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $44,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Tennis & Education Foundation: $37,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetYoung Playwrights Theater: $34,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJubilee Jumpstart: $34,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Henry Foundation: $26,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity of Hope: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJames Renwick Alliance: $21,271 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetNational Vulvodynia Association Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetMedstar Health Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Atlantic Innocence Project: $16,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetJewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Humane Society: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHousing Initiative Partnership Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcSweeney's Literary Arts Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWomen for Women International: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYellow Ribbon Fund Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDavis Memorial Goodwill Industries: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $1,994 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJbi International Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAvalon Theatre Project Inc: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% 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 55.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC28.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Bubes Family Foundation Inc · The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family Foundation · Ronald & Joy Paul Family Foundation Inc · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc

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 Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation

How much does Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation give?
Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $361,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), International (16%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc ($279k), Food & Friends Inc ($121k), Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum ($106k).
Does Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan 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 Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
Where is Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation based?
Jerome a & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation is based in MD.

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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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