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John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation at a glance

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John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.7M
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$4.6MHealth$2.8MHuman Services$526kArts & Culture$269kReligion$109kPublic Benefit$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kPhilanthropy$18kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k15 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $71k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.5M
$3,600
Median grant
3
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STONY BROOK SCHOOL$1,202,500
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY$660,000
PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$611,800
CITY ON THE HILL COMMUNITY CHEST$75,500
FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE$40,000
EAST END HOSPICE$30,500
RICO MEMORIAL FUND$5,500
WESTHAMPTON FREE LIBRARY$5,100
9-11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM$5,000
NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
ALS FOUNDATION GREATER NY$3,600
MORICHES BAY PROJECT$2,500
SOUNDVIEW PREGNANCY SERVICES$2,500
HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH$2,000
VFW POST 5350$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $530k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE: $50k → 7%NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 7%NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $57k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $42k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $31k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $26k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $25k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $13k → 7%NEW BEGININGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 7%NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE: $80k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE: $40k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE: $40k → 7%MORICHES COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 7%MORICHES COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 7%MORICHES COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE: $95k → 7%NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 7%NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 7%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

MI
NY
IN
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 30 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2023, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
97

Total granted

$7.0M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+24%

Still filing today

40%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • TS
    THE STONY BROOK SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2023 · $2.7M · revenue +53%
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2023 · $985k · revenue +0%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $305k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • RC
    RAYNOR COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $600k · revenue +60% · 46% of their budget
  • LU
    LI UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $240k
  • WC
    WEISS CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
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
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Long Island Community Hospital At Nyu Langone Health

The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…

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4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
7
Mercy Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
8
Mercy Medical Center Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

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9
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
11
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
12
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends Academy; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 137 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE STONY BROOK SCHOOL: $2,659,000 · OtherTHE STONY BROOK SCHOOLPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER: $1,382,000 · OtherPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTERLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $985,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITYPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $726,800 · OtherPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONPBMC FOUNDATION: $322,400 · Other+114 more: $1,134,825 · Other+114 moreRAYNOR COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $600,000 · Education+5 more: $16,100 · EducationFAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $305,000 · Human ServicesEast End Hospice Inc: $192,500 · Human ServicesNEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $28,600 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Crime & LegalTEE OFF FORE LIFE INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsBRIDGE TO A CURE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE LISA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $600 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,500 · ReligionPASTORCARE WEST MICHIGAN: $3,000 · Religion
Other$7,210,025Education$616,100Human Services$530,100Crime & Legal$20,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Health$12,100Religion$7,500

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 budgetTHE STONY BROOK SCHOOL: $2,659,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $985,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRAYNOR COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $600,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $305,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $192,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $28,600 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTEE OFF FORE LIFE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGE TO A CURE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWESTHAMPTON FREE LIBRARY: $9,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMORICHES BAY PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMORICHES COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPASTORCARE WEST MICHIGAN: $3,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARE CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING MAKES U HAPPY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetFRIENDS ACADEMY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR HIS CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY LITERACY PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetTHE LISA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTaylor University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Moriches Hook & Ladder Co No 1 Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMAUREENS HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WILDLIFE SUSTAINABILITY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTHAMPTON GARDEN CLUB: $500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF THE HAMPTONS LTD: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREMSENBURG ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

  • Who funds THE STONY BROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds RAYNOR COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds East End Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEE OFF FORE LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE TO A CURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTHAMPTON FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds MORICHES BAY PROJECT INC ↗

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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Knapp-Swezey Foundati…The Moore Charitable …Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for Good
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY16.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Knapp-Swezey Foundation Inc · The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good

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 John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 137 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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