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Jordan Schuman Foundation for Kindness Inc

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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$11kHealth$6kFood & Nutrition$3kPhilanthropy$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kHuman Services$2kInternational$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$230
Median grant
6
States reached
$37k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHUFSF SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,000
RCMAORG REDLANDS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY$1,000
NATL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION$518
JDCORG$516
ELTON JOHN AIDES FDN$268
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FDN$258
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND$250
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$250
Individual grant recipient$230
BROADWAY CARES$206
Individual grant recipient$205
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITA$200
ADLORG$188
HADASSAH$185
UJA$180
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $125 → 14%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE: $1k → 11%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $50 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%LONG ISLAND CARES: $103 → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%LONG ISLAND CARES: $100 → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $100 → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%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

MN
MI
NY
IA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
AZ
TN
DC
GA
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 18 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
54

Total granted

$18k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+56%

Still filing today

39%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • BC
    BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +43%
  • ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $868 · revenue +172%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2019–2021 · $325 · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • CC
    COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +56%
  • KL
    KEEP LEE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +39%
  • TC
    TRI COMMUNITY AND YOUTH AGENCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +49%
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
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
2
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Moral Compass Federation Inc

Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…

Public Benefit
4
Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc

The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…

Philanthropy
5
Social Current Inc

Social current's mission as developed and approved by its board of directors is to advocate for and implement equitable solutions to society's toughest challenges through collaboration, innovation, policy, and practice excellence.

Human Services
6
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
11
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
12
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

25 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. 25 of the 81 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHUFSF SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $7,500 · OtherSHUFSF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDSHUF SD SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2,700 · OtherSHUF SD SCHOLARSHIP FUNDBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,233 · OtherRCMAORG REDLANDS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $1,000 · Other(LIFE VEST) KINDNESS BOOMERANG BOOK: $1,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $904 · Other+57 more: $10,837 · Other+57 moreCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $325 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares Inc: $303 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $200 · Human Services+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $868 · HealthNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $518 · HealthBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $303 · HealthCancer Care Inc: $100 · HealthSCPD Cops Who Care Inc: $1,000 · PhilanthropySTAND UP TO CANCER: $327 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $220 · PhilanthropyREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $100 · PhilanthropyTRI COMMUNITY AND YOUTH AGENCY INC: $1,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100 · Crime & LegalKEEP LEE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentMEDFORD FIRE DEPT INC: $500 · Public Safety & DisasterNETWORK FOR GOOD: $150 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$25,174Human Services$1,878Health$1,789Philanthropy$1,647Crime & Legal$1,100Environment$1,000Public Safety & Disaster$650

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 budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,233 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP LEE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRI COMMUNITY AND YOUTH AGENCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCPD Cops Who Care Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $868 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDFORD FIRE DEPT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $303 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $303 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $208 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $126 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $50 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.

  • Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds KEEP LEE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI COMMUNITY AND YOUTH AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SCPD Cops Who Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDFORD FIRE DEPT INC ↗
  • Who funds STAND UP TO CANCER ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Long Island Cares Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗

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
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 Jordan Schuman Foundation for Kindness Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jordan Schuman Foundation for Kindness Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Jordan Schuman Foundation for Kindness Inc 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 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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