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Kahn-Abeles Foundation at a glance

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Kahn-Abeles 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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$55kHealth$50kEnvironment$41kEducation$35kCrime & Legal$35kFood & Nutrition$33kCivil Rights$18kAnimals$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$804k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPOA LEGAL CENTER$20,000
Individual grant recipient$12,500
CAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND$5,000
SAUVIE ISLAND CENTER$5,000
NRDC$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,500
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$3,500
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC$3,500
ADL$3,000
ALZHEIMER'S LOS ANGELES$3,000
ACLU OF ILLINOIS$3,000
EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,500
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$2,000
COMPASSION & CHOICES$1,500
ANIMAL SAMARITANS$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 (FY20–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT: $8k → 12%SAFETY COMPASS: $2k → 14%CHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT: $3k → 12%NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT: $350 → 12%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
NM
DC
OK
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$352k · 29 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
15

Total granted

$352k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
-3%

Still filing today

62%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • CN
    CAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $29k · revenue +51%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +26%
  • AG
    ALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $13k
  • OA
    Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • CL
    COLUMBIA LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -44%
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
Agricultural Research Foundation

Our mission is to encourage facilitate support and engage in scientific investigation and research experimentation and to advance educational and training activities related to agriculture and natural resources throughout the state of…

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4
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
5
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
6
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
7
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
8
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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9
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
10
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
11
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
12
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Ability Center; the most unlike its peers is Columbia Learning Center. 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

31 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. 31 of the 48 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPOA LEGAL CENTER: $35,000 · OtherOPOA LEGAL CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $29,000 · OtherCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientADL: $20,000 · OtherADLACLU OF ILLINOIS: $15,000 · OtherACLU OF ILLINOISIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOregon Agricultural Education Foundation: $10,000 · Other+21 more: $30,025 · Other+21 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $26,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOUR…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $12,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR …BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentBIRD ALLIANCE …LIVING DESERT THE: $2,750 · EnvironmentLIVING DESERT …ALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES: $23,500 · HealthALZHEIMERS …Eisenhower Medical Center: $13,500 · HealthEisenhower …MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DY…+1 more: $200 · HealthPALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC: $18,500 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRING…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $12,000 · Arts & CultureThe United …Wisdom of the Elders Incorporated: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWisdom of t…PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICA…KINDRED SPIRITS FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Arts & CultureSauvie Island Center: $23,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAFETY COMPASS: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $350 · Human ServicesCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $7,500 · Civil Rights
Other$226,625Environment$50,750Health$42,200Arts & Culture$40,250Food & Nutrition$23,000Human Services$12,350Civil Rights$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $29,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES: $23,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSauvie Island Center: $23,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetPALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC: $18,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetOregon Agricultural Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA LEARNING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWisdom of the Elders Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAFETY COMPASS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Samaritans: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoveOnorg Civic Action: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $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 CAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds Sauvie Island Center ↗
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Wisdom of the Elders Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC ↗
  • Who funds PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
  • Who funds MDRC ↗
  • Who funds ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds SAFETY COMPASS ↗
  • Who funds Animal Samaritans ↗
  • Who funds KINDRED SPIRITS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT ↗

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 Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…Meyer Memorial TrustNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR19.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Kahn-Abeles Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kahn-Abeles Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Safety Compass: 25% of income from government
  • Northwest Pilot Project: 6% of income from government
  • Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • Children's Healing Art Project Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 48 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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