· Private foundation
Kanders Foundation 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k30 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
- $250k+1 grant · $360k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | $360,096 |
| CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE | $13,000 |
| PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000 |
| TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREAT NECK | $4,421 |
| NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC | $3,000 |
| PALM BEACH OPERA | $2,544 |
| PARK AVENUE ARMORY | $2,500 |
| PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC | $2,500 |
| ARMORY ART CENTER | $2,500 |
| NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC | $2,500 |
| ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $2,500 |
| 92ND STREET Y | $1,500 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Cornell University9× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +59%- TATHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +29%
- THTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL6× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- HIHEALING INC INTERNATIONAL WOMENS ARone grant, 2017 · $6k
- LFLATYMER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $4k
- PAPARK AVENUE ARMORY MEMBERSHIPone grant, 2022 · $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.
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.
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
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."
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
Please refer to schedule o for the organization's complete mission statement.
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 72 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Cornell University ↗
- Who funds THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FDN INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BIRDS NEST FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY ↗
- Who funds Trustees of Hamilton College ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kanders Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kanders Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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