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Karetsky Family Memorial Fund and Seth Kahn Foundation Inc at a glance

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Karetsky Family Memorial Fund and Seth Kahn Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0166% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$138kYouth Development$36kSocial Science$21kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$671k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$15,000
STAND FOR CHILDREN$12,000
OREGON SYMPHONY$2,250
VARIOUS$620
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 17%OREGON SYMPHONY: $51k → 12%VARIOUS: $21k → 6%OREGON SYMPHONY: $37k → 12%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $20k → 6%OREGON SYMPHONY: $8k → 12%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $15k → 6%OREGON SYMPHONY: $5k → 12%ASPEN PUBLIC RADIO: $14k → 6%PORTLAND MUSEUM: $5k → 12%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $14k → 6%OREGON SYMPHONY: $2k → 12%ASPEN WORDS: $10k → 6%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $12k → 12%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $10k → 6%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 12%VARIOUS: $9k → 6%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $9k → 6%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $9k → 6%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 12%VARIOUS: $6k → 6%VARIOUS: $5k → 6%OREGON SYMPHONY: $5k → 6%ASPEN WORDS: $5k → 6%ASPEN PUBLIC RADIO: $5k → 6%ASPEN WORDS: $5k → 6%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 6%VARIOUS: $4k → 6%THEATRE ASPEN: $3k → 6%ASPEN PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 6%VARIOUS: $620 → 6%ASPEN WORDS: $500 → 6%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$294k · 6 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +231% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$294k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+231%
+44%

Still filing today

67%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentSocial ScienceOther
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

  • OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $103k · revenue +44%
  • VR
    VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $44k · revenue +246%
  • STAND FOR CHILDREN INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $31k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • OS
    OREGON SYMPHONY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +19%
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 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
2
Smithsonian Institution

*increase and diffusion of knowledge* is the mission set forth by james smithson. the smithsonian endeavors to shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

Arts & Culture
3
The American Film Institute

The american film institute ("afi") is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.

Arts & Culture
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
6
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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.…

Arts & Culture
7
Mint Museum of Art Inc

The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.

Arts & Culture
8
Aspen Art Museum

The aspen art museum is a non-collecting institution committed to advancing contemporary art and driving cultural change through exhibitions, critical dialogues, and community engagement. inspired by its alpine surroundings and aspen's…

Arts & Culture
9
Colorado Symphony Association

The colorado symphony association (csa) is a not-for-profit organization established to fund and operate the colorado symphony orchestra for the enjoyment and benefit of the citizens of metropolitan denver and (cont'd on schedule…

Arts & Culture
10
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
11
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
12
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Conservation International Foundation. 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

9 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. 9 of the 12 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
9/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $74,653 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $44,373 · OtherVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONASPEN PUBLIC RADIO: $20,000 · OtherASPEN PUBLIC RADIOOREGON SYMPHONY: $5,000 · OtherOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $103,050 · Arts & CultureOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSTAND FOR CHILDREN INC: $31,250 · Youth DevelopmentSTAND FOR CHI…STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTAND FOR CHI…THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $20,500 · Social ScienceCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Environment
Other$144,026Arts & Culture$113,050Youth Development$36,250Social Science$20,500Environment$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $103,050 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $44,373 over 6y, 14% of budgetSTAND FOR CHILDREN INC: $31,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Karetsky Family Memorial Fund and Seth Kahn Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karetsky Family Memorial Fund and Seth Kahn Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Karetsky Family Memorial Fund and Seth Kahn Foundation 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 12 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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