· Private foundation
Kass Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| APLASTIC ANEMIA MDS INTL FDTN | $2,000 |
| THE JEWISH FEDERATION | $2,000 |
| GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER | $1,375 |
| UNION RESCUE FUND | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $1,000 |
| LOS ANGELES MISSION | $1,000 |
| MAUI FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $500 |
| COVENANT HOUSE | $500 |
| CITY OF HOPE | $400 |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTS | $300 |
| NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM | $299 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $250 |
| LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER | $200 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $799 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS WEST7× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +68%
- GFGO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +73%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches5× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- TUTHE USC CATALINA HYPERBARIC CHAMBERone grant, 2022 · $600
- AMACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURESone grant, 2022 · $500
- AFARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $250 · revenue -21%
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.
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.…
The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…
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."
The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 31 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 MEALS ON WHEELS WEST ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds MAUI FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
- Who funds 1979 LEGACY CORP ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kass Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kass Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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