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Kat Charitable 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.

$631k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$540kInternational$275kSocial Science$94kEducation$56kHealth$50kRecreation & Sports$5kPublic Benefit$3kCivil Rights$3k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $553k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC$150,000
JOURNALISM NEW ENGLAND$140,000
ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES$88,000
FOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INC$75,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$50,000
NATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM INC$50,000
THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY$45,900
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$20,000
HEYDAY$10,000
MANO A MANO MEXICAN CULTURE WITHOUT BORDERS$2,000
THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING$500
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 (FY20–25, $262k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $51k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $51k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $46k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $50k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $44k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $21k → 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

ME
NY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
NM
DC
HI
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$518k · 6 repeat orgs$502k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$518k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $446k 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 & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $262k · revenue +36%
  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES
    2× · 2023–2025 · $94k · revenue +42%
  • NF
    NATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISMINC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $65k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • IM
    Independent Media Institute
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -3%
  • TA
    The American Committee for US-Russia AccordLTD
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -33%
  • MADRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +32%
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 International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
2
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
3
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
4
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
5
Ie New York College

(see schedule o)

Education
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
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
8
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
9
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
10
The Conversationalist
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11
American Society of International Law

To foster the study of international law and to promote international relations on the basis of law and justice.

International
12
Columbia University Press

Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nation Fund for Independent Journalisminc; the most unlike its peers is The American Committee for Us-Russia AccordLTD. 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

22 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. 22 of the 25 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $150,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INCFOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INCMANO A MANOCULTURA MEXICANA SIN FRONTERAS/MANO A MANOMEXICAN CULTURE: $62,000 · Arts & CultureMANO A MANOCULTURA MEXICANA SIN FRON…Independent Media Institute: $19,729 · Arts & CultureIndependent Media InstituteTYPE MEDIA CENTER INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $262,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETYJOURNALISM NEW ENGLAND: $140,000 · Civil RightsJOURNALISM NEW …ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES: $94,000 · Social ScienceASSOCIATIO…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $50,000 · EducationICAHN SCH…Indiana University Foundation: $20,000 · EducationIndiana U…The American Committee for US-Russia AccordLTD: $10,000 · EducationThe Ameri…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,000 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationNATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISMINC: $65,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,174 · PhilanthropyTHE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherYOUTH SPORTS SERVICES INC: $5,000 · OtherPOLICE REFORM ORGANIZING PROJECT INC: $2,500 · OtherESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC: $2,500 · OtherMADRE INC: $10,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $2,500 · International
Arts & Culture$334,229Human Services$262,000Civil Rights$140,000Social Science$94,000Education$85,500Philanthropy$66,174Other$30,000International$12,500

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 budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $262,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNALISM NEW ENGLAND: $140,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES: $94,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISMINC: $65,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMANO A MANOCULTURA MEXICANA SIN FRONTERAS/MANO A MANOMEXICAN CULTURE: $62,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Media Institute: $19,729 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTYPE MEDIA CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe American Committee for US-Russia AccordLTD: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMADRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $1,174 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC: $500 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.

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.

Jkw Foundation Tr Ua …The Ford FoundationJewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jkw Foundation Tr Ua 092597NY22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jkw Foundation Tr Ua 092597 · The Ford Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Kat Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kat Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
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 25 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home