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Kaufman 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.

$53k
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Philanthropy$56kReligion$46kArts & Culture$44kEducation$40kHealth$34kCrime & Legal$12kFood & Nutrition$11kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$200
Median grant
15
States reached
$941k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION$7,200
CONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH$6,530
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$6,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,850
WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY$1,826
FREEDOM 4 YOUTH$1,750
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$1,500
ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$1,500
MOWA$1,250
ARTIST ADVOCACY FOUNDATION$1,200
SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATION$1,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$1,000
LEES MCRAE PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE$1,000
ADOPT-A-FAMILY$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $1k → 13%ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 11%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $100 → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $100 → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE INC: $100 → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $100 → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50 → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50 → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50 → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $50 → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50 → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $50 → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $50 → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50 → 14%COMMUNIFY: $100 → 14%COMMUNIFY: $100 → 14%COMMUNIFY: $100 → 14%COMMUNIFY: $50 → 14%COMMUNIFY: $50 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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TN
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FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$232k · 78 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

78 repeat relationships — 63 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
15

Total granted

$232k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

58%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
HealthEducationFood & NutritionAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +216%
  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +44%
  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • MO
    Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -27%
  • LM
    LEES MCRAE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS CIRCLE
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • FA
    FEEDING AVERY FAMILIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +11%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara

The scholarship foundation of santa barbara inspires, encourages and supports santa barbara county students to and through college, graduate and vocational school by providing information, advising, and scholarships.

3
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
7
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
8
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
11
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College

The sbcc foundation fuels the excellence of santa barbara city college by engaging the community, building relationships, and inviting the generosity of donors. the resources raised and managed by the foundation enrich college programs,…

Education
12
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Santa Barbara Teen Legal Clinic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Arts CentersCancer Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsEnvironmental Conservation …Addiction Recovery ServicesFood Banks and PantriesCommunity College Foundatio…Health Access Advocacy and …Policy Research and AdvocacyUnited Way AffiliatesAnimal Rescue and ShelterFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Jewish Community Organizati…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%11%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%54%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/66
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,499

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

62 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 102 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/62
Grantees still filing
45/62
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CONGREGATION BNAI BRITH — $35,880 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI BRITHLEES MCRAE COLLEGE COLLEGE CHALLENGE GIFT — $7,850 · OtherLEES MCRAE COLLEGE COLLEGE CHALLENGE GIFTHILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC — $7,500 · OtherHILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INCSOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATION — $7,000 · OtherSOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATIONLOBERO THEATER FOUNDATION — $6,000 · OtherFORUM — $5,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $4,700 · OtherARTIST ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC — $4,600 · Other+56 more — $49,009 · Other+56 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $36,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION …HIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY — $6,000 · PhilanthropyHIGH COUNTRY UNITE…The High Country Charitable Foundation — $2,500 · PhilanthropyThe High Country C…+2 more — $1,900 · PhilanthropyWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY — $11,956 · EducationWESTERN RESERV…SANTA BARBARA TEEN LEGAL CLINIC — $10,000 · EducationSANTA BARBARA …University of Miami — $9,000 · EducationUniversity of …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $3,700 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …+6 more — $2,200 · Education+6 moreSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION — $31,900 · Recreation & SportsSANTA BARBAR…Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc — $15,000 · HealthBoca Rato…HEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC — $2,500 · HealthHEALTH IN…AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,000 · HealthAKRON CHI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,500 · HealthST JUDE C…Sansum Diabetes Research Institute — $850 · Health+7 more — $2,900 · Health+7 moreFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $4,250 · Food & NutritionAdopt a Family Inc — $4,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AVERY FAMILIES INC — $1,000 · Food & NutritionBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $1,000 · Food & NutritionFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc — $600 · Food & NutritionAVERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $3,750 · AnimalsRESQCATS INC — $1,250 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $1,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN — $450 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK — $300 · Animals
Other$127,939Philanthropy$46,400Education$36,856Recreation & Sports$31,900Health$24,750Food & Nutrition$10,850Animals$6,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $36,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION — $31,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc — $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY — $11,956 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA TEEN LEGAL CLINIC — $10,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC — $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY — $6,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetARTIST ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC — $4,600 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt a Family Inc — $4,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetAVERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $3,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $3,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC — $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe High Country Charitable Foundation — $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ATHLETIC ROUND TABLE — $1,750 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetTHE FERD AND GLADYS ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE OF PALM BEACH C OUNTY INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESQCATS INC — $1,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AVERY FAMILIES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER — $950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Hillel — $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSansum Diabetes Research Institute — $850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANSUM CLINIC — $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc — $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS — $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $574 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CECILIA FUND — $500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIAN'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — $450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATH — $450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN — $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION — $450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC — $400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC — $350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONTESSORI CENTER SCHOOL OF SANTA BARBARA — $350 over 6y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
  • Who funds WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA TEEN LEGAL CLINIC
  • Who funds University of Miami
  • Who funds HILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC
  • Who funds HIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY
  • Who funds ARTIST ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC
  • Who funds Adopt a Family Inc
  • Who funds AVERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC
  • Who funds HEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC
  • Who funds The High Country Charitable Foundation
  • Who funds AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA ATHLETIC ROUND TABLE
  • Who funds THE FERD AND GLADYS ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE OF PALM BEACH C OUNTY INC
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds RESQCATS INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA32.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Bull Henry W Foundation · The Crawford Idema Family Foundation Inc · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · California Community Foundation · La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kaufman Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 70%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Feeding South Florida Inc5% of income from government
  • University of Miami5% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc2% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc2% of income from government
  • The Transition House Inc2% of income from government
  • University of Portland1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 102 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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