California · Public charity
Kessler Family Foundation
Supports charitable, educational, & religious purposes of jewish comm federation of sf.
- $216k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $160k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Kessler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $110k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $31k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $44k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $130k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $262k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay | $197,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn | $120,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland 327 Macarthur Blvd | $97,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Partners | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Alameda | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Promise | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Reutlinger Community | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay | $197,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn | $120,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland 327 Macarthur Blvd | $97,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Partners | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Alameda | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Promise | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Reutlinger Community | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tipping Point Community | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Oakland Public Library | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kessler Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Kessler Family Foundation
- How much does Kessler Family Foundation give?
- Kessler Family Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $159,500, out of $215,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Kessler Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Religion (19%), Health (19%).
- Who are Kessler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay ($197k), Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn ($120k), Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland 327 Macarthur Blvd ($97k).
- Does Kessler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kessler Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The Jewish Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Kessler Family Foundation based?
- Kessler Family Foundation is based in CA.
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