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Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation

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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$80kCivil Rights$35kYouth Development$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kInternational$16kArts & Culture$14kPublic Benefit$5kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$366k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$15,000
ARTS FOR ALL$2,000
MARTHA'S KAYAK INC$2,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,000
KADAMPA MEDIATION CENTER$2,000
CHILDRENS CANCER CENTER$2,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$2,000
THE ELLEN HERMANSON FDN$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
THE LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $15k → 16%GOLDEN STATE BONSAI FEDERATION: $1k → 10%CMPS: $3k → 17%ARTS FOR ALL: $5k → 13%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $10k → 16%GOLDEN STATE BONSAI FDN: $1k → 10%KADAMPA MEDIATION CENTER: $2k → 17%ARTS FOR ALL: $2k → 13%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $10k → 16%CMPS: $1k → 17%ARTS FOR ALL: $1k → 13%THE LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $5k → 16%CMPS: $1k → 17%FRANCISCAN RETREAT CENTER: $1k → 13%LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $3k → 16%MARTHA'S KAYAK INC: $4k → 6%NY PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 17%CHILDRENS CANCER CENTER: $5k → 13%THE LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $3k → 16%MARTHA'S KAYAK INC: $3k → 6%CHILDRENS CANCER CENTER: $3k → 13%LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $3k → 16%MARTHA'S KAYAK INC: $3k → 6%CHILDRENS CANCER CENTER: $3k → 13%THE LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%MARTHA'S KAYAK INC: $2k → 6%MOFFITT CANCER CENTER: $18k → 13%LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%CHILDRENS CANCER CENTER: $2k → 13%LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%UNICEF: $3k → 17%MOFFITT CANCER CENTER FDN: $3k → 13%LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%UNICEF: $2k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOT BORDERS: $10k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOT BORDERS: $2k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $3k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $3k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $3k → 17%THIRTEEN - WNET: $2k → 17%THE ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $3k → 17%ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $3k → 17%ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $3k → 17%ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $3k → 17%THE ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $3k → 17%ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $3k → 17%THE ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $2k → 17%ELLEN HERMANSON FDN: $2k → 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

MN
NY
MA
CA
NE
VA
TN
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$184k · 17 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$184k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+59%

Still filing today

53%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
InternationalHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +23%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $22k · revenue +36%
  • LD
    LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP
    8× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +335%

Funded once

  • MC
    MOFFITT CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $18k
  • MC
    MOFFITT CANCER CENTER FDN
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • GS
    GOLDEN STATE BONSAI FEDERATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +10%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
3
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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4
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
5
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
6
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
9
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
10
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marthas Kayak Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
14/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $35,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INCMOFFITT CANCER CENTER: $18,400 · OtherMOFFITT CANCER CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $12,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITALARTS FOR ALL: $8,000 · OtherARTS FOR ALLCMPS: $4,575 · OtherTHIRTEEN - WNET: $3,620 · Other+14 more: $14,190 · Other+14 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $22,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHE…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,750 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTI…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $7,250 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND F…CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC: $13,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S CA…MARTHAS KAYAK INC: $12,500 · HealthMARTHAS KAYAK…+1 more: $250 · HealthLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOUIS D BRO…THE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $19,500 · PhilanthropyTHE ELLEN …The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 · EducationNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $560 · EnvironmentNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$108,285International$38,000Health$26,250Youth Development$21,000Philanthropy$19,500Education$1,000Environment$560Arts & Culture$250

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP: $21,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $19,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC: $13,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHAS KAYAK INC: $12,500 over 5y, 56% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $7,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,025 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN STATE BONSAI FEDERATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $560 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $250 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP ↗
  • Who funds THE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHAS KAYAK INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN STATE BONSAI FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp: 32% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–60%
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 32 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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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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