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Kessner Family Foundation at a glance

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Kessner Family 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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$54kHealth$24kInternational$22kPhilanthropy$17kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$8kReligion$3kArts & Culture$250Other$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN STARKS FOUNDATION$5,040
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NOTHERN NEW JERSEY$500
THE NEW ROCHELLE YMCA$500
EMET OUTREACH$360
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 (FY17–18, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH ADOPTIONS AND FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $5k → 13%SCARSDALE EDGEMONT FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE: $2k → 9%JEWISH ADOPTIONS AND FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $4k → 13%RIVER FUND: $180 → 13%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

NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$105k · 12 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$105k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+35%

Still filing today

67%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JL
    JOHN L STARKS FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $52k · revenue +33%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $13k · revenue +15%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • I2
    Israel 20 Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -42%
  • HC
    HUNTERS CMT4B3 RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +50%
  • TB
    THE BRYAN JACOBSON FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -98%
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
Jewish Communal Fund

To facilitate and promote philanthropy through donor advised funds.

Philanthropy
2
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc

Jewish summer camp is the enduring and irreplaceable connection and community that strengthens jewish identity, develops jewish leadership, and ensures a jewish future. foundation for jewish camp (fjc) is the only nonprofit whose singular…

Youth Development
3
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc

To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.

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4
Israel and Ruth Berkowitz Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
5
Hebrew Health Care Foundation Inc

Managing endowment funds for hebrew health care and affiliates.

—
6
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
7
The Bnai Jacob Foundation
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8
Mjhs Hospice and Palliative Care Inc

To provide hospice services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis

Human Services
9
Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Inc

To ensure the continuity and vitality of the jewish community

Philanthropy
10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
Fcancer

FCANCER IS dedicated to advancing health equity through early detection and prevention programs, and by providing resources to navigate, manage, and cope with cancer.

Health
12
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Bryan Jacobson Foundation 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

21 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. 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN L STARKS FOUNDATION INC: $51,590 · Recreation & SportsJOHN L STARKS FOUNDATION INCCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $12,900 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS …HUNTERS CMT4B3 RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthHUNTERS CMT4B3 RES…Israel 20 Inc: $10,000 · InternationalIsrael 20 IncFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE I…HANDS UP FOR HAITI INC: $1,000 · InternationalFIDG: $10,000 · OtherFIDGJEWISH FEDERATION: $3,590 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONNew Rochelle Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $1,500 · OtherNew Rochelle Young …CLEARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,250 · OtherAISH GLOBAL: $1,080 · OtherOJ ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherBETHANY HOUSE INC: $2,000 · OtherBETHANY HOUSE INCEMET OUTREACH: $1,620 · OtherEMET OUTREACH+10 more: $2,862 · Other+10 moreJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $9,280 · Human ServicesSCARSDALEEDGEMONT FAM COUNSELING: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $180 · Human ServicesTHE BRYAN JACOBSON FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTEVES CAMP AT HORIZON FARMS INC: $3,150 · Youth DevelopmentJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $3,630 · PhilanthropyST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Philanthropy
Recreation & Sports$51,590Health$22,900International$21,000Other$24,902Human Services$10,960Youth Development$8,150Philanthropy$3,880

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 budgetJOHN L STARKS FOUNDATION INC: $51,590 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $12,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael 20 Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetHUNTERS CMT4B3 RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $9,280 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BRYAN JACOBSON FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $3,630 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEVES CAMP AT HORIZON FARMS INC: $3,150 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBETHANY HOUSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEMET OUTREACH: $1,620 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCARSDALEEDGEMONT FAM COUNSELING: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Rochelle Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS UP FOR HAITI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $272 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPENHOUSENEWYORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITCH IN FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIncredibly Blessed Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY16.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Kessner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kessner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kessner Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kessner Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 31 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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