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Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education at a glance

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Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$20k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$97kEducation$69kHealth$13kReligion$12kPhilanthropy$10kHuman Services$8kCivil Rights$1kYouth Development$600Other$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NOCCA INSTITUTE$12,500
WHITNEY INSTITUTE$2,502
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NOLA$1,000
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL$1,000
ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$1,000
CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$500
ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION$250
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA$250
UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS$175
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%RAPHAEL VILLAGE: $3k → 23%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $250 → 17%ACCESS PERIOD: $250 → 12%RAPHAEL VILLAGE: $450 → 23%RAPHAEL VILLAGE: $300 → 23%RAPHAEL VILLAGE: $300 → 23%RAPHAEL VILLAGE: $250 → 23%RAPHAEL VILLAGE: $150 → 23%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $75 → 15%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 23%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 23%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 23%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 23%NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $250 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 23%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
IN
OH
PA
CA
NE
VA
DC
LA
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$176k · 20 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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22

Total granted

$176k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+2%

Still filing today

70%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UO
    University of New Orleans Foundation
    4× · 2017–2020 · $8k · revenue +12%
  • IN
    ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +39%
  • Culver Educational Foundation
    7× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +73%

Funded once

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    THE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +2%
  • SM
    ST MICHAEL SPECIAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • TS
    TOURO SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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.

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New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

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
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc; the most unlike its peers is Raphael Village. 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

25 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. 25 of the 46 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION: $81,350 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATIONTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA+2 more: $3,202 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS: $23,475 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSSTEMPLE SINAI: $10,132 · OtherTEMPLE SINAIJEWISH FEDERATION OF NOLA: $6,250 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF NOLABENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL: $4,500 · OtherBENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOLAUDUBON CHARTER SCHOOL: $3,700 · OtherAUDUBON CHARTER SCHOOLST MICHAEL SPECIAL SCHOOL: $2,500 · Other+16 more: $9,350 · Other+16 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $8,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE U…University of New Orleans Foundation: $8,000 · EducationUniversity of New…ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $8,000 · EducationISIDORE NEWMAN SC…Culver Educational Foundation: $6,700 · EducationCulver Educationa…+4 more: $2,010 · Education+4 moreRaphael Village: $3,950 · Human ServicesNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,250 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $350 · Human Services+2 more: $325 · Human ServicesST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $6,750 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $1,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $500 · PhilanthropyMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $853 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · Health
Arts & Culture$97,052Other$59,907Education$32,710Human Services$10,125Philanthropy$8,250Health$4,353

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION: $81,350 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS: $23,475 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New Orleans Foundation: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $6,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $6,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRaphael Village: $3,950 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHITNEY INSTITUTE: $2,502 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $853 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan County Foundation Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHYNES CHARTER SCHOOL CORPORATION: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $75 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 NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds University of New Orleans Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Culver Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Raphael Village ↗
  • Who funds NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Morgan County Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS ↗
  • Who funds HYNES CHARTER SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS PERIOD 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Goldring Family Found…The Usdin-Weil Founda…The Greater New Orlea…Luther and Zita Templ…Baptist Community Min…Shell USA Company Fou…Louis & Lillian Glaze…Louise H Moffett Fami…Patrick F Taylor Foun…Ferber Family of Houm…Hyman FundBetty and Ira Kohn Fo…
Goldring Family FoundationLA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Goldring Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Luther and Zita Templeman Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Shell USA Company Foundation · Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · Patrick F Taylor Foundation · Ferber Family of Houma Foundation · Hyman Fund · Betty and Ira Kohn 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 Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–25%
    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

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    How do I get to Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education?

    Find your warmest path to Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education 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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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