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Kittay Foundation Inc

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.

$21k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2022
64%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 14
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$142k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 64% of the organizations Kittay Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
InternationalCrime & LegalArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$21k86%
FY202214$64k64%
FY20215$34k60%
FY20202$53k50%
FY20195$35k40%
FY20182$30k0%
FY20173$30kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$166kArts & Culture$48kReligion$12kEnvironment$10kFood & Nutrition$10kCivil Rights$5kEducation$5kInternational$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
CT
CA
AZ
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Center for Discovery Inc$156,50070%
Arizona Opera Company$30,00030%
Manhattan Youth Ballet Inc$18,00031%
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue$11,8002n/a
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$10,00020%
The New Food Economy Inc$10,00014%
Childrens Psc Foundation$5,000110%
PURA Syndrome Foundation$3,20626%
Hias Inc$3,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
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What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kittay Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Center for Discovery Inc: $156,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Opera Company: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetManhattan Youth Ballet Inc: $18,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDesert Botanical Garden Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Food Economy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetChildrens Psc Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetPURA Syndrome Foundation: $3,206 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetHias Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $263 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 15.

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About Kittay Foundation Inc

How much does Kittay Foundation Inc give?
Kittay Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $21,009 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Kittay Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (62%), Arts & Culture (18%), Religion (4%).
Who are Kittay Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Center for Discovery Inc ($157k), Arizona Opera Company ($30k), Manhattan Youth Ballet Inc ($18k).
Does Kittay Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kittay Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where is Kittay Foundation Inc based?
Kittay Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 24 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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