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Kohnstamm 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.

$172k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
128
Grants FY2025
97
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
64 to 97
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
21
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Kohnstamm Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther
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
FY2025still arriving126$172k31%
FY202497$104k31%
FY202364$23k36%
FY202279$146k29%
FY202196$146k33%
FY202092$146kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$255kEducation$117kEnvironment$44kArts & Culture$30kInternational$19kHuman Services$19kHealth$15kPhilanthropy$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kenya Keys$118,050612%
Union Gospel Mission$36,2503n/a
Oregon Public Broadcasting$18,74020%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$17,00010%
Morrison Child and Family Services$15,00020%
Native Fish Society Inc$10,50031%
American Immigration Council$10,0001n/a
Clackamas Women's Services$7,50010%
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$6,00010%
Literary Arts Inc$5,75030%
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All grantees of Kohnstamm Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kenya Keys$118,050612%
Union Gospel Mission$36,2503n/a
Oregon Public Broadcasting$18,74020%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$17,00010%
Morrison Child and Family Services$15,00020%
Native Fish Society Inc$10,50031%
American Immigration Council$10,0001n/a
Clackamas Women's Services$7,50010%
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$6,00010%
Literary Arts Inc$5,75030%
Metropolitan Family Service$5,00010%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$3,75050%
Deschutes River Conservancy$3,50010%
Pandrillus Foundation$3,50011%
Oregon Historical Society$3,00030%
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild$3,00060%
Mercy Corps$3,00060%
Children's Institute Inc$2,75020%
Open School Inc$2,75020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,75050%
Meals on Wheels People Inc$2,60060%
The Oaks Park Association$2,50010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northw$2,50010%
Adelante Mujeres$2,50010%
United States Association for UNHCR$2,25060%
Janus Youth Programs Inc$2,25060%
Friends of Timberline$2,25030%
International Rescue Committee INC$2,25060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,10050%
Solve$2,00060%
Casa for Children Inc$1,80040%
Portland Art Museum$1,75060%
Wild Salmon Center$1,75060%
Oregon Food Bank$1,75050%
Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc$1,75060%
The Library Foundation$1,60060%
American Indian College Fund$1,60050%
National Wildlife Federation$1,50050%
Museum at Warm Springs$1,50050%
Friends of Tryon Creek$1,50050%
Wild Rivers Land Trust$1,50060%
Raphael House of Portland$1,50060%
The Wilderness Society$1,50050%
Smile Train Inc$1,50060%
Smart Reading$1,50050%
Portland Rescue Mission$1,5005n/a
Metropolitan Family Services$1,50020%
The Oregon Zoo Foundation$1,50050%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$1,35060%
PlayWrite Inc$1,25050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,25040%
Columbia Land Trust$1,25050%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,25040%
American Heart Association Inc$1,20050%
Water First International$1,12540%
Bustin Barriers$1,12540%
Friends of Trees$1,10050%
Learning Ally Inc$1,10050%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00640%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00020%
The Forest Park Conservancy$1,00040%
Youth Music Project$1,00040%
Western Rivers Conservancy$1,00040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,00040%
Together We Are Greater Than$1,00030%
Friends of Explorer Post 58$1,00020%
American Lung Association$1,00030%
Sisters of the Road Inc$1,00040%
Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers$1,00010%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$1,00030%
Children's Cancer Association$1,00040%
First Nations Development Institute$1,00030%
New Avenues for Youth Inc$1,00030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00040%
The Dougy Center Inc$1,00040%
Assistance League of Greater Portland$1,00010%
Feed the Children Inc$1,00030%
Smithsonian Institution$95040%
Portland Center Stage$95040%
Sunshine Division Inc$85030%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$85040%
Portland Symphonic Choir$75030%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$75030%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$75020%
American Cancer Society Inc$75020%
Women for Women International$75020%
Greater Hells Canyon Council$75030%
National Forest Foundation$75020%
American Kidney Fund Inc$75010%
Transition Projects Inc$75030%
Oregon Cultural Trust$7503n/a
Trust Women Foundation Inc$60030%
Elevate Oregon$50920%
Reproductive Freedom for All$50010%
Defenders of Wildlife$50020%
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$50020%
Outside In$50020%
Visitation Monastery$5001n/a
Oceana Inc$5001n/a
United Negro College Fund Inc$50010%
The Carter Center Inc$50020%
High Desert Museum$50020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50020%
Mental Health America Inc$50010%
Lift Urban Portland$50010%
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc$50020%
Population Connection$50020%
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry$50020%
The Convent and Academy of the Visitation$5002n/a
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$50010%
Earthjustice$50010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$50020%
Friends of the Children$50020%
Equal Justice Initiative$50010%
CaringBridge$40040%
Center for Science in the Public Interest$35020%
Urban League of Portland Inc$35010%
Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum$35020%
Mental Health Association of Oregon$30020%
United States Fund for Unicef$26210%
Sierra Club$25010%
Project Lemonade Inc$25010%
Oregon Humane Society$25010%
USA for Unfpa Inc$2501n/a
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$25010%
Girls on the Run of the Rockies$25010%
League of Women Voters of Portland Oregon$25010%
Life Expanding Adventure Program$2501n/a
International Medical Corps$25010%
ALS Northwest$25010%
Pacific Rivers$25010%
Deschutes Land Trust$25010%
Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc$25010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2501n/a
NAMI National$25010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$25010%
World Vision International$2501n/a
Fanconi Cancer Foundation$2501n/a
Our Children Oregon$25010%
Wild Steelhead Coalition$25010%
Autism Speaks Inc$25010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$25010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$25010%
Friends of the Earth$25010%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$25010%
Impact Nw$25010%
Childrens Center$25010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$25010%
Anti-Defamation League$25010%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$25010%
Riverdale School District Foundation$25010%
Bradley Angle$25010%
Lift Up$25010%
True Colors United Inc$25010%
Center for Carbon Removal$25010%
Oregon Environmental Council$25010%
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center$25010%
Interfaith Alliance Inc$2501n/a
Operation Smile Inc$25010%
Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation$25010%
Blackpackers$20010%
Challenged Athletes Inc$20010%
Best Buddies International Inc$20010%
Deschutes River Alliance$2001n/a
The Portland Playhouse$10010%
National Center on Sexual Exploitation$10010%
Partnership to End Addiction$10010%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$10010%
White Bison Inc$10010%
Pacific Crest Trail Association$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($340k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kohnstamm Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKenya Keys: $118,050 over 6y, 12% of budgetOregon Public Broadcasting: $18,740 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Health & Science University Foundation: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorrison Child and Family Services: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNative Fish Society Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetClackamas Women's Services: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStand for Children Leadership Center Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiterary Arts Inc: $5,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Family Service: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $3,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDeschutes River Conservancy: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPandrillus Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOregon Historical Society: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Institute Inc: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpen School Inc: $2,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels People Inc: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oaks Park Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northw: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdelante Mujeres: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJanus Youth Programs Inc: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Timberline: $2,250 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSolve: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCasa for Children Inc: $1,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWild Salmon Center: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBird Alliance of Oregon Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Library Foundation: $1,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $1,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum at Warm Springs: $1,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Tryon Creek: $1,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWild Rivers Land Trust: $1,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRaphael House of Portland: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSmart Reading: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oregon Zoo Foundation: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlayWrite Inc: $1,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,250 over 4y, 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 156.

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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.

The Oregon Community FoundationOR73.6× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Autzen Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Reser Family 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.

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About Kohnstamm Family Foundation

How much does Kohnstamm Family Foundation give?
Kohnstamm Family Foundation reported 128 grants totaling $172,140 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 97 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Kohnstamm Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Education (21%), Environment (8%).
Who are Kohnstamm Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kenya Keys ($118k), Union Gospel Mission ($36k), Oregon Public Broadcasting ($19k).
Does Kohnstamm Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kohnstamm Family Foundation 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.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kohnstamm Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust.
Where is Kohnstamm Family Foundation based?
Kohnstamm Family Foundation is based in OR.

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 242 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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