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Kohrman Family Fdn at a glance

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Kohrman Family Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$16kCivil Rights$15kEducation$6kEnvironment$4kReligion$4kHealth$3kArts & Culture$2kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
15
States reached
$170k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL NEWTON CT$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$2,000
ACLU$1,000
ORT AMERICA$1,000
BETH EL THE HEIGHTS SYNAGOGUE$1,000
COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC$500
BET SHIRA CONGREGATION MIAMI$500
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$500
SIMON WEISENTHAL CENTER$200
AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURC$200
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$200
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$200
CHABAD OF UNIVERSITY CIRCLE$200
RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY$200
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC$200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%NEIGHBORS TOGETHER: $100 → 15%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $200 → 14%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

ME
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
KS
DC
AL
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 36 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
67

Total granted

$28k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+13%

Still filing today

72%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • OA
    ORT AMERICA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +13%
  • COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2k · revenue +20%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +44%
  • UC
    UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue -27%
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC
    one grant, 2024 · $300 · revenue +0%
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
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
4
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
5
Washington Monthly Institute

Dedicated to increasing public knowledge through washington monthly magazine and website www.washingtonmonthly.com published since 1969, the print magazine is the country's most important watchdog of american government, focusing on what's…

Social Science
6
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
7
American Geosciences Institute

The american geosciences institute (agi) was founded in 1948, under a directive of the national academy of sciences, as a network of associations representing geoscientists with a diverse array of skills and knowledge of our planet. the…

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8
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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9
Institute for State Effectiveness

The institute for state effectiveness seeks to close the governance gap and advance inclusive growth so that states and markets deliver to citizens. ise advances practical approaches to strengthen capacity for transformation, through…

International
10
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
11
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
12
Third Way Institute

Third way institute supports charitable and educational activities that advance centrist solutions to major economic, national security, energy and social policy issues.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wilderness Society; the most unlike its peers is Neighbors Together. 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

69 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. 69 of the 118 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)
69/69
Grantees still filing
44/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL NEWTON CT: $5,000 · OtherCONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL NEWTON CTORT AMERICA INC: $4,000 · OtherORT AMERICA INCACLU: $2,500 · OtherACLUBETH EL -- THE HEIGHTS SYNAGOGUE: $2,280 · OtherBETH EL -- THE HEIGHTS SYNAGOGUECOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $1,700 · OtherCHABAD OF UNIVERSITY CIRCLE: $1,350 · OtherALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,200 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,200 · Other+78 more: $14,663 · Other+78 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $15,700 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLE…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $11,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH CO…THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $700 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REP…+2 more: $400 · Civil RightsNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $800 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $600 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 · EnvironmentRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $400 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $400 · EnvironmentSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $300 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $200 · Environment+4 more: $400 · EnvironmentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,000 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $700 · EducationREACHING HEIGHTS: $600 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $600 · EducationFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC: $500 · EducationCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $300 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $100 · EducationNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $600 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $500 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $500 · Arts & CultureNORTHEASTERN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION OF OHIO INC: $200 · Arts & CultureHARVARD MAGAZINE INC: $150 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $100 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$33,893Philanthropy$15,700Civil Rights$12,100Environment$3,600International$3,100Education$2,800Arts & Culture$2,150

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $15,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREACHING HEIGHTS: $600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLAL-THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION OF OHIO INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD MAGAZINE INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $100 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.

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 Federation of …The Cleveland Foundat…The Albert B & Audrey…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…The Reinberger Founda…The Lozick Family Fou…The Reading 1 Foundat…A Malachi Mixon III &…Jane and Jon Outcalt …The Hershey FoundationThe Sears Swetland Fa…
Jewish Federation of ClevelandOH23.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Cleveland Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Reading 1 Foundation · A Malachi Mixon III & Barbara W Mixon Foundation · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · The Hershey Foundation · The Sears Swetland 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kohrman Family Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kohrman Family Fdn. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Kohrman Family Fdn?

Find your warmest path to Kohrman Family Fdn 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 118 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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