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Kullman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$825k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Education$2.6MArts & Culture$750kHealth$720kYouth Development$300kFood & Nutrition$125kReligion$125kPhilanthropy$120kCommunity Improvement$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $675k
$35,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$200,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$125,000
TOWER HILL SCHOOL$100,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DELAWARE$100,000
HAGLEY MUSEUM & LIBRARY$100,000
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM$50,000
PARADIGM FOR PARITY INC$35,000
NATIVE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES PROJECT INC$30,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$25,000
PHILABUNDANCE$25,000
LONGWOOD GARDENS INC$10,000
JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENT$10,000
DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY$10,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PARADIGM FOR PARITY INC: $35k → 9%PARADIGM FOR PARITY INC: $25k → 9%PARADIGM FOR PARITY INC: $25k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $20k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DE

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.3M · 14 repeat orgs$975k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
18

Total granted

$3.3M
$675k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

86%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TH
    TOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +31%
  • Northwestern University
    5× · 2019–2024 · $500k · revenue +34%
  • DA
    DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $400k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -83%
  • UU
    Upstream USA Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -32%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH ON THE BRANDYWINE
    one grant, 2022 · $75k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
University of Delaware

The university of delaware is a major research university dedicated to cultivating learning, advancing knowledge, and fostering the exchange of ideas through teaching, research and public service.

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4
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
5
Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
6
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
7
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
10
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
11
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc and the most unlike its peers is Longwood Gardens Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 55 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%50%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%2%20–35yr13%6%35–55yr16%79%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,534

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $1,000,000 · EducationTOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $800,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $125,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY+2 more — $55,000 · EducationJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH — $320,000 · OtherJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTER F…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH — $205,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTER …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC — $150,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE I…SERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY INC — $100,000 · OtherSERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY INCST JOSEPH ON THE BRANDYWINE — $75,000 · OtherCOMMITTEE OF ZOO FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherST MARY MAGDALEN — $50,000 · OtherTHOMAS JEFFERSON HOSPITAL — $50,000 · OtherURSULINE ACADEMY INC — $50,000 · OtherTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUND…PARADIGM FOR PARITY — $85,000 · OtherPARADIGM FOR PARITYHIAS INC — $50,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC — $50,000 · Other+9 more — $110,000 · Other+9 moreDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC — $400,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE ART MUS…The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc — $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Henry Franci…DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY — $100,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE THEATRE…Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc — $100,000 · Arts & CultureEleutherian Mill…+2 more — $20,000 · Arts & CultureNorthwestern University — $500,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwester…TEEN WAREHOUSE INC — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC — $100,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance — $25,000 · Food & NutritionUpstream USA Inc — $100,000 · HealthTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC — $25,000 · Health
Education$1,980,000Other$1,445,000Arts & Culture$720,000Recreation & Sports$500,000Youth Development$150,000Food & Nutrition$125,000Health$125,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $1,000,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $800,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University — $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC — $400,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC — $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTEEN WAREHOUSE INC — $150,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc — $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY — $100,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY INC — $100,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetUpstream USA Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARADIGM FOR PARITY — $85,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES PROJECT INC — $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPhilabundance — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOTA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE WILD LANDS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRECISION INSTITUTE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Delaware Community Fo…Longwood Foundation I…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…Marmot FoundationCrestlea Foundation I…United Way of DelawareWelfare Foundation IncWakefield Family Fund…Nor' Easter Foundatio…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Stratus FoundationEllason Downs Perpetu…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE33.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Marmot Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · United Way of Delaware · Welfare Foundation Inc · Wakefield Family Fund Inc · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Stratus Foundation · Ellason Downs Perpetual Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kullman Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Hias Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Teen Warehouse Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • Delaware Theatre Company — 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Art Museum Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Serviam Girls Academy Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Tower Hill School Association — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines