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Kurtz Family Foundation at a glance

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Kurtz Family Foundation

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.

$101k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$635kYouth Development$205kCrime & Legal$180kHousing & Shelter$100kCommunity Improvement$55kArts & Culture$3kFood & Nutrition$3kHealth$1k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL$25,000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$25,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$20,000
DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION$10,000
CHESTNUT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$1,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 22%PITZER COLLEGE: $10k → 14%REED COLLEGE: $10k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20k → 22%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 22%PITZER COLLEGE: $10k → 14%REED COLLEGE: $10k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20k → 22%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 22%PITZER COLLEGE: $10k → 14%REED COLLEGE: $10k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20k → 22%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 22%PITZER COLLEGE: $10k → 14%REED COLLEGE: $10k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20k → 22%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $35k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 22%PITZER COLLEGE: $10k → 14%REED COLLEGE: $10k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20k → 22%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%REED COLLEGE: $10k → 12%PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $60k → 22%PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $60k → 22%PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $60k → 22%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE: $95k → 22%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE: $70k → 22%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 22%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $30k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $25k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $25k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $25k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $25k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $20k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $15k → 22%GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $10k → 22%GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $10k → 22%WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL: $10k → 22%UNCF: $15k → 22%DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $10k → 22%DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $10k → 22%DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $10k → 22%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 11 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$1.1M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+46%

Still filing today

64%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PC
    PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $180k · revenue +61%
  • WP
    WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +13%
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    5× · 2020–2024 · $175k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +74%
  • AA
    ASPEN ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -40%
  • CH
    CHESTNUT HILL MEALS ON WHEELS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +15%
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
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
2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
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
4
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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5
Wilson College

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

Education
6
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
7
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
8
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
Manhattanville University

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

Education
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Associates Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chestnut Hill Meals On Wheels. 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

12 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. 12 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $175,000 · EducationWILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INCTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $175,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth Syste…REED INSTITUTE: $60,000 · EducationREED INSTITUTEPitzer College: $50,000 · EducationPitzer College+1 more: $15,000 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $100,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVER…PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL+1 more: $1,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $205,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SI…PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $180,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA CHIL…DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCHESTNUT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PA) INC: $4,500 · Community ImprovementASPEN ART MUSEUM: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCHESTNUT HILL MEALS ON WHEELS: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition
Education$475,000Other$261,000Youth Development$205,000Crime & Legal$180,000Community Improvement$54,500Arts & Culture$3,000Food & Nutrition$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $205,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $180,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetWILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $175,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $175,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPitzer College: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PA) INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL MEALS ON WHEELS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES INC: $1,000 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Renaissance Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Amazonsmile 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 Kurtz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kurtz Family Foundation. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 16 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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