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Kurtzman Family Foundation at a glance

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Kurtzman Family Foundation

The foundation's giving is irected to the jewish community and the community at large to benefit programs and nstitutions which have an emphasis on arts and culture, education and social services.

$158k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Religion$430kHealth$286kEducation$104kHuman Services$102kPhilanthropy$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kFood & Nutrition$10kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $113,905, the rows itemized in this filing. The $157,905 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $99k
$10,000
Median grant
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States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$30,155
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$28,250
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$10,500
Phase One - The Road to Curing Cancer$10,000
FireWorks Foundation Inc$10,000
Our House Inc$10,000
Jewish Federation of Greater LA$7,500
UCLA Foundation$7,500
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%American National Red Cross: $10k → 14%KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $25k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $25k → 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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$761k · 7 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$761k
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+46%

Still filing today

71%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    5× · 2018–2024 · $116k · revenue +52%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $60k · revenue +14%
  • OH
    OUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $52k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +55%
  • KF
    KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -42%
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +20%
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
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
2
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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7
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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8
Usc Care Medical Group Inc

To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…

Health
9
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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10
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
11
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is FireWorks Foundation Inc. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE: $419,875 · OtherWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLEREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $40,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN+4 more: $40,000 · Other+4 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $115,600 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUN…OUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER: $52,000 · HealthOUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTERPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $40,250 · HealthPHASE ONE FOUNDATIONChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · HealthUCLA FOUNDATION: $53,200 · EducationUCLA FOUND…SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL: $33,000 · EducationSOUTHWESTE…Citizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles: $10,000 · EducationCitizens o…JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $37,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $37,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $25,000 · Human ServicesKARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesFireWorks Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES INC: $7,500 · Youth Development
Other$499,875Health$288,350Education$96,200Philanthropy$74,500Human Services$60,000Arts & Culture$10,000Youth Development$7,500

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 budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $115,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $53,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER: $52,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $40,250 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFireWorks Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Kurtzman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kurtzman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kurtzman Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kurtzman Family Foundation 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 22 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 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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