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Laurie Kayden Foundation at a glance

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Laurie Kayden 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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
67
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$100k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$3.1MEducation$1.7MInternational$1.1MFood & Nutrition$1.1MHuman Services$870kEnvironment$500kCivil Rights$500kPublic Safety & Disaster$495kOther$0
02FY2025 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $400k
  • $50k–250k50 grants · $2.8M
$50,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$100,000
HIAS INC$100,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$75,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED$75,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$75,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC$75,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF WGH WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL N$75,000
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTH$75,000
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$75,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW$75,000
METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWI$50,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$50,000
HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC$50,000
CITY HARVEST INC$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $75k → 6%SAMUEL FIELD YM & YWHA INC: $25k → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 6%COMMONPOINT QUEENS: $25k → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 6%COMMONPOINT NY INC: $25k → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 6%COMMONPOINT QUEENS: $25k → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 6%COMMONPOINT NY INC: $25k → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 6%SAMUEL FIELD YM & YWHA INC: $25k → 13%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 11%MORSE LIFE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 11%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 17%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 17%METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWI: $25k → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $25k → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $25k → 17%METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWI: $50k → 17%METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWI: $50k → 17%METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWI: $50k → 17%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

WA
IL
NY
OR
WY
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CO
KY
VA
MD
KS
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 82 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

82 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
14

Total granted

$14M
$365k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+34%

Still filing today

76%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationArts & 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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $425k · revenue +40%
  • HI
    HIAS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $425k · revenue +41%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    6× · 2020–2025 · $325k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • MC
    MERCY CORPS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • SW
    SOCIETY WITH MS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • SC
    STUYVESANT CCNY SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Isabella Geriatric Center Inc

Operating as isabella center for rehabilitation and nursing care, isabella is a 705-bed not-for-profit organization that is a member of the mjhs health system family. isabella is committed to providing exceptional short-term, sub-acute…

Human Services
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
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
12
Metropolitan Jewish Home Care Inc

Mjhs home care is a not-for-profit, certified home health agency (chha), committed to providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for individuals recuperating at home from an acute episode, often elderly and at-risk members of…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montefiore Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is Underdogs. 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

72 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. 72 of the 100 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/72
Grantees still filing
55/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAMAZ SCHOOL: $280,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF WGH WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL N: $275,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $225,000 · OtherFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $225,000 · OtherALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $225,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW: $225,000 · OtherTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $200,000 · OtherALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $200,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $325,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $325,000 · OtherNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $325,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHI…WNET: $225,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $225,000 · Other+40 more: $2,465,000 · Other+40 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $425,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD F…HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 · HealthHEARING HEALTH FOUND…White Plains Hospital Medical Center: $225,000 · HealthWhite Plains Hospita…MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $225,000 · HealthMONTEFIORE MEDICAL C…American Diabetes Association: $225,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes As…Cancer Care Inc: $225,000 · HealthCancer Care IncTRAUMA AND RESILIENCY RESOURCES INC: $195,000 · HealthTRAUMA AND RESILIENC…CALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $175,000 · HealthCALVARY HOSPITAL INCNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $150,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SC…WILLIAMSBURG VOLUNTEERS OF HATZOLAH: $150,000 · HealthWILLIAMSBURG VOLUNTE…NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $100,000 · Health+6 more: $230,000 · Health+6 moreHIAS INC: $425,000 · InternationalHIAS INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $325,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KIT…American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $225,000 · InternationalAmerican Friends …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $225,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $225,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS …HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $175,000 · InternationalHEIFER INTERNATIO…Mercy Corps: $175,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsAMIT CHILDREN INC: $175,000 · InternationalAMIT CHILDREN INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $75,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $75,000 · International+1 more: $50,000 · InternationalCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $325,000 · EducationCornell University: $300,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $225,000 · EducationTHE AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NY: $200,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 · EducationISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $275,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $225,000 · Human ServicesMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $195,000 · Human ServicesCOMMONPOINT NY INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCITY HARVEST INC: $225,000 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $225,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $225,000 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $200,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $25,000 · Food & NutritionANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $225,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $225,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $175,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Civil Rights
Other$5,745,000Health$2,550,000International$2,150,000Education$1,100,000Human Services$1,045,000Food & Nutrition$900,000Civil Rights$700,000

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $425,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $425,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $325,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $325,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $325,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $325,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $325,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $300,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $275,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $225,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $225,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $225,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $225,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $200,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $200,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NY: $200,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTRAUMA AND RESILIENCY RESOURCES INC: $195,000 over 6y, 40% of budgetSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $195,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN: $190,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $175,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG VOLUNTEERS OF HATZOLAH: $150,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetCOMMONPOINT NY INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $150,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA INC: $100,000 over 6y, 1.7% 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.

  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION ↗
  • Who funds White Plains Hospital Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Cancer Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds THE AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NY ↗
  • Who funds MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRAUMA AND RESILIENCY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN ↗

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 Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Verizon FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Jewish Communal FundNY13.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Laurie Kayden Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laurie Kayden Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
17report 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
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

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How do I get to Laurie Kayden Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Laurie Kayden 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 100 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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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 endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home