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Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc

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.

$81k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,030
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,600
Organizations funded a year
26 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving33$77k48%
FY202426$90k50%
FY202328$101k39%
FY202242$81k31%
FY202145$72k60%
FY202043$66k65%
FY201939$54k49%
FY201841$60k68%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$155kHealth$143kArts & Culture$118kEducation$70kScience & Tech$48kPhilanthropy$14kHuman Services$12kAnimals$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Cinematheque$42,50060%
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center$27,51020%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$23,00050%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$22,60020%
Cuny Tv Foundation$19,00033%
Koce-Tv Foundation$19,00040%
Horace Mann School$16,50050%
United Negro College Fund Inc$14,00060%
Skeptic Society$12,00071%
Animal Rescue Mission$11,50041%
The Grace Children's Foundation$11,00054%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$8,20040%
St Vincent Senior Citizen Nutrition Program Inc$7,50020%
Foundational Questions Institute$6,50031%
Bloomingdale School of Music$6,29640%
Arizona Hemophilia Association Inc$5,60060%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,50080%
Public Media Group of Southern California$5,00010%
The Foundation for Spinal Restoration$5,00011%
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc$5,00010%
Banner Health Foundation$4,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$3,85040%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$3,85050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,40030%
Share$3,35020%
Be the Change Global Outreach Inc$3,0601n/a
American Kidney Fund Inc$3,00040%
Actblue Charities Inc$3,00010%
Sjogren's Foundation Inc$2,65060%
The Committee of 100 Inc$2,50011%
Birthright Israel Foundation$2,50050%
The Santa Monica College Foundation$2,20510%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,10030%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$2,06110%
MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association Inc$2,00010%
Born to Be Loved$2,0003n/a
Project Pinball Charity Group Inc$2,00011%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,90030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,85060%
New York City Hemophilia Chapter Inc$1,70030%
American Diabetes Association$1,65050%
The Als Association Mid-America Chapter$1,50020%
Together California Inc$1,5001n/a
The Asia Society$1,50010%
Jane's Due Process Inc$1,50010%
Anne Frank Center USA Inc$1,40030%
American and Foreign Christian Union Inc$1,0431n/a
Students Against Antisemitism Inc$1,04010%
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Dalton Schools Inc$1,00010%
Childrens Music Fund$1,00011%
Celebration of Love$1,00011%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,00030%
Johns Hopkins University$1,00010%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$1,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$1,0001n/a
Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation$1,00010%
United Israel World Union Inc$1,0001n/a
Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$1,00010%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$95030%
Science for the Church$85021%
Givedirectly Inc$8191n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$78010%
American Heart Association Inc$75010%
ALS Arizona$70020%
The Arizona Chapter of American College of Surgeons$60011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5221n/a
Central City Chorus Inc$5001n/a
Parkinson Foundation$50010%
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center$50020%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$50010%
Share Foundation$40010%
National Foundation For Cancer Research$40010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$40010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$30010%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$30010%
Aeon America Inc$20010%
Friends of Big Bear Valley$2001n/a
Public Broadcasting Service$20010%
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$1001n/a
The Mount Sinai Hospital$10010%
Grid Books Inc$10010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$2910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 95 recipients with no EIN on record ($267k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Cinematheque: $42,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Rambam Medical Center: $27,510 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $22,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCuny Tv Foundation: $19,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetKoce-Tv Foundation: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHorace Mann School: $16,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSkeptic Society: $12,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAnimal Rescue Mission: $11,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Grace Children's Foundation: $11,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $8,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent Senior Citizen Nutrition Program Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFoundational Questions Institute: $6,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBloomingdale School of Music: $6,296 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Hemophilia Association Inc: $5,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Media Group of Southern California: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Spinal Restoration: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMiddle East Media and Research Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $3,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $3,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShare: $3,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetActblue Charities Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSjogren's Foundation Inc: $2,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Committee of 100 Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Santa Monica College Foundation: $2,205 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $2,061 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetProject Pinball Charity Group Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $1,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Hemophilia Chapter Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Als Association Mid-America Chapter: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Asia Society: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJane's Due Process Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnne Frank Center USA Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStudents Against Antisemitism Inc: $1,040 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association Research Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDalton Schools Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Music Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCelebration of Love: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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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.

John Templeton FoundationPA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc

How much does Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc give?
Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $80,856 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (25%), Health (23%), Arts & Culture (19%).
Who are Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Cinematheque ($43k), American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center ($28k), American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc ($23k).
Does Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John Templeton Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation, American Express Foundation.
Where is Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc based?
Lee and Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 183 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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