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Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$560k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MArts & Culture$875kHuman Services$485kRecreation & Sports$360kHealth$323kPhilanthropy$230kAnimals$200kFood & Nutrition$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $505k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIVITY PREP SCHOOL$50,000
FAMILY FUTURES RAPP ELEM SCHOOL$40,000
OUR SISTERS SCHOOL$30,000
MEETING STREET$30,000
LEVINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC$25,000
SITAR ARTS CENTER$25,000
BUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$25,000
SWEET DREAM MAKERS$25,000
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$25,000
KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER$25,000
GLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL$25,000
MARTHA'S TABLE$25,000
NEW BEDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
HOPE AND A HOME$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $428k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $50k → 7%JUDGE BAKERS CHILDREN CENTER: $20k → 16%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 7%JUDGE BAKERS CHILDREN CENTER: $20k → 16%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 7%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $10k → 16%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 7%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $6k → 16%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 7%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $6k → 16%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 7%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $6k → 16%REACH INC: $25k → 14%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 7%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $5k → 16%REACH INC: $25k → 14%JUDGE BAKERS CHILDREN CENTER: $5k → 16%REACH INC: $25k → 14%REACH INC: $25k → 14%REACH INC: $25k → 14%KENNEDY DONOVAN CENTER: $25k → 11%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 38 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
6

Total granted

$4.9M
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+65%

Still filing today

61%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LM
    LEVINE MUSIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $265k · revenue +26%
  • BP
    BUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +76%
  • KC
    KENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • SC
    SCHWARTZ CENTERMEETING ST
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • Y
    YMCA
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • NB
    NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue 0%
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
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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2
Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School

The mission of breakthrough montessori public charter school is to provide families in washington, dc with a fully implemented, public montessori program that enables children to develop within themselves the power to shape their lives and…

Education
3
Maret School Inc

Maret is a vibrant k-12, co-educational, independent school in washington, dc. we ignite our students' potential and foster their academic, artistic, and athletic talents.

Education
4
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

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5
Lowell School

Lowell school (the school) provides educational services to approximately 314 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. the school strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment, and offers a…

Education
6
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
7
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
8
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
9
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

Bb&n, an all gender day school in cambridge, massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the buckingham school and the browne & nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. located on multiple…

Education
10
The Childrens Museum

Boston children's museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. boston children's museum is a welcoming,…

Arts & Culture
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meeting Street; the most unlike its peers is Commons Impact Foundation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 47 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIVITY PREP SCHOOL: $295,000 · OtherNATIVITY PREP SCHOOLNEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $210,000 · OtherNEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INCNEW BEDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $200,000 · OtherNEW BEDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAGLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherGLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $175,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALMA DEL MAR CHARTER SCHOOL: $145,000 · OtherALMA DEL MAR CHARTER SCHOOLHOPE AND A HOME: $145,000 · OtherHOPE AND A HOMEArt Museum New Bedford Inc: $125,000 · OtherUMASS DARTMOUTH: $125,000 · OtherFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS: $120,000 · OtherY W C A: $95,000 · Other+19 more: $658,000 · Other+19 moreLive It Learn It: $225,000 · EducationLive It Learn ItOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $225,000 · EducationOUR SISTERS SCHOO…WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $175,000 · EducationWASHINGTON SCHOOL…CENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING: $75,000 · EducationCENTER FOR INSPIR…A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $65,000 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE IN…LEVINE MUSIC INC: $265,000 · Arts & CultureLEVINE MUSIC I…SITAR ARTS CENTER: $200,000 · Arts & CultureSITAR ARTS CEN…THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILLIPS C…+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesKENNEDY-D…REACH EDUCATION INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesREACH EDU…JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER: $78,000 · Human ServicesJUDGE BAK…Meeting Street: $210,000 · HealthTHE HERREN PROJECT: $30,000 · HealthBUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $225,000 · AnimalsSweet Dream Makers Inc: $155,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMONS IMPACT FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,493,000Education$765,000Arts & Culture$625,000Human Services$428,000Health$240,000Animals$225,000Philanthropy$205,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $265,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $225,000 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetKENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER INC: $225,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLive It Learn It: $225,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $225,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMeeting Street: $210,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $210,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $200,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $175,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSweet Dream Makers Inc: $155,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE AND A HOME: $145,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetREACH EDUCATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetArt Museum New Bedford Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetJUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER: $78,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING: $75,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetRAPPAHANNOCK PANTRY INC: $65,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMONS IMPACT FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HERREN PROJECT: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEMASKET GROUP INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 LEVINE MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Live It Learn It ↗
  • Who funds OUR SISTERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Meeting Street ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SITAR ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds Sweet Dream Makers Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AND A HOME ↗
  • Who funds REACH EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Art Museum New Bedford Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING ↗
  • Who funds RAPPAHANNOCK PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds A WIDER CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMONS IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HERREN PROJECT ↗

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.

Bristol County Saving…Philip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…United Way of Greater…Southcoast Community …The Morris and Gwendo…Eastern Bank Foundati…Greater Washington Co…Redskin Foundation In…The Carney Family Cha…Dimick Foundation Joh…Nora Roberts Foundati…
Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation IncMA21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Nora Roberts 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 Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • The Nemasket Group Inc: 91% of income from government
  • New Bedford Women's Center Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Kennedy-Donovan Center Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Judge Baker Children's Center: 29% of income from government
  • Child and Family Services Inc: 24% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.

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 47 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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