Maryland · Private foundation
Leslie & Samuel Kaplan 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.
- $292k
- Granted FY2021
- 28
- Grants FY2021
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Jewish Federation Of Greater Washington Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $292k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,550
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $61,855
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 8
- Total assets, FY2021
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 19% of the organizations Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 27 | $230k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $223k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $267k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gesher School Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gather Inc | $78,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Sunflower Bakery Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | $55,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Maryland Inc | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ohr Kodesh Congregation | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rehoboth Beach Film Society | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($494k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Brian and Dafna Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Annette M Lerner and Theodore N Lerner Family Foundation Inc · Aviv Foundation Inc · The Gary & Carol Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Mayberg Foundation Inc · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation with peer funders
About Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation
- How much does Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation give?
- Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $292,205 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (50%), Human Services (12%), Education (11%).
- Who are Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gesher School Inc ($125k), Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc ($115k), Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc ($100k).
- Does Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation 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 Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation based?
- Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation is based in MD.
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