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Louis B II and Josephine L Kohn Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Louis B II and Josephine L Kohn Family 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.

$313k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.0MHealth$903kEducation$220kHuman Services$165k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $250k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT$50,000
ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND$40,000
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$40,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND$35,000
THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND$35,000
NAMI MARYLAND$25,000
THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM$20,000
THE PARK SCHOOL$20,000
THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM$15,000
GOUCHER COLLEGE$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - GREATER MARYLAND CHAPTER$10,000
GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC$7,500
BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM: $20k → 11%NAMI MARYLAND: $25k → 6%ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND: $40k → 19%THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM: $15k → 11%NAMI MARYLAND: $20k → 6%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM: $15k → 11%NAMI MARYLAND: $20k → 6%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM: $15k → 11%NAMI MARYLAND: $15k → 6%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM: $15k → 11%NAMI MARYLAND: $15k → 6%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM: $15k → 11%NAMI MARYLAND: $15k → 6%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS: $50k → 11%THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS: $50k → 11%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS: $50k → 11%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $40k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND: $35k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $35k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND: $30k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $25k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND: $25k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $25k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND: $20k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND: $20k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $20k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND: $20k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $20k → 19%THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $15k → 19%THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $15k → 19%THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $12k → 19%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 13 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
0

Total granted

$2.3M
$0

Still filing today

77%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationOther
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

  • HC
    HOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $453k · revenue +82%
  • AF
    ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $310k · revenue +375%
  • JM
    JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $280k · revenue +211%

Funded once

    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
    Maryland Institute

    Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

    Education
    2
    University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    Health
    3
    University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    Education
    4
    University of Maryland Physicians Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    —
    5
    University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    Health
    6
    University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    Health
    7
    University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    Health
    8
    University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    Health
    9
    University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    —
    10
    University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    —
    11
    University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

    Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

    —
    12
    The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc

    Port discovery children's museum's mission is to connect purposeful play and learning within its walls and beyond.

    Arts & Culture
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Park School of Baltimore Inc; the most unlike its peers is Goucher College. 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

    10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
    5
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/10
    Grantees still filing
    10/10
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $310,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INCJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $280,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INCBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC: $190,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INCSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $452,595 · HealthHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORTPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $180,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND IN…GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC: $40,500 · HealthGRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CE…THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $165,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FE…NAMI MARYLAND INC: $140,000 · OtherNAMI MARYLAND INCTHE WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $102,000 · OtherTHE WALTERS ART MUSEUMALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - GREATER MARYLAND CHAPTER: $90,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION …THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $130,000 · EducationTHE PARK S…GOUCHER COLLEGE: $90,000 · EducationGOUCHER CO…
    Arts & Culture$900,000Health$673,095Other$497,000Education$220,000

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

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $452,595 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $310,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $280,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC: $190,000 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $180,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI MARYLAND INC: $140,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $130,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC: $40,500 over 9y, 0.1% 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 HOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT ↗
    • Who funds ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC ↗
    • Who funds JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC ↗
    • Who funds BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC ↗
    • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC ↗
    • Who funds NAMI MARYLAND INC ↗
    • Who funds THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
    • Who funds SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds GOUCHER COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC ↗

    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.

    France-Merrick Founda…Baltimore Community F…Annie E Casey Foundat…Himmelrich Fund IncEliasberg Family Foun…Halle Family Foundati…David & Barbara B Hir…The Jacob and Hilda B…Associated Jewish Cha…The Harry and Jeanett…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
    France-Merrick Foundation IncMD15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Himmelrich Fund Inc · Eliasberg Family Foundation Inc · Halle Family Foundation Inc · David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

    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 Louis B II and Josephine L Kohn Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis B II and Josephine L Kohn Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
    • Baltimore Clayworks Inc: 5% of income from government
    • Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
    • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc: 1% of income from government
    • Goucher College: 0% of income from government
    • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Louis B II and Josephine L Kohn Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Louis B II and Josephine L Kohn Family Foundation Inc 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 13 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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