Illinois · Private foundation
Louis S and Barbara L Kahn 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 50
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $6k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $5k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $7k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $7k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $10k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $7k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $5k | 49% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $6k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El | $23,315 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Judea | $3,708 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc | $1,156 | 6 | 0% |
| Youth Celebrate Diversity | $750 | 3 | n/a |
| Nechama - Jewish Response to Disaster | $704 | 5 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $590 | 7 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $370 | 4 | 0% |
| Keshet | $336 | 4 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation
- How much does Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation give?
- Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $6,055 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (53%), Health (11%), Education (8%).
- Who are Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: North Suburban Synagogue Beth El ($23k), Congregation Beth Judea ($4k), Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers Inc ($2k).
- Does Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis S and Barbara L Kahn 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 Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish Communal Fund, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation based?
- Louis S and Barbara L Kahn Family Foundation is based in IL.
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