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Malvin and Ruth Kaufman Foundation at a glance

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Malvin and Ruth Kaufman Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2023
18
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$188kPhilanthropy$122kArts & Culture$57kHealth$8kInternational$6kHuman Services$2kEducation$950Animals$250Other$0
02FY2023 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k16 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH EL$27,050
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS$10,125
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE DESERT$5,475
CONGREGATION BETH JUDEA$5,000
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC$2,960
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$2,066
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$2,000
LITERACY SOCIETY OF THE DESERT$1,000
CANCER WELLNESS CENTER$1,000
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$835
BRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$500
HILLEL AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$500
DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500
PENN HILLEL$500
GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB$200
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $250 → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 5%GLENKIRK: $50 → 14%CJE SENIOR LIFE: $350 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$345k · 20 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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23

Total granted

$345k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+27%

Still filing today

55%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    5× · 2017–2022 · $100k · revenue +13%
  • RM
    RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL
    5× · 2017–2021 · $20k · revenue +184%
  • PS
    PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • WF
    WRITERS FESTIVAL 2019
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH YESHURUN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • SW
    Stand with Us (Israel)
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
5
University of Judaism Foundation
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6
Greater Miami Hillel Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.

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7
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations. comprised of jewish federation of southern arizona (jfsa or federation) and jewish…

Philanthropy
8
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

The jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…

Philanthropy
9
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
10
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…

Philanthropy
11
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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12
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Magen David Adom; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

27 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. 27 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH EL: $163,720 · OtherNORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH ELJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $18,925 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREACONGREGATION BETH JUDEA: $10,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH JUDEA FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Other+25 more: $18,075 · Other+25 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $100,350 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOL…+2 more: $3,375 · PhilanthropyPALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC: $17,670 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRI…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,655 · Arts & CultureThe Unite…+2 more: $1,485 · Arts & CultureRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $20,100 · EducationBRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $750 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,100 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,066 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $500 · InternationalJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $350 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $250 · Human Services+3 more: $125 · Human ServicesCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $1,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $300 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50 · HealthHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $835 · Religion
Other$220,220Philanthropy$103,725Arts & Culture$30,810Education$21,050International$4,666Human Services$1,725Health$1,350Religion$835

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $100,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $20,100 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $18,925 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC: $17,670 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,655 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,775 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,066 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERARY SOCIETY OF THE DESERT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $835 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $485 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE LIBRARY & OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlenkirk: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Jewish Federation of …Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Jarvis FoundationJewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Jarvis Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Malvin and Ruth Kaufman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Malvin and Ruth Kaufman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Malvin and Ruth Kaufman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Malvin and Ruth Kaufman Foundation 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 52 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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