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Marina P and Stephen E Kaufman Foundation at a glance

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Marina P and Stephen E Kaufman Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$187kEducation$68kInternational$60kCrime & Legal$49kArts & Culture$42kYouth Development$35kCivil Rights$20kHealth$18kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE$5,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,545
NETWORK IN SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE IN GUATEMALA$1,500
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$1,000
WILLIAMS COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND$500
VINEYARD GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION$500
AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION$300
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 (FY18–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $1k → 9%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $50 → 14%NEW YORK CENTER FOR ZEN CONTEMPLATIVE CARE: $500 → 17%AQUINNAHGAY HEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $100 → 8%COVENANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%CHILDREN'S GLOBAL HEALTH FUND: $5k → 17%CHILDREN'S GLOBAL HEALTH FUND: $1k → 17%DOROT INC: $72 → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY: $1k → 17%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

NH
IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
MD
DC
AL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$414k · 35 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 31 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
71

Total granted

$414k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+34%

Still filing today

63%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SL
    STORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $41k · revenue +80%
  • PA
    POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC
    3× · 2017–2023 · $34k · revenue +15%
  • TF
    THE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $21k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • WP
    WOMEN'S PRISON ASSOCIATION AND HOME
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +9%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +33%
  • WJ
    Womens Justice Initiative Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · 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
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
2
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
3
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
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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6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
8
Brooklyn Law School

To provide students with the knowledge, skills, ethical values needed for a career in law.

Education
9
Long Island University

To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.

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10
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
11
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gillen Brewer School; the most unlike its peers is The Andrew K Dwyer 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

68 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. 68 of the 110 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/68
Grantees still filing
55/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $66,995 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUNMARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTER: $25,960 · OtherMARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTERHAZON INCSTORAH TELLINGLAB SHUL: $23,720 · OtherHAZON INCSTORAH TELLINGLAB SHULLAWRENCE SCHOOL: $16,000 · OtherLAWRENCE SCHOOLFRIENDS SEMINARY: $11,000 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN: $10,000 · Other+70 more: $108,930 · Other+70 moreHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $37,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WA…T'RUAH: $15,700 · InternationalT'RUAHAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $12,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEND…ANTIGUA INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,400 · InternationalANTIGUA INTERNA…+3 more: $1,470 · InternationalSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $15,500 · EducationSTUDENT A…Womens Justice Initiative Inc: $5,000 · EducationWomens Ju…HAWKEN SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationHAWKEN SC…Williams College: $4,750 · EducationWilliams …THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $3,500 · EducationTHE ROOSE…EXODUS SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationEXODUS SC…GILLEN BREWER SCHOOL: $2,000 · Education+4 more: $2,400 · Education+4 moreSTORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC: $40,500 · ReligionSTORAHTEL…POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $33,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $250 · Youth DevelopmentTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $21,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthAMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $435 · HealthMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HISTORYMAKERS: $2,500 · Arts & CultureALL STARS PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAUBIN PICTURES INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $950 · Arts & Culture
Other$262,605International$70,570Education$41,150Religion$40,500Youth Development$33,750Health$28,935Arts & Culture$25,450

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC: $40,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $33,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAWRENCE SCHOOL: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetT'RUAH: $15,700 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $7,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $6,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWASHINGTON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN'S PRISON ASSOCIATION AND HOME: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Justice Initiative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAWKEN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $4,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANTIGUA INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,400 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetEXODUS SCHOOL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HISTORYMAKERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetV G C FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGILLEN BREWER SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,545 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bar Association: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNISGUA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUBIN PICTURES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION II OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrooklyn Bar Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRANDALL'S ISLAND PARK ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPES DOOR INC: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON SQUARE ASSOCIATION MUSIC FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE JUDY SHARP FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetNEW YORK ZEN CENTER FOR CONTEMPLATIVE CARE INC: $500 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 Communal FundThe Ford FoundationThe New York Communit…The Ayco Charitable F…Open Society InstituteCharina Foundation In…Robin Hood FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Liman FoundationSt Faith's House Foun…
Jewish Communal FundNY24.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Open Society Institute · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · Robin Hood Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Liman Foundation · St Faith's House 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 Marina P and Stephen E Kaufman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marina P and Stephen E Kaufman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 110 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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