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Mark and Mary Ann Kaufman Foundation at a glance

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Mark and Mary Ann Kaufman Foundation

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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$2.0M
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 2024.

Philanthropy$5.6MRecreation & Sports$5.0MEducation$3.1MYouth Development$1.1MInternational$510kHuman Services$400kHealth$180kReligion$175kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $650k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.5M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION (CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT)$2,000,000
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND$550,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$200,000
PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION$200,000
ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS$100,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CHICAGO$50,000
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$50,000
MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT$50,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS$20,000
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP$20,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $500k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 14%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 14%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 14%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 14%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 13 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$12M
$912k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+14%

Still filing today

85%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    4× · 2018–2021 · $3.0M · revenue +33%
  • CL
    CHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.3M · revenue +42% · 59% of their budget
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    6× · 2018–2025 · $900k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Iowa Alumni Assoc
    one grant, 2017 · $457k
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropo
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • SE
    SWEDESBURG EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $175k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Ucf Athletics Association Inc

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

Education
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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11
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
12
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The national association of intercollegiate athletics (naia)'s mission is to promote the education and development of students through intercollegiate athletics participation.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rush University Medical Center. 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

17 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. 17 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION (CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT): $4,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION (CENTER FOR…BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $900,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN …EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $625,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONThe ONE Campaign: $500,000 · OtherThe ONE CampaignUniversity of Iowa Alumni Assoc: $457,225 · OtherUniversity of Iowa Alumni AssocBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metropo: $250,000 · Other+4 more: $305,000 · OtherGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $4,125,000 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND …WACO FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · PhilanthropyWACO FOUNDATIONNorthwestern University: $3,000,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern UniversityCHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION: $1,250,000 · Recreation & SportsCHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOC…UNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $750,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATIO…PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $500,000 · Human ServicesNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationRush University Medical Center: $100,000 · HealthTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $80,000 · AnimalsTHESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL): $10,000 · International
Other$7,037,225Philanthropy$6,125,000Recreation & Sports$5,250,000Human Services$500,000Education$250,000Health$100,000Animals$80,000International$10,000

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 budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $4,125,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,000,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWACO FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION: $1,250,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $900,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $750,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $500,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL): $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetULTIMATE SWIMMING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY18.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Mark and Mary Ann Kaufman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark and Mary Ann Kaufman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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 Mark and Mary Ann Kaufman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mark and Mary Ann 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 22 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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