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Max Kagan Family Foundation at a glance

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Max Kagan Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$197k
Granted FY2025still arriving
75
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$322kAnimals$205kInternational$200kArts & Culture$187kReligion$143kHuman Services$131kPhilanthropy$107kEducation$90kOther$0
02FY2025 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k72 grants · $160k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
$1,800
Median grant
16
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$15,000
ANGELS FOR ANGELS$11,600
MAINE JEWISH MUSEUM$10,000
TUCSON JEWISH MUSEUM$7,500
MAINE HOLOCAUST & HUMAN RIGHTS$7,000
CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND$5,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ARTS NAPLES$5,000
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK$5,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & COHEN CENTER$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
JEWISH FED OF COLLIER COUNTY$5,000
RIDING TO THE TOP$5,000
STARABILITY FOUNDATION$5,000
DIGNITY MATTERS$4,250
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 (FY17–25, $228k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DIGNITY MATTERS: $4k → 11%LIGHTS ON THE MOUNTAIN: $4k → 15%CAMP CAPELLA: $1k → 11%BROOKFIELD INSTITUTE: $2k → 11%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $20k → 7%LIGHTS ON THE MOUNTAIN: $2k → 15%FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $10k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $10k → 7%FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $10k → 7%FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 7%FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $10k → 7%FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 7%FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 7%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $3k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $5k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $4k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $4k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $3k → 8%ACTION INC: $4k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $3k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $3k → 8%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $4k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $2k → 8%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $4k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF METROWEST: $1k → 8%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $3k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $2k → 10%ACTION INC: $2k → 10%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $4k → 10%RIDING TO THE TOP: $28k → 7%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $2k → 10%RIDING TO THE TOP: $23k → 7%ACTION INC: $2k → 10%RIDING TO THE TOP: $10k → 7%ACTION INC: $2k → 10%RIDING TO THE TOP: $5k → 7%RIDING TO THE TOP: $5k → 7%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $2k → 10%RIDING TO THE TOP: $5k → 7%RIDING TO THE TOP: $3k → 7%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $850 → 10%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

ME
VT
NH
ND
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
GA
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 123 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

123 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 92 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
120

Total granted

$1.7M
$234k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+5%

Still filing today

60%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k 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
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • REWILD
    8× · 2017–2024 · $83k · revenue +550%
  • RT
    RIDING TO THE TOP
    7× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +207%
  • PA
    PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $60k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • FN
    FOUNDATION NONDUALIT
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • I(
    ISRAEL (US) GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AID INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
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
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
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
4
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
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.

—
8
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated

Gloucester marine genomics institute addreses critical challenges facing our oceans, human health and the environment through innovative scientific research and education. by bringing world-class science and transformative workforce…

Science & Tech
11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc; the most unlike its peers is Light on the Mountain Inc. 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

144 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. 144 of the 292 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
140/144
Grantees still filing
91/144
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE: $69,650 · OtherFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCECAMP SUSAN CURTIS FOUNDATION: $62,900 · OtherCAMP SUSAN CURTIS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $51,000 · OtherNEVE MICHAEL CHILDREN'S VILLAGE: $49,800 · Other+138 more: $897,467 · Other+138 moreRIDING TO THE TOP: $78,250 · Human ServicesRIDING TO TH…PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesPATIENT AIRL…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…WELLSPRING HOUSE INC: $12,550 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING H…BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesACTION INC: $9,750 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $9,050 · Human ServicesFREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $9,000 · Human Services+4 more: $12,350 · Human Services+4 morePRO PUBLICA INC: $46,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLIC…ARTIS-NAPLES INC: $43,500 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPL…THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $27,500 · Arts & CultureTHE HOLOCA…TREE OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $23,500 · Arts & CultureTREE OF LI…GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureGULFSHORE …HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CENTER: $12,400 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST …FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $7,400 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,450 · Arts & Culture+3 moreREWILD: $82,700 · AnimalsREWILDGREATER ANDROSCOGGIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $37,575 · AnimalsGREATER A…BROOKE USA INC: $34,950 · AnimalsBROOKE US…ANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $7,650 · Animals+3 more: $6,275 · AnimalsALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $53,210 · HealthFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $19,750 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR NONDUALITY INC: $16,500 · HealthTRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $13,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $10,000 · HealthRobbie Foundation: $7,500 · HealthFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC: $6,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,650 · Health+3 more: $7,350 · HealthAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $37,550 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $25,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $12,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INC: $6,400 · International+2 more: $4,000 · InternationalPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $30,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $19,000 · EducationGROWTH THROUGH LEARNING INC: $7,000 · EducationTHE CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL INC: $6,900 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $3,000 · EducationCOLLIER COUNTY SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 · Education+3 more: $5,000 · Education
Other$1,130,817Human Services$224,950Arts & Culture$196,750Animals$169,150Health$139,460International$107,450Education$73,900

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetREWILD: $82,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRIDING TO THE TOP: $78,250 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $53,210 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $46,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $43,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ANDROSCOGGIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $37,575 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $37,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKE USA INC: $34,950 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe Susan L Curtis Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREE OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $23,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTREE STREET YOUTH INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSTARABILITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $19,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $19,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR NONDUALITY INC: $16,500 over 4y, 63% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $13,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Concepts Inc: $13,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Alliance Southern Maine: $13,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARAVA THE INSTITUTE LTD: $13,225 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING HOUSE INC: $12,550 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CENTER: $12,400 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAngels For Angels: $11,600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACTION INC: $9,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUINE RESCUE NETWORK: $9,600 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $9,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $9,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $7,650 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRobbie Foundation: $7,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $7,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $7,200 over 5y, 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.

  • Who funds REWILD ↗
  • Who funds RIDING TO THE TOP ↗
  • Who funds PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ANDROSCOGGIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Susan L Curtis Foundation ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds TREE OF LIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC ↗
  • Who funds TREE STREET YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds STARABILITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR NONDUALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Community Concepts Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Community Alliance Southern Maine ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ARAVA THE INSTITUTE LTD ↗

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.

Maine Community Found…Elmina B Sewall Found…Simmons Foundation - …Fisher Charitable Fou…John T Gorman Foundat…Boston Foundation IncStephen & Tabitha Kin…Combined Jewish Phila…Sam L Cohen FoundationMaine Health Access F…The Jebediah Foundati…Bangor Savings Bank F…
Maine Community Foundation IncME38.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Fisher Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129 · Bangor Savings Bank 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 Max Kagan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max Kagan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 220%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
  • Latham Centers Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • The Brookfield Institute Inc dba HomeFront Strong: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Wellspring House Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Action Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Gulfshore Playhouse Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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 Max Kagan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Max Kagan Family 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 292 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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