· Private foundation
Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k58 grants · $150k
- $10k–50k39 grants · $1.0M
- $50k–250k6 grants · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Taos Art Museum | $150,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $50,000 |
| Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund | $50,000 |
| New York University | $50,000 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | $50,000 |
| Resources Legacy Fund | $50,000 |
| National Louis University | $45,000 |
| Small Moves Foundation | $44,000 |
| Network for College Success | $42,000 |
| One Million Degrees | $40,000 |
| Loyola University Chicago | $40,000 |
| Burke Mountain Academy | $40,000 |
| Embarc | $40,000 |
| NewRoot Learning Institute (formerly Umoja) | $40,000 |
| Chicago CRED | $36,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $284k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
129 repeat relationships: 76 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $435k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- USUnited States Ski Team Foundation6× · 2019–2024 · $445k · revenue +88%
- CRColumbia Riverkeeper6× · 2019–2024 · $420k · revenue +57%
- NLNational Louis University6× · 2019–2024 · $260k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- TJThe Joffrey Ballet of Chicago Incone grant, 2019 · $125k
University of Chicagograduatedone grant, 2020 · $124k · revenue +52%- UOUniversity of Illinois at Chicagoone grant, 2019 · $65k
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.
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.
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
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…
Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.
To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…
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…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
How this is measured
198 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 198 of the 244 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
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
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.
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- Who funds ONE MILLION DEGREES ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
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- Who funds CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
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- Who funds ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds BRAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds Proyecto Pastoral ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds Taos Art Museum ↗
- Who funds CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY ↗
- Who funds The Partnership for College Completion ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ↗
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- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE ↗
- Who funds Chicago State Foundation ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT ↗
- Who funds Williams College ↗
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: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Vivo Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Joyce Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Square One Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Rogue Climate: 7% of income from government
- Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
- Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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