· Private foundation
Michael B Kaplan Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITY OF HOPE | $100,000 |
| LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC | $35,000 |
| THE UCLA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE JEWISH FEDERATION | $10,000 |
| OPERATION HEALING FORCE | $5,000 |
| MUSEUM OF ART | $2,500 |
| JVS SOCAL | $2,500 |
| VISTA DEL MAR | $2,500 |
| CRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| BEVERLY HILLS OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| VILLAGE FOR VETS | $1,000 |
| BEVERLY HILLS FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW | $800 |
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 (FY17–25, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of Michael B Kaplan Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 0%.
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 +43% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO7× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +43%
- LALOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION2× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +172%
- OHOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +64%
Funded once
- PCPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTN'L POLICYone grant, 2020 · $35k
- TMTHE MUSIC CENTER FOUNDERSone grant, 2024 · $25k
- PCPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICYone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -20%
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.
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.
The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…
A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
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.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 40 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
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.
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY ↗
- Who funds OPERATION HEALING FORCES INC ↗
- Who funds JVS SOCAL ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
- Who funds JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE FOR VETS ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds BHPOA BENEVOLENT FUND ↗
- Who funds PHASE ONE FOUNDATION ↗
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: California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michael B Kaplan Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael B Kaplan Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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