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Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$126k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2026
11
Organizations funded FY2025
18%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$6,130
Largest grant, FY2026
$54,500
Organizations funded a year
11 to 37
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
3
Total assets, FY2026
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 18% of the organizations Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropySocial ScienceOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving11$126k9%
FY202511$36k18%
FY202414$105k7%
FY202327$160k15%
FY202233$214k27%
FY202120$85k25%
FY202037$92k30%
FY201931$74k45%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$284kEducation$257kArts & Culture$222kReligion$99kSocial Science$40kEnvironment$12kPhilanthropy$11kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Museum of Manhattan$129,43960%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$101,70061%
Horace Mann School$82,25070%
Lighthouse Guild International Inc$65,64030%
Congregation Emanuel$58,0655n/a
The Uli Foundation$40,00040%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$36,3588n/a
Jbi International Inc$32,37040%
American Federation for Aging Research Inc$30,00020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$23,07230%
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All grantees of Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Museum of Manhattan$129,43960%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$101,70061%
Horace Mann School$82,25070%
Lighthouse Guild International Inc$65,64030%
Congregation Emanuel$58,0655n/a
The Uli Foundation$40,00040%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$36,3588n/a
Jbi International Inc$32,37040%
American Federation for Aging Research Inc$30,00020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$23,07230%
The Washington Market School Inc$23,00040%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$21,84260%
Cornell University$20,05020%
Wnet$10,20030%
Kent School$10,15090%
Wave Hill Incorporated$10,00010%
The Actors' Fund of America$6,43250%
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation$6,00020%
Temple Israel of Great Neck$3,5403n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$3,20040%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$2,80070%
New York University$2,00020%
American Museum of Natural History$1,85040%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$1,58550%
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc$1,50020%
Vanderbilt University$1,30040%
American Museum of the Moving Image$1,0001n/a
Building for the Arts Ny Inc$1,00020%
Thomas G Labrecque Foundation$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York$1,00010%
Kent Library Association Inc$1,00010%
Association for Jewish Studies Inc$1,00010%
Tomorrow's Hope Foundation Inc$1,00022%
City Futures Inc$1,00010%
The Bridge Inc$85030%
The Frick Collection$84650%
Whitney Museum of American Art$80430%
The Jewish Museum$79050%
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$75010%
The Iwfs Foundation Inc$60021%
American Heart Association Inc$55010%
Western Connecticut Health Network Inc$5001n/a
Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School$50010%
Quaker Ridge Employee Charity Fund$50011%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$50010%
Museum of Arts and Design$50020%
Stratton Family Fund Limited$5001n/a
Resonant Bodies Festival Inc$50011%
American Friends Service Committee$5002n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$50010%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$50010%
Smithsonian Institution$37530%
Born This Way Foundation$35010%
Glaucoma Research Foundation$25010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$25010%
The Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation$25010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$25010%
Beta Gamma Sigma Inc$20010%
Wildlife Conservation Society$18010%
Museum of Modern Art$13610%
Lower East Side Tenement Museum$12510%
Lets Talk Menopause Inc$10010%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($232k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $129,439 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAckerman Institute for the Family: $101,700 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHorace Mann School: $82,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse Guild International Inc: $65,640 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Uli Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJbi International Inc: $32,370 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Federation for Aging Research Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $23,072 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Washington Market School Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $21,842 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $20,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $10,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKent School: $10,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWave Hill Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $6,432 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCypress Hills Local Development Corporation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $2,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $1,585 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding for the Arts Ny Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThomas G Labrecque Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKent Library Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAssociation for Jewish Studies Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTomorrow's Hope Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCity Futures Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bridge Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $846 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $804 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $790 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Iwfs Foundation Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia Greenhouse Nursery School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuaker Ridge Employee Charity Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMikva Challenge Grant Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Arts and Design: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetResonant Bodies Festival Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Brain Tumor Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBorn This Way Foundation: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlaucoma Research Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.

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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 Goldman Sachs Cha…William Randolph Hear…The New York Communit…Booth Ferris Foundati…Pinkerton FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Tides FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…
Jewish Communal FundNY22.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · William Randolph Hearst Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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.

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About Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc

How much does Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc give?
Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $126,274 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 37 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (30%), Education (27%), Arts & Culture (23%).
Who are Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Children's Museum of Manhattan ($129k), Ackerman Institute for the Family ($102k), Horace Mann School ($82k).
Does Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
Where is Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc based?
Michele & Thomas Kahn Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 90 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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