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Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$582k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
67%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 60
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $360k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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
FY2024still arriving19$582k47%
FY20239$995k67%
FY202226$219k31%
FY202134$671k44%
FY202055$798k36%
FY201960$471k37%
FY201854$408k44%
FY201737$178kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.0MInternational$1.0MArts & Culture$826kEducation$695kPublic Benefit$401kHealth$198kEnvironment$182kCrime & Legal$171kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 103 grantees
All grantees of Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$652,00060%
The Santa Fe Opera$500,00022%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$150,00010%
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation$125,00010%
Public Counsel$120,00060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$60,00040%
Policylink$60,00030%
Fractured Atlas Inc$50,00010%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$50,00010%
Poor Magazine Inc$46,00072%
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio$45,00060%
Trustees of Boston University$40,00010%
The Musical Arts Association$40,00010%
Trees for the Future Inc$40,00040%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$35,00040%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$35,00010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$30,00010%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$30,00010%
Baby2baby$30,00010%
Chief Seattle Club$25,00040%
The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc$25,00021%
Stray Cat Alliance$25,00011%
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation$25,00050%
University of Rochester$25,00010%
United Help Ukraine Inc$25,00010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$25,00020%
Western Regional Advocacy Project$21,00071%
Circle Health Services$21,00040%
Providence House Inc$20,25040%
Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children$20,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$20,00020%
Park Synagogue$20,0001n/a
Whyhunger Inc$20,00011%
The Cleveland Play House$20,00040%
The City School$15,00010%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$12,50010%
United States Association for UNHCR$12,50010%
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee Inc$12,50010%
Cleveland Society for the Blind$12,00040%
Cleveland Botanical Garden$12,00040%
Indigenous Environmental Network$11,30040%
Rad El Dub Community Land Trust$11,00017%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$11,00030%
The Aspen Institute Inc$10,00010%
Seattle Indian Health Board$10,00040%
Wagmor Pets$10,0001n/a
A Jewish Voice for Peace$10,00010%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$10,00010%
Black Alliance for Just Immigration$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00010%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$10,00010%
Allied Media Projects Inc$10,00010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$10,00010%
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center$8,00040%
Rosie's Place Inc$8,00020%
Hopewell$6,00040%
Coalition On Homelessness$6,00011%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$6,00020%
Burten Bell Carr Development Inc$5,00010%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Meals on Wheels America$5,00010%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$5,00010%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$5,00010%
One Fair Wage Inc$5,00010%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$5,00010%
Share Our Strength$5,00010%
Greenwave Organization Corp$5,00011%
Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation$4,00033%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$4,00040%
I Have a Dream Foundation$4,00040%
The New York Times Communities Fund$4,00040%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$4,00040%
Greater Cleveland Volunteers$4,00040%
Judson Memorial Church Inc$3,5002n/a
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Africatown Community Land Trust$3,00010%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$3,0002n/a
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice$3,00020%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$3,00030%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$3,00030%
American Friends of the Israel Museum$3,00020%
Purpose Dignity Action$3,00030%
Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc$3,0003n/a
Camp Ten Trees$2,00011%
Developing Connections Northeast Ohio$2,00020%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2,00020%
Mattapan Community Health Center Inc$2,00010%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$2,00010%
Family Service of Rhode Island Inc$2,00010%
Dothouse Health Inc$2,00010%
Wespac Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Press on South Inc$2,00010%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$2,00010%
Charles River Community Health Inc$2,00010%
Family Health Center of Worcesterinc$2,00010%
St James Infirmary$1,50010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$1,00020%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$1,00010%
Communities in School of Federal Way$1,0001n/a
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc$1,00010%
Benjamin Rose Institute$50010%
Cleveland Hillel Foundation Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $652,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Santa Fe Opera: $500,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPalestine Children's Relief Fund: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSyrian American Medical Society Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Counsel: $120,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPolicylink: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPoor Magazine Inc: $46,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetCoalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrees for the Future Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaby2baby: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChief Seattle Club: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Teen Empowerment Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetStray Cat Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Indians of All Tribes Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $21,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCircle Health Services: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $20,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNetwork on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhyhunger Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Cleveland Play House: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe City School: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Ukrainian American Relief Committee Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCleveland Society for the Blind: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCleveland Botanical Garden: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndigenous Environmental Network: $11,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRad El Dub Community Land Trust: $11,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Indian Health Board: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetA Jewish Voice for Peace: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSoutherners on New Ground Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlack Alliance for Just Immigration: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $10,000 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 97.

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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.

Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut FdsPA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · A Malachi Mixon III & Barbara W Mixon Foundation · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · Willow Redistribution Foundation · Tides Center

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 Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation

How much does Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation give?
Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $582,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (20%), International (19%), Arts & Culture (16%).
Who are Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($652k), The Santa Fe Opera ($500k), Palestine Children's Relief Fund ($150k).
Does Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation 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 Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds, The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation.
Where is Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation based?
Milton a & Charlotte R Kramer Charitable Foundation is based in OH.

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 150 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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