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Morris & Rita Kesselman Foundation Trust Co Arthur Kesselman at a glance

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Morris & Rita Kesselman Foundation Trust Co Arthur Kesselman

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.

$2k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$21kHuman Services$14kArts & Culture$12kFood & Nutrition$7kHealth$6kPhilanthropy$3kScience & Tech$2kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$131k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION$1,000
EAGEL HILL FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSE$500
MAYYIM HAYYIM LIVING WATERS$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 (FY17–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ORCHARD COVE INC: $135 → 7%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE: $500 → 8%THE KIND KITCHEN OF PALM BEACH: $2k → 11%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.
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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16k · 7 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
29

Total granted

$16k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+51%

Still filing today

57%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCrime & LegalInternationalCivil 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    4× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +25%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON
    2× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +25%
  • HI
    HIAS INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $2k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • CT
    CHRIST THE KING PARISH
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY CHILDREN'S FOUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
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
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
3
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
6
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
7
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
8
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
9
National Jewish Health

National Jewish Health's mission since 1899 is to heal, discover and educate as a preeminent healthcare institution. We serve by providing the best integrated and innovative care for patients and their families; by understanding and…

Health
10
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
11
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Westie Rescue of New England 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

22 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. 22 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
20/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE ISRAEL INCORPORATED: $6,041 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL INCORPORATEDCHRIST THE KING PARISH: $6,000 · OtherCHRIST THE KING PARISHJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OFJEWISH FAMILY CHILDREN'S FOUND INC: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY CHILDREN'S FOUND INCJEWISH COMMUNICTY CENTER OF: $3,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNICTY CENTER OFAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH HOLO: $3,000 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH HOLOTEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $3,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH SHALOMMEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $2,500 · OtherROFEH INC: $2,000 · OtherTHE HERBERT WERTHEIM UF SCRIPPS: $2,000 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,000 · Other+17 more: $8,835 · Other+17 moreThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,100 · Arts & CultureINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureQUBIT NEW MUSIC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCOTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON: $2,800 · Human ServicesKind Kitchen of Palm beach Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesINDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $135 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $1,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPLAY FOR PINK INC: $2,000 · Crime & LegalHIAS INC: $2,000 · International
Other$48,376Arts & Culture$5,600Human Services$5,435Food & Nutrition$5,000Philanthropy$2,600Crime & Legal$2,000International$2,000

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 budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROFEH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKind Kitchen of Palm beach Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIAS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestie Rescue of New England Inc: $800 over 1y, 22% of budgetCOTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE HILL FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTSINC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrchard Cove Inc: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50 over 1y, 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.

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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Justin & Genevieve Wy…Eastern Bank Foundati…Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Justin & Genevieve Wyner Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Morris & Rita Kesselman Foundation Trust Co Arthur Kesselman funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morris & Rita Kesselman Foundation Trust Co Arthur Kesselman. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 85%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Independence House Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 41 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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