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Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$71k
Granted FY2022
59
Grants FY2022
57
Organizations funded FY2022
74%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$500
Largest grant, FY2022
$36,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 61
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
11
Total assets, FY2022
$1.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 74% of the organizations Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalOther
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
FY202257$70k74%
FY202145$58k18%
FY202057$62k26%
FY201920$18k10%
FY201761$41kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$82kArts & Culture$49kHealth$23kEnvironment$20kInternational$17kScience & Tech$12kAnimals$11kCivil Rights$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 96 grantees
All grantees of Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$36,25020%
Page Education Foundation$30,00030%
Schubert Club The$15,00030%
Musicians in Debut International$14,000337%
Forward Global Women$10,00029%
Shir Tikvah$7,5003n/a
League of American Wheelman Inc$4,90020%
The Arts Partnership$4,00020%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$4,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$4,00020%
Animal Rescue Teaching for Any Level of Learner$4,0001n/a
Cornell University$4,00020%
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation$3,00010%
Neighbors for East Bank Livability$3,0001n/a
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$2,25030%
Urban Boatbuilders Inc$2,25040%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$1,80040%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$1,75040%
Womn Act$1,7503n/a
Friends of the Mississippi River$1,65040%
The Center for Victims of Torture$1,50030%
Southeast Seniors A living at homeblock nurse program$1,50030%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$1,50030%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,50030%
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota$1,30030%
Land Stewardship Project$1,25030%
Starbase Minnesota Inc$1,25030%
Womenventure$1,15030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,15040%
Sierra Club Foundation$1,15030%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$1,05030%
Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota$1,05030%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$1,00020%
Great River Coalition$1,0002n/a
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota$1,00020%
The Advocates For Human Rights$1,00020%
Minnesota State Horticultural Society$1,00010%
International Wolf Center$1,00020%
Second Harvest Heartland$85030%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc$85030%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc$85030%
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators$85030%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$80020%
Rutgers University Foundation$75020%
Growth & Justice$75030%
Ann Bancroft Foundation$70020%
Seward Neighborhood Group$55020%
Cycles for Change$5502n/a
Way to Grow$50010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
National Geographic Society$50010%
Population Connection$50010%
The American Humanist Association$50010%
JDC Foundation Inc$50011%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$50010%
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$50010%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$50010%
Global Exchange$5001n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$50010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$50010%
Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota$50010%
Smithsonian Institution$50010%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$50010%
Science Museum of Minnesota$50010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$50010%
American Lung Association$50010%
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$50010%
National Wildlife Federation$50010%
National Park Foundation$50010%
Minnesota Children's Museum$50010%
Consumer Reports Inc$50010%
The Cousteau Society Inc$5001n/a
Augsburg University$50010%
Society for Creative Anachronism Inc$50010%
National Parks Conservation Association$50010%
NAMI National$50010%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$50010%
Oxfam-America Inc$50010%
Juvenile Justice Advocates International$50010%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$50010%
United States Association for UNHCR$50010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$50010%
Sholom Foundation$50010%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$50010%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$50010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$50010%
American Friends Service Committee$5001n/a
Center for Science in the Public Interest$40020%
Womens Environmental Institute at Amador Hill$25010%
Rethos F/K/A Preservation Alliance of Minnesota$25010%
Watch$25010%
Girls International Forum$2501n/a
Twin Cities Media Alliance$25010%
Think Again Mn$2501n/a
Ackerman Institute for the Family$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 85 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $36,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPage Education Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSchubert Club The: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMusicians in Debut International: $14,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetForward Global Women: $10,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetLeague of American Wheelman Inc: $4,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Arts Partnership: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilderness Inquiry Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Boatbuilders Inc: $2,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTwin Cities Habitat for Humanity: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Mississippi River: $1,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Victims of Torture: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Seniors A living at homeblock nurse program: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParks & Trails Council of Minnesota: $1,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLand Stewardship Project: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStarbase Minnesota Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomenventure: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation for Nonsmokers - Minnesota: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Advocates For Human Rights: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota State Horticultural Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Wolf Center: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPenumbra Theatre Company Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJuxtaposition Arts Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Caucus of Environmental Legislators: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrowth & Justice: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAnn Bancroft Foundation: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeward Neighborhood Group: $550 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWay to Grow: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Connection: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Humanist Association: $500 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 85.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN47.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Pohlad Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · The K 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.

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About Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc

How much does Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc give?
Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc reported 59 grants totaling $71,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 61 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (19%), Health (9%).
Who are Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: University of Minnesota Foundation ($36k), Page Education Foundation ($30k), Schubert Club The ($15k).
Does Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Phyllis & Donald 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 Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The McKnight Foundation.
Where is Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc based?
Phyllis & Donald Kahn Foundation Inc is based in MN.

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 133 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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