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Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc

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.

$74k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$750
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$527k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
Human ServicesHealthReligionInternationalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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 arriving33$74k30%
FY202330$106k40%
FY202223$67k39%
FY202126$71k31%
FY202025$69k24%
FY201924$72k38%
FY201815$47k67%
FY201722$59kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$179kHuman Services$176kReligion$69kInternational$49kFood & Nutrition$43kPhilanthropy$21kHousing & Shelter$15kEducation$5kOther$0

Top grantees

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

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All grantees of Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Friends of Hakav Hameached Inc$33,00084%
Rabbi Chaim Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc$32,50070%
Shoresh Inc$28,00080%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$24,00060%
American Friends of the Red Door$18,5006n/a
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$12,50050%
Auxiliary to Bellevue Hospital Center Inc$12,00031%
Jasa Corporation$11,00030%
Chai Lifeline Inc$11,00040%
Baltimore Bikur Cholim Inc$8,00021%
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens Inc$6,60020%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$6,00020%
The Children's Aid Society$6,00020%
Community Service Society of New York$5,00020%
Beth Israel Medical Center$5,00010%
Center for Safety & Change Inc$4,00020%
Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc$3,5003n/a
Reb Shayalas Food Kitchen Inc$3,3001n/a
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City Inc$3,00010%
Children's Inn at Nih Inc$3,00010%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$3,00020%
Hebrew Academy for Special Children Inc$3,00010%
The Children's Health Fund$3,00010%
Vaad Harabbanim L'Inyanei Tzeduka Inc$2,40040%
New York City Rescue Mission$2,00010%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$2,00010%
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Building Homes for Heroes Inc$2,00010%
Jewish Outreach Network Inc$2,0001n/a
Ohr Somayach International Inc$1,40020%
Etz Chaim Center Inc$1,0001n/a
American Friends of Yad Eliezer$1,00010%
Zaka Tel-Aviv Inc$1,00010%
Chayal El Chayal Inc$75010%
Ne Eman Foundation USA$70020%
Tomchei Tzedaka Corp$60010%
Yad Chaya Inc$50010%
Spirit of the Desert-Ruach Hamidbar$5001n/a
Core Outreach Foundation$50010%
Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc$50010%
Shlomos Tent$5001n/a
Project Ezra$50010%
One Israel Fund Ltd$31420%
American Friends of Kupat Ha'Ir$20010%
Hebron Fund Inc$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($298k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Friends of Hakav Hameached Inc: $33,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetRabbi Chaim Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc: $32,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetShoresh Inc: $28,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House of New York Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAuxiliary to Bellevue Hospital Center Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetJasa Corporation: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Bikur Cholim Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNew York Foundation for Senior Citizens Inc: $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Aid Society: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Service Society of New York: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Israel Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Safety & Change Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy of New York City Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Inn at Nih Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Academy for Special Children Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVaad Harabbanim L'Inyanei Tzeduka Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Rescue Mission: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Homes for Heroes Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhr Somayach International Inc: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yad Eliezer: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZaka Tel-Aviv Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChayal El Chayal Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNe Eman Foundation USA: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTomchei Tzedaka Corp: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYad Chaya Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCore Outreach Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezra: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOne Israel Fund Ltd: $314 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Kupat Ha'Ir: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebron Fund Inc: $150 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 38.

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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 FundNY19.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc

How much does Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc give?
Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $74,437 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Human Services (31%), Religion (12%).
Who are Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Friends of Hakav Hameached Inc ($33k), Rabbi Chaim Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc ($33k), Shoresh Inc ($28k).
Does Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman 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 Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
Where is Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc based?
Rabbi Abraham and Shirley Kelman Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 87 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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