New York · Private foundation
Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $204k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Iranian American Jewish Federation Of New York Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $151,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $53k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $66k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $46k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $69k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $47k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $36k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $33k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel of Great Neck | $78,868 | 7 | n/a |
| Chabad of Great Neck Inc | $60,230 | 6 | n/a |
| Chabad in Medford Inc | $40,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Abraham Spirit | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larger Than Life USA Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Maimonides Heritage Center Ltd | $13,060 | 7 | 1% |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc | $6,425 | 5 | 0% |
| Ezer Mizion | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Torah Center Inc | $2,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Maccabee Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel of Great Neck | $78,868 | 7 | n/a |
| Chabad of Great Neck Inc | $60,230 | 6 | n/a |
| Chabad in Medford Inc | $40,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Abraham Spirit | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larger Than Life USA Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Maimonides Heritage Center Ltd | $13,060 | 7 | 1% |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc | $6,425 | 5 | 0% |
| Ezer Mizion | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Torah Center Inc | $2,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Maccabee Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Payam Cultural Society Inc | $1,560 | 4 | 0% |
| Persian Parade Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Tci | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonia & Max Silverstein Hebrew Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keren Kever Rachel | $792 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $418 | 3 | 0% |
| Great Neck Student Aid Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $90 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $75 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Bet Yosef Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Nazee & Joseph Moinian Foundation · Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York Inc · The Setton Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc
- How much does Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc give?
- Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $203,720 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Religion (18%), Health (2%).
- Who are Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Temple Israel of Great Neck ($79k), Chabad of Great Neck Inc ($60k), Chabad in Medford Inc ($40k).
- Does Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert & Simone Kahen 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 Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bet Yosef Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Nazee & Joseph Moinian Foundation.
- Where is Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc based?
- Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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