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Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$151k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

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

2
’17
7
’18
8
’19
6
’20
5
’21
6
’22
10
’23
9
’24
7
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0172% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$887kReligion$231kHealth$31kEducation$10kArts & Culture$3kCivil Rights$2kRecreation & Sports$2kInternational$595Other$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $151k
$1,800
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION$151,000
Individual grant recipient$12,480
CHABAD OF GREAT NECK$6,220
LARGER THAN LIFE USA$5,000
LI HEBREW ACADEMY$5,000
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREAT NECK$5,000
CHABAD OF MEDFORD$4,600
MAIMONIDES HERITAGE CENTER LTD$3,600
HAPPY KIDS HEAL FASTER$3,600
CHABAD OF LAKE SUCCESS$1,800
Individual grant recipient$1,260
YAD BEYAD CHARTY FOUNDATION$1,260
Individual grant recipient$1,260
WIZO$1,000
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$250
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LARGER THAN LIFE USA: $5k → 13%LARGER THAN LIFE USA: $5k → 13%LARGER THAN LIFE USA: $5k → 13%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$371k · 23 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
21

Total granted

$371k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
+34%

Still filing today

39%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MH
    MAIMONIDES HERITAGE CENTER LTD
    7× · 2018–2025 · $13k · revenue +81%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $6k · revenue +530%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $418 · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • AS
    Abraham Spirit
    one grant, 2024 · $18k
  • JO
    JCC OF GREAT NECK
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • TC
    TORAH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
Sherit Isroel
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3
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
4
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Zichron Chaim Meir Foundation
Philanthropy
6
American Friends of Tzir Hemed
Philanthropy
7
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Yakar Foundation Inc
—
9
Israel Kuzminsky Memorial Foundation
—
10
Zichron Chaim Avraham Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Yad Yosef Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Meir Panim; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC: $886,500 · PhilanthropyIRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC+1 more: $90 · PhilanthropyIndividual grant recipient: $98,284 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREAT NECK: $78,868 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREAT NECKCHABAD OF GREAT NECK INC: $60,230 · OtherCHABAD OF GREAT NECK INCCHABAD IN MEDFORD INC: $40,400 · OtherCHABAD IN MEDFORD INCAbraham Spirit: $18,000 · OtherSHAI: $12,812 · Other+30 more: $61,379 · Other+30 moreLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesMAIMONIDES HERITAGE CENTER LTD: $13,060 · EducationSONIA & MAX SILVERSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $6,425 · InternationalEZER MIZION: $3,000 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalPERSIAN PARADE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsUNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsPAYAM CULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $1,560 · Arts & CultureST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $418 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $75 · Health
Philanthropy$886,590Other$369,973Human Services$15,000Education$14,160International$9,525Recreation & Sports$3,000Arts & Culture$1,560Health$493

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 budgetIRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC: $886,500 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMAIMONIDES HERITAGE CENTER LTD: $13,060 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $6,425 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEZER MIZION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaccabee Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAYAM CULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $1,560 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPERSIAN PARADE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSONIA & MAX SILVERSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $418 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT NECK STUDENT AID FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MEIR PANIM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $90 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $75 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds IRANIAN AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds LARGER THAN LIFE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIMONIDES HERITAGE CENTER LTD ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EZER MIZION ↗
  • Who funds Maccabee Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PAYAM CULTURAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PERSIAN PARADE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SONIA & MAX SILVERSTEIN HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗

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.

Bet Yosef FoundationJewish Communal FundNazee & Joseph Moinia…Iranian American Jewi…The Setton FoundationNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Bet Yosef FoundationNY17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Robert & Simone Kahen Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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