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Robert N Kaplan Foundation

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.

$285k
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$71k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$288kArts & Culture$285kEducation$129kCrime & Legal$58kReligion$46kHuman Services$36kSocial Science$30kAnimals$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $71k
$3,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION$70,700
Individual grant recipient$30,000
FEDERAL BAR FOUNDATION$28,000
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM$20,000
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA$10,000
RYE HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
CARVER CENTER$10,000
AJC$10,000
GREENWICH HOSPITAL$10,000
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
JUVENILE LAW CENTER$10,000
AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE$10,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$5,000
THE ALGEMEINER$5,000
RYE FREE READING ROOM$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%CARVER CENTER: $15k → 9%CARVER CENTER: $10k → 9%CARVER CENTER: $10k → 9%CARVER CENTER: $10k → 9%CARVER CENTER: $1k → 9%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $20k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $20k → 17%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 33 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
14

Total granted

$1.1M
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+51%

Still filing today

73%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WH
    WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $206k · revenue +97%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    4× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +39%
  • FB
    FEDERAL BAR FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $81k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +40%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +55%
  • PJ
    PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +62%
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 New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
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
8
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rye Free Reading Room; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

43 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. 43 of the 63 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
30/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RYE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $65,075 · OtherTHE RYE HISTORICAL SOCIETYAJC: $51,250 · OtherAJCTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $48,700 · OtherTHE METROPOLITAN OPERAJCCH: $41,000 · OtherJCCHIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $21,000 · OtherIONA PREPARATORY SCHOOLRYE FREE READING ROOM: $15,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $13,000 · Other+24 more: $73,215 · Other+24 moreICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $120,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDIC…Whittier College: $58,000 · EducationWhittier CollegeROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · EducationROGER WILLIAMS UNIVER…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · Education+6 more: $16,000 · Education+6 moreWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $206,400 · Arts & CultureWHITE HOUSE HISTORICA…ASCAP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $9,750 · Arts & CultureDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $55,000 · HealthDana-Farber Can…GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $35,000 · HealthGREENWICH HOSPI…NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALT…SILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $14,000 · HealthSILVER HILL HOS…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J F…+5 more: $13,000 · Health+5 moreFEDERAL BAR FOUNDATION: $80,500 · Crime & LegalFEDERAL B…JUVENILE LAW CENTER: $10,000 · Crime & LegalJUVENILE …PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $1,250 · Crime & LegalPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $46,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 · Social Science
Other$358,240Education$227,000Arts & Culture$226,150Health$162,000Crime & Legal$96,750Human Services$86,000Social Science$40,000

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 budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $206,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERAL BAR FOUNDATION: $80,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetTHE RYE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $65,075 over 5y, 12% of budgetWhittier College: $58,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $46,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRYE FREE READING ROOM: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASCAP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorace Mann School: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRACIE MANSION CONSERVANCY: $4,750 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetGUIDANCE CENTER OF WESTCHESTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOBBY JONES CHIARI & SYRINGOMYELIA FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $1,520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRYE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Children's Law Center: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMobilization for Justice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWilliams College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RYE NATURE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINGSWAY LEARNING CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMAN'S CLUB OF LARCHMONT: $500 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Robert N Kaplan Famil…John and Jennifer Eck…The New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundIbm International Fou…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Robert N Kaplan Family Foundation · John and Jennifer Eckerson Family Foundation C/O Citrin Cooperman · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Ibm International Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 N Kaplan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert N Kaplan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Robert N Kaplan Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert N Kaplan Foundation 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 63 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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