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Robert S Kaplan Foundation at a glance

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Robert S Kaplan Foundation

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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$4.7MEducation$4.3MSocial Science$1.8MHealth$842kArts & Culture$775kEmployment$410kReligion$303kCommunity Improvement$135kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $2,645,076, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,970,076 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $325,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $601k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $675k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$79M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation$1,000,000
St. Mark’s School of Texas$344,900
Commit2dallas$200,000
Project ALS$175,000
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas$100,000
St. Marks School of Texas$50,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas$50,000
George W. Bush Presidential Center$50,000
Alcuin School$50,000
The Foundation for Aids Research$38,500
Rice University (Richard Tapia Center For Excellence)$25,000
The University of Texas at Dallas$25,000
Dallas Momentum Inc$25,000
Rice University (Richard Tapia Center For Excellence)$25,000
Holdsworth Center$25,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 23 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
31

Total granted

$11M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+21%

Still filing today

61%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $322k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • C
    COMMIT2DALLAS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +28%
  • TH
    THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +69%
  • AT
    ALEXANDER TWILIGHT ACADEMY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • SM
    St. Marks School Endowment Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • WT
    WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +172%
  • KU
    Kansas University Endowment
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
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.

03Its 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
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
2
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
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
8
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
9
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
10
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
11
Manhattanville University

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

Education
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Holdsworth Center; the most unlike its peers is The Open Mind Legacy Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 73 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
23/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $4,225,000 · PhilanthropyDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION+7 more: $570,000 · Philanthropy+7 moreHarvard Business School: $1,725,000 · OtherHarvard Business SchoolSt. Marks School Endowment Fund: $1,000,000 · OtherSt. Marks School Endowment FundWorld Trade Center Performing Arts: $500,000 · OtherWorld Trade Center Performing ArtsJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA: $200,000 · Other+37 more: $888,893 · Other+37 moreST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $1,394,900 · EducationST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXASPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $770,715 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Ha…ALCUIN SCHOOL: $400,000 · EducationALCUIN SCHOOLCOMMIT2DALLAS: $400,000 · EducationCOMMIT2DALLAS+9 more: $345,000 · Education+9 morePROJECT ALS INC: $790,500 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $38,500 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthWORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,500 · Arts & CultureCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $75,000 · InternationalWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH: $25,000 · InternationalGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementDALLAS MOMENTUM INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$4,795,000Other$4,313,893Education$3,310,615Health$834,000Arts & Culture$278,500International$100,000Community Improvement$85,000

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 budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $4,225,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $1,394,900 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $790,500 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $770,715 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALCUIN SCHOOL: $400,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMIT2DALLAS: $400,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $155,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $110,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDER TWILIGHT ACADEMY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OPEN MIND LEGACY PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $38,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION: $35,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetHARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS MOMENTUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWITH HONOR INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE KANSAS CITY ROYALS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS CITIZENS COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVINEYARD HAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGLOBAL HEALTH CORPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPOON FOUNDATION: $3,333 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST PHILIPS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOW ROSE GALA FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 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 DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ALS INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds ALCUIN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COMMIT2DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDER TWILIGHT ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENLIGHT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN MIND LEGACY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS MOMENTUM INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH ↗

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…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Texas Instruments Fou…Communities Foundatio…Susser Family Foundat…The Hersh FoundationDalio Family Fund IncNational Philanthropi…The Ford FoundationJewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY23.4× affinity11 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 · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Susser Family Foundation · The Hersh Foundation · Dalio Family Fund Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ford Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Robert S Kaplan Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert S 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 73 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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