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S Kann Sons Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$119k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 52
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations S Kann Sons Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving19$119k11%
FY202318$97k28%
FY202246$99k9%
FY202152$106k19%
FY202045$78kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$88kFood & Nutrition$72kHuman Services$62kEducation$62kHousing & Shelter$57kHealth$55kPublic Safety & Disaster$36kInternational$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
NY
PA
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
A Wider Circle Inc$22,50050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$22,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$22,00050%
Jewish Social Service Agency$21,00050%
Food & Friends Inc$17,00050%
Bread for the City Inc$16,00050%
Sidwell Friends School$16,0003n/a
Martha's Table Inc$16,00050%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$13,00040%
Miriam's Kitchen$12,00030%
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All grantees of S Kann Sons Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
A Wider Circle Inc$22,50050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$22,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$22,00050%
Jewish Social Service Agency$21,00050%
Food & Friends Inc$17,00050%
Bread for the City Inc$16,00050%
Sidwell Friends School$16,0003n/a
Martha's Table Inc$16,00050%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$13,00040%
Miriam's Kitchen$12,00030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00020%
Bipartisan Leadership Project$10,0001n/a
Iona Senior Services$10,00050%
Washington National Opera$10,00012%
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$9,00030%
Georgetown University$7,50030%
Children's Hospital Foundation$7,00030%
Suburban Hospital Inc$6,00030%
Smithsonian Institution$5,00030%
Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center$5,00020%
Some Inc$5,00030%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$4,50030%
American Jewish Committee$3,00030%
Bethesda Fire Department Inc$3,00030%
Washington Drama Society Inc$3,00030%
Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc$3,00030%
William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing$3,00030%
The Seed Foundation$3,00030%
National Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC$3,00010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$3,00030%
The Phillips Collection$3,00030%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$2,00020%
National Gallery of Art$2,00020%
American University$2,00020%
Johns Hopkins University$2,00020%
Conservation Nation$2,00010%
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc$2,00020%
Children's Defense Fund$1,50030%
Our Joyful Noise Baltimore Inc$1,50012%
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington$1,00010%
District of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($188k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget S Kann Sons Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Social Service Agency: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIona Senior Services: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWashington National Opera: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSuburban Hospital Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSome Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Fire Department Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Drama Society Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Action Center of the City of New York Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Wendt Center for Loss and Healing: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seed Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Phillips Collection: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Nation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOur Joyful Noise Baltimore Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBender Jcc of Greater Washington: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDistrict of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc: $500 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 39.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc · George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc · Michael and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Family Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Posner-Wallace Foundation · The Tomares Family Foundation Inc · Adler Family Foundation Inc · Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc · The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 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.

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About S Kann Sons Foundation Inc

How much does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc give?
S Kann Sons Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $118,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Human Services (12%).
Who are S Kann Sons Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: A Wider Circle Inc ($23k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($22k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($22k).
Does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as S Kann Sons Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
Where is S Kann Sons Foundation Inc based?
S Kann Sons 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 67 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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