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Selma and Raymond Kramer Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Selma and Raymond Kramer 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.

$82k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$215kHealth$177kAnimals$161kInternational$61kEducation$40kArts & Culture$33kFood & Nutrition$25kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$7,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPCA$20,000
NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL$15,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$15,000
LAMP FOR HAITI$8,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$7,000
MEALS ON WHEELS NORTH JERSEY$5,000
NJTV$5,000
VALERIE FUND$3,000
CONVENANT HOUSE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CONVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$527k · 16 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$527k
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+40%

Still filing today

75%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & 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

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $158k · revenue +60%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $106k · revenue +37%
  • TL
    THE LAMP FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $51k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DEPT OF NEUROLOGY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • MV
    MACULA VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -100%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI NEUROLOGY
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Access to Advanced Health Institute

Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.

Health
7
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
8
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
9
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
10
Helen Keller International

Guided by her remarkable legacy of its co-founder, helen keller, helen keller intl partners with communities that are striving to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty. by delivering the essential building blocks of good health, sound…

International
11
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $108,250 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $45,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODNJTV: $30,000 · OtherNJTVUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DEPT OF NEUROLOGY: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DEPT OF NEUROLOGYMACULA VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherMACULA VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI NEUROLOGY: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI NEUROLOGYPASCACK VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $25,000 · OtherPASCACK VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS INCUNIVERSITY OF PENN: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNTHE VALERIE FUND: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · Other+7 more: $28,500 · Other+7 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $158,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FO…+1 more: $3,000 · AnimalsNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $106,250 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURC…THE LAMP FOUNDATION INC: $51,000 · HealthTHE LAMP FOUN…Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $40,000 · HealthBoca Raton Re…+1 more: $1,784 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · InternationalACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $10,000 · InternationalCOVENANT HOUSE: $11,000 · Human ServicesAID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$363,250Animals$161,000Environment$106,250Health$92,784International$25,000Human Services$14,000Arts & Culture$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $158,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $108,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $106,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAMP FOUNDATION INC: $51,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMACULA VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPASCACK VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,784 over 1y, 0.1% 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 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LAMP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds MACULA VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASCACK VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VALERIE FUND ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA ↗
  • Who funds ICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds JBI INTERNATIONAL 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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Selma and Raymond Kramer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Selma and Raymond Kramer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 28 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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