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Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation at a glance

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Sheldon and Audrey Katz 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.

$915k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.9MHealth$578kAnimals$567kEducation$555kPhilanthropy$532kInternational$365kCivil Rights$360kSocial Science$360kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $195k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $720k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL$100,000
GREEN FORESTS WORK$100,000
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$95,000
POPULATION CONNECTION$95,000
HOMELESS PRENATAL PROGRAM$90,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$90,000
BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC$50,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION$50,000
AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$50,000
DC CENTRAL KITCHEN$40,000
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION$35,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$30,000
TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION$25,000
THE YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE$20,000
MARYLAND BIODIVERSITY PROJECT$20,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOMELESS PRENATAL PROGRAM: $90k → 10%BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC: $50k → 17%POPULATION CONNECTION: $95k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $90k → 18%UVA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $110k → 8%CAF AMERICAN DONOR FUND: $472k → 9%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%GREEN FORESTS WORK: $100k → 15%HOMELESS PRENATAL PROGRAM: $70k → 10%POPULATION CONNECTION: $70k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $60k → 18%UVA School of Architecture Foundation: $80k → 8%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%GREEN FORESTS WORK: $100k → 15%Homeless Prenatal Program: $50k → 10%Population Connection: $50k → 14%Southern Poverty Law Center: $50k → 18%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%Southern Poverty Law Center: $50k → 18%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $50k → 14%AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOC: $50k → 14%AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOC: $50k → 14%POTOMAC CONSERVANCY: $120k → 8%AFI SILVER: $100k → 8%AFI SILVER: $100k → 8%Potomac Conservancy: $50k → 8%DC CENTRAL KITCHEN: $60k → 14%World Central Kitchen: $50k → 14%NATURE FORWARD: $100k → 8%NATURE FORWARD: $100k → 8%Audubon Naturalist Society: $50k → 8%POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 14%AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY: $50k → 8%POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $70k → 14%FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $95k → 14%AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $50k → 14%Frankfurt Zoological Society: $75k → 14%Population Action International: $50k → 14%Frankfurt Zoological Society: $75k → 14%Population Action International: $50k → 14%FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $75k → 14%WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $80k → 14%FRANKFORT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $51k → 14%FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 14%FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
AL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 26 repeat orgs$697k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
6

Total granted

$5.4M
$567k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+28%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthEducationArts & CultureSocial ScienceAnimalsOther
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

  • CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $440k · revenue +53%
  • GF
    GREEN FORESTS WORK INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $437k · revenue +513%
  • FZ
    FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $420k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • CA
    CAF AMERICAN DONOR FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $472k
  • AN
    AUDBON NATURALIST SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
  • LP
    LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue ×11
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
African Parks Foundation of America

To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment…

Recreation & Sports
3
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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4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
Conservation X Labs Inc

To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.

Animals
6
The Cultural Landscape Foundation

A non-profit established in 1998, the cultural landscape foundation (tclf) connects people to places. tclf educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.…

Arts & Culture
7
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
8
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
9
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
10
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
11
Institute for Conservation Leadership

To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.

Community Improvement
12
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Potomac Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Life Pieces to Masterpieces. 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

24 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. 24 of the 36 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $440,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INCGREEN FORESTS WORK INC: $437,050 · EnvironmentGREEN FORESTS WORK INCTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $345,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INCNature Forward: $340,000 · EnvironmentNature ForwardAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $280,000 · EnvironmentAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONCAF AMERICAN DONOR FUND: $472,000 · OtherCAF AMERICAN DONOR FUNDTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $260,000 · OtherTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INCIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRANKFORT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $96,500 · OtherFRANKFORT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYUVA School of Architecture Foundation: $95,000 · OtherUVA School of Architecture Found…ROUND HOUSE THEATER: $65,000 · OtherAMAZON CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $60,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $115,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $75,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BROOKSIDE GARDENS INC: $60,000 · Other+9 more: $225,000 · Other+9 morePOPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $365,000 · HealthPOPULATION ACTIO…Homeless Prenatal Program Inc: $292,500 · HealthHomeless Prenata…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $220,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FO…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $240,000 · EducationWASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $160,000 · EducationMARYLAND BIODIVERSITY PROJECT INC: $60,000 · EducationFRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC: $420,000 · Animals+1 more: $10,000 · AnimalsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $360,000 · Crime & LegalPOPULATION CONNECTION: $310,000 · Social ScienceBEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC: $50,000 · Social Science
Environment$1,842,050Other$1,723,500Health$882,500Education$460,000Animals$430,000Crime & Legal$360,000Social Science$360,000

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 budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $440,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGREEN FORESTS WORK INC: $437,050 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetFRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC: $420,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPOPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $365,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $360,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $345,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetNature Forward: $340,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $310,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $292,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $280,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $260,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $220,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $160,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $115,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF BROOKSIDE GARDENS INC: $60,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetMARYLAND BIODIVERSITY PROJECT INC: $60,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetBEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (US): $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetParkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN FORESTS WORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds Nature Forward ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Prenatal Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BROOKSIDE GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND BIODIVERSITY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ↗
  • Who funds TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (US) ↗
  • Who funds LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area ↗

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 Co…Clark-Winchcole Found…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Nature Forward: 32% of income from government
  • Round House Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 36 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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