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Terry and Suzan Kramer Family 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.

$42k
Granted FY2020
19
Grants FY2020
14
Organizations funded FY2020
71%
First-time grantees FY2020
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58% of Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Ucla Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 18 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $42k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’17
3
’18
5
’19
12
’20
14
’21
7
’22
6
’23
12
’24
18
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2020
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 14
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
5
Total assets, FY2020
$551k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 71% of the organizations Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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
FY202014$30k71%
FY20195$17k60%
FY20183$20k67%
FY20171$2kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$361kReligion$22kSocial Science$21kYouth Development$19kHuman Services$16kArts & Culture$4kEmployment$4kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
President and Trustees of Bates College$70,00070%
Larkin Street Youth Services$17,50050%
Childrens Support League of the East Bay$10,00028%
First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland Calif$8,6001n/a
Oakland Promise$4,50030%
Strive for Change Foundation$3,75051%
San Francisco Symphony$2,75030%
The Barack Obama Foundation$2,25030%
Lantern Projects Inc Lantern Projects$1,75030%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$1,75030%
Harvard Business School Association of Northern California$1,50020%
Tiba Foundation$1,25030%
Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc dba The Center for ArtEsteem$1,00010%
Burlingame High School Alumni Association$1,0001n/a
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$1,00010%
Jewish Association for Death Education$1,00010%
Hidden Genius Project$1,00010%
J Street Education Fund Inc$1,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$85050%
German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California$81820%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$80020%
Piedmont Beautification Foundation$50010%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County$50010%
Grateful Gatherings$50010%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco$50010%
Berkeley Food Network$50010%
Cityside Journalism Initiative$50020%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$50020%
East Bay Spca$50010%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$40010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$40020%
The American India Foundation$25010%
Johns Hopkins University$25010%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$2501n/a
Pollinator Partnership$25010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2501n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$25010%
St Anthony Foundation$2501n/a
Snapkids Inc$25010%
Alex Livingston Scholarship Fund$25011%
Metta Center for Nonviolence$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPresident and Trustees of Bates College: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Support League of the East Bay: $10,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetOakland Promise: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStrive for Change Foundation: $3,750 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLantern Projects Inc Lantern Projects: $1,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHarvard Business School Association of Northern California: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTiba Foundation: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAttitudinal Healing Connection Inc dba The Center for ArtEsteem: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Association for Death Education: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHidden Genius Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street Education Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGerman Shepherd Rescue of Northern California: $818 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Beautification Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Alameda County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrateful Gatherings: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley Food Network: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCityside Journalism Initiative: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAls Therapy Development Foundation Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast Bay Spca: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American India Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSnapkids Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlex Livingston Scholarship Fund: $250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMetta Center for Nonviolence: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 36.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation

How much does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation give?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $41,665 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Religion (5%), Social Science (5%).
Who are Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: President and Trustees of Bates College ($70k), Larkin Street Youth Services ($18k), Childrens Support League of the East Bay ($10k).
Does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Clif Family Foundation.
Where is Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation based?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 49 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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