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The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc

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.

$33k
Granted FY2023
13
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

85% of The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of Los Angeles, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $33k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’22
10
’23
8
’24
5
’25

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

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$33kPhilanthropy$22kHealth$13kHuman Services$8kReligion$3kInternational$1kCivil Rights$1kEducation$1k
02FY2023 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL$9,000
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$4,418
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOC$3,500
EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,900
PALM SPRINGS CULTURAL CENTER$2,500
CEDAR SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$2,000
VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES$2,000
BARBARA SINATRA CHILDRENS CENTER$1,970
FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION$1,350
DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
DO THE RIGHT THING$1,000
BEIT T'SHUVAH$1,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE DESERT$700
02The need
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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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 22% of The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 94%.

The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 8 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
1

Total granted

$48k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

88%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • PS
    PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +9%
  • PS
    Palm Springs Cultural Center
    3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +0%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $7k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • IE
    ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +19%
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
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
4
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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5
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
6
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
7
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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8
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
9
The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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11
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles

Jfsla's mission is to provide life-improving services that help the people of los angeles live with dignity and exercise self-determination. we believe in and strive for a more compassionate los angeles where no one has to navigate life…

Human Services
12
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County

Support the jewish community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $313,016 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELESDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,700 · PhilanthropyMCCALLUM THEATRE: $55,000 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATREBeit T'Shuvah: $6,080 · OtherBeit T'ShuvahBARBARA SINATRA CHILDRENS CENTER: $4,470 · OtherBARBARA SINATRA C…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $2,650 · OtherVALLEY BETH SHALOM: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · OtherPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $11,918 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $7,000 · Arts & CultureRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $9,000 · EducationPalm Springs Cultural Center: $7,500 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $4,350 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $2,900 · HealthTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $3,500 · Human ServicesISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,000 · InternationalLOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING: $100 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$355,716Other$72,700Arts & Culture$18,918Education$17,000Health$7,750Human Services$3,500International$1,000Community Improvement$100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $11,918 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPalm Springs Cultural Center: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $6,080 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $4,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $2,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $2,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 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.

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles GroupCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Bruce and Susan Konheim Family Foundation Inc 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 21 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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