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The Daniel and Ellen Kaplan 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.

$377k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 72% of THE DANIEL AND ELLEN KAPLAN FAMILY FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUX CITY$75,000
MAYO FOUNDATION$50,000
MAZON$30,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE$27,500
LA FAMILY HOUSING$25,000
STAND WITH US$25,000
FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND$20,000
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM$17,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$15,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$15,000
LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
GIRLS INC$10,000
SPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MONTANA$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HUMAN RESOURCE DEV COUNCIL DISTRICT IX: $5k → 10%HUMAN RESOURCE DEV COUNCIL DISTRICT IX: $5k → 10%HUMAN RESOURCE DEV COUNCIL DISTRICT IX: $3k → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $2k → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $2k → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $1k → 10%CAMP HIGH HOPES: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.5M · 27 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
8

Total granted

$1.5M
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+86%

Still filing today

67%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +0%
  • MA
    MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger
    3× · 2023–2025 · $90k · revenue +26%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $66k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • KF
    KIPP FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +86%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • CH
    CAMP HIGH HOPESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +162%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
2
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

3
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

4
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

7
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
8
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
9
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
12
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa and the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community FederationsFood Pantries & AssistanceCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-8 SchoolsPregnancy Support ServicesHospice Care ServicesLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Substance Abuse TreatmentLand Conservation Organizat…Government Accountability R…Youth Ice Hockey ProgramsChristian Youth CampsCommunity Health Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%36%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%34%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,540

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
12/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MAYO FOUNDATION — $350,000 · OtherMAYO FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUX CITY — $230,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUX CITYJEWISH FEDERATION — $137,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONCONGREGATION BETH SHALOM — $110,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH SHALOMMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $90,000 · OtherMAZON A Jewish Response to HungerLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION — $85,000 · OtherLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATIONBOYS AND GIRLS HOME — $72,500 · OtherFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC — $65,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE — $62,500 · Other+21 more — $177,117 · Other+21 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC — $60,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE — $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $30,000 · InternationalJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc — $100,000 · PhilanthropySANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION — $13,600 · PhilanthropySPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Community ImprovementUrban Rural Action — $15,500 · Community ImprovementANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $30,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $10,000 · Civil RightsLAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC — $35,000 · Crime & LegalIntermountain Planned Parenthood — $25,000 · HealthHEALTH INC HOSPICE — $10,000 · Health
Other$1,379,617International$140,000Philanthropy$113,600Community Improvement$45,500Civil Rights$40,000Crime & Legal$35,000Health$35,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUX CITY — $230,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc — $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION — $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC — $65,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC — $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY — $30,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIntermountain Planned Parenthood — $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Rural Action — $15,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetST LUKE'S HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SIOUX CITY IOWA — $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION — $13,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC — $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $11,667 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH INC HOSPICE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HIGH HOPES — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWELLNESS IN ACTION — $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGallatin River Task Force — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF MONTANA PBS INC — $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUX CITY
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger
  • Who funds LA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC
  • Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE
  • Who funds LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY
  • Who funds SPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
  • Who funds Intermountain Planned Parenthood
  • Who funds KIPP FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Urban Rural Action
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SIOUX CITY IOWA
  • Who funds SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC
  • Who funds BIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
  • Who funds HEALTH INC HOSPICE
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
  • Who funds CAMP HIGH HOPES
  • Who funds WELLNESS IN ACTION
  • Who funds Gallatin River Task Force

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Chesterman Family Foundation · One Valley Community Foundation · Missouri River Historical Development Inc · Greenberg Foundation · Berenstein Family Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · 44 North Foundation Inc · Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Moonlight Community Foundation · The Rieschel Foundation · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Daniel and Ellen Kaplan Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 69%
  • Lawyers Without Borders Inc69% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Daniel and Ellen Kaplan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Daniel and Ellen Kaplan Family Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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