· Private foundation
The David and Caren Kessler Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $5,500 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY | $3,565 |
| ACTIVE MINDS | $500 |
| GOLDEN SUPPER CAMP | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +340% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER3× · 2017–2019 · $19k
- EJEARNEST JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES2× · 2017–2018 · $2k
- AMActive Minds Inc2× · 2018–2019 · $1k · revenue +340%
Funded once
- MSMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -44%
- HLHUNTINGDON LEARNING CENTERone grant, 2017 · $4k
- CHCARING HEARTS MINISTRY INCone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -18%
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.
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.
Multiservice family counseling agency providing an array of social services and programs designed to meet the needs of individuals and families
To provide financial assistance to charitable health care initiatives.
To strengthen jewish identity, energize the relationship with israel and meeting human needs that are uniquely the obligation of the jewish community.
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To serve the interest and well being of jews in central new york and worldwide.
To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.
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How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The David and Caren Kessler Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The David and Caren Kessler Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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