· Private foundation
The Ernest and Marilyn Kussmaul Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k26 grants · $590k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH | $55,000 |
| ST ANNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $37,500 |
| LONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM | $37,500 |
| WEST SAYVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $37,500 |
| ISLAND HARVEST | $37,000 |
| LONG ISLAND CARES | $37,000 |
| NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE | $27,500 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | $27,500 |
| ST MICHAEL ALL ANGELS EPISC CH | $27,500 |
| ST JOSEPH CHURCH | $27,500 |
| INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK | $27,000 |
| ST PATRICKS CHURCH FOOD PANTY | $27,000 |
| HARVESTERS COMM FOOD NETWORK | $26,000 |
| THE ENTERTAINMENT COMM FUND | $22,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $18,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $232k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +41% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LILONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM5× · 2020–2024 · $98k · revenue +41%
- IHISLAND HARVEST LTD5× · 2020–2024 · $92k · revenue +34%
- LILong Island Cares Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $92k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- TETHE ENTERTAINMENT COMM FUNDone grant, 2024 · $22k
- SLST LUKES LUTHERN CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $10k
- PAPERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITYone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +20%
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.
The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
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…
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…
The musical theater center's mission is to share the joy of children's theater with many diverse audiences. it strives to be a positive force in the community by providing exceptional musical theater stage productions made up entirely of…
Long wharf theatre is dedicated to producing boundary-breaking theatre with and for its many, kaleidoscopic communities. our vision is theatre for everyone.
The irish repertory theatre (the "theatre") mission is to bring works by irish and irish american masters and contemporary playwrights to american audiences, to provide a context for understanding the contemporary irish american experience…
Marin theatre company is the bay area's premier mid-size theater and the leading professional theater in the north bay. mtc produces a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in an…
Signature theatre celebrates playwrights and gives them an artistic home. signature makes an extended commitment to a playwright's body of work, producing several plays by each resident writer and delivering an intimate and immersive…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 35 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.
- Who funds LONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds WEST SAYVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ISLAND HARVEST LTD ↗
- Who funds Long Island Cares Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE MORGAN CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA ↗
- Who funds MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC ↗
- Who funds QUALITY HILL PRODUCTIONS ↗
- Who funds PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Theater League Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ernest and Marilyn Kussmaul Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ernest and Marilyn Kussmaul Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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