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The Evelyn and Philip Kaplan Charitable Foundation Trust at a glance

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The Evelyn and Philip Kaplan Charitable Foundation Trust

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.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$112kHealth$7kHuman Services$3kInternational$1kRecreation & Sports$1kReligion$1kPhilanthropy$1kArts & Culture$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$415k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE$12,000
ANGUILLA ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION$3,500
OUR HOUSE FOUNDATION$2,400
FLY TO FREEDOM DOG RESCUE$1,500
GEORGE'S HELPING HAND$1,500
PRODUCT WITH A PURPOSE$1,000
CURE SEARCH FOR CHILDRENS CANCER$500
02The need
03

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 (FY23–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%FATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE: $12k → 6%GEORGE'S HELPING HAND: $1k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
MS
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81k · 5 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
17

Total granted

$81k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+16%

Still filing today

80%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthInternationalReligionOther
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

  • CV
    CATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +97%
  • FT
    FLY TO FREEDOM DOG RESCUE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • AA
    ANGUILLA ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SOMERSET REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +94%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SOMERSET REG ANIMAL SHEL
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • AL
    ANIMAL LIFELINE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -81%
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
Hunterdon Humane Animal Shelter Inc
Animals
2
Grateful Paws

Grateful Paws NJ is a non-profit organization devoted to rescuing stray and abandoned animals throughout New Jersey, providing medical care and helping them to find new homes.

Animals
3
South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter Inc

Provides refuge for homeless and unwanted animals, adoption services for homeless animals, and spay/neuter services.

Animals
4
Animal Sanctuary Society Inc

ANIMAL RESCUE and adoption of animals

Animals
5
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
6
Almost Home Dog Rescue of Nj Inc

The mission of almost home dog rescue of nj is to care for and place abandoned and abused dogs into caring homes.

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7
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
8
Jl Animal Rescue Inc
Animals
9
Lifeline for Pets Inc

Rescue, care for, rehome abandoned, stray, relinquished cats and dogs.

Animals
10
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
11
Critical Animal Relief Foundation Nfp

Animal Rescue

Animals
12
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Animal Lifeline Inc; the most unlike its peers is Animal Lifeline Corp Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD FOUNDATION INC: $65,500 · PhilanthropyCATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD FOUNDATION INCFRIENDS OF SOMERSET REG ANIMAL SHEL: $5,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SOMERSET RE…ANIMAL LIFELINE CORP INC: $4,500 · OtherANIMAL LIFELINE CORP I…ANGUILLA ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · OtherANGUILLA ANIMAL RESCUE…OUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $3,400 · OtherOUR HOUSE FOUNDATION I…LOVE MORE FOR JULIUS INC: $2,000 · OtherLOVE MORE FOR JULIUS I…NJSGA CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR: $1,000 · OtherIMPACT 100 GARDEN STATE: $1,000 · OtherPRODUCT WITH A PURPOSE: $1,000 · Other+5 more: $2,115 · Other+5 moreFLY TO FREEDOM DOG RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsFLY TO FREEDOM DO…FRIENDS OF SOMERSET REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $5,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF SOMERS…ANIMAL LIFELINE: $5,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LIFELINEANIMAL LIFELINE INC: $4,500 · AnimalsANIMAL LIFELINE I…FATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE: $12,000 · Human ServicesFATHER JOHNS…GEORGES HELPING HAND INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesGEORGES HELP…DIRECT RELIEF: $1,250 · InternationalTHE GIANTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · ReligionCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $500 · HealthTHE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$65,500Other$25,515Animals$19,500Human Services$14,500International$1,250Religion$1,000Health$500Food & Nutrition$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD FOUNDATION INC: $65,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFLY TO FREEDOM DOG RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetANIMAL LIFELINE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $3,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGES HELPING HAND INC: $2,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIANTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC: $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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC9.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Evelyn and Philip Kaplan Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Evelyn and Philip Kaplan Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Evelyn and Philip Kaplan Charitable Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Evelyn and Philip Kaplan Charitable Foundation Trust 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 25 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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