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The Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$260k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$395kArts & Culture$225kHuman Services$219kPhilanthropy$212kFood & Nutrition$158kReligion$142kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kCivil Rights$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VECINO HEALTH CENTERS$80,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON$40,000
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL$25,000
SAN JOSE CLINIC$25,000
ALEXANDER JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$20,000
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$15,000
FAMILY HOUSTON$10,000
EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
KIDS' MEALS$10,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$10,000
SECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HOUSTON$50
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 (FY17–24, $299k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $45k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $23k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $21k → 16%ALEXANDER JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $20k → 16%FAMILY HOUSTON: $10k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $30k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $15k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $10k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $10k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $5k → 16%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 12 repeat orgs$446k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +102% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$1.0M
$326k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+102%
+51%

Still filing today

83%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsReligionEducationOther
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

  • HM
    HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON
    4× · 2019–2024 · $220k · revenue +33%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $209k · revenue +15%
  • KM
    KIDS' MEALS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $125k
  • JF
    JEWISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • CI
    COMP-U-DOPT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $38k · revenue +286%
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
Houston Family Association
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2
Texas Jewish Security Initiative
Crime & Legal
3
Target Hunger Inc

The mission of Target Hunger is to alleviate hunger and its root causes in the Houston neighborhoods we serve. Target Hunger is on the front lines of hunger every day through its food distribution system that includes multiple food…

Human Services
4
Jewish Family Service

Mission: Inspired by their history and values, Jewish Family Service supports the needs of Jewish individuals and families, refugees and immigrants, and the broader community to achieve well-being, health, and stability. From food security…

Human Services
5
Urban Harvest Inc

Urban Harvest is transforming food accessibility in Greater Houston through partnerships with local farmers and gardeners, vibrant Farmers Markets and mobile markets, and comprehensive garden education. Our goal is not just to improve, but…

Environment
6
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
7
Houston MediaSource

Houston MediaSource aspires to be the community media center for the City of Houston. HMS provides public access to media platforms that promote citizen engagement, protect the right to free expression, and provide opportunities to advance…

Arts & Culture
8
Houston Area Women's Center

The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter, and support services.

Human Services
9
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Juf provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to over 500,000 chicagoans of all faiths and millions of jews in israel and around the world, funding a network of 100+ agencies,…

Philanthropy
10
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
11
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…

Philanthropy
12
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Community Health Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood. 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

21 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. 21 of the 29 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACCESSHEALTH: $250,000 · OtherACCESSHEALTHJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $208,650 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater HoustonIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEWISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER: $100,000 · OtherJEWISH FOUNDATION OF GREATERCONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL: $89,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH ISRAELThe Houston Food Bank: $60,000 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank+9 more: $87,300 · Other+9 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $208,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVI…KIDS' MEALS INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County: $10,000 · Human ServicesFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $220,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEU…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $80,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $25,000 · HealthLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $35,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $30,000 · Civil RightsCOMP-U-DOPT INC: $38,000 · EducationEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $30,000 · ReligionHouston Hillel: $5,400 · Religion
Other$919,950Human Services$298,500Arts & Culture$225,000Health$115,000Civil Rights$65,000Education$38,000Religion$35,400

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 budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $220,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $208,650 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $208,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMP-U-DOPT INC: $38,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Hillel: $5,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALLEY THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUndies for Everyone: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…The Lewis and Joan Lo…Charity Guild of Cath…The Elkins FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Shirley and David Too…Houston Junior Forum …Isla Carroll Turner F…The Methodist HospitalUnited Way of Greater…The Brown Foundation …
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Lewis and Joan Lowenstein Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shirley and David Toomim Family Foundation · Houston Junior Forum Inc · Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust · The Methodist Hospital · United Way of Greater Houston · The Brown Foundation Inc

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 Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jake and Nina Kamin 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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