Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Kahan Family Foundation
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.
- $219k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2024
- 53
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 66
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Kahan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 54 | $180k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $190k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $237k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $196k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 60 | $204k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $167k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 60 | $141k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 62 | $228k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva High School for Girls Inc | $95,046 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $85,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Project Ezrah Needs Inc | $72,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc | $69,930 | 7 | 1% |
| Camp Hasc Inc | $65,180 | 8 | 0% |
| The Bayit Association Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Sulam Inc | $57,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc | $43,980 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services of Northern New Jersey Inc | $43,660 | 7 | 0% |
| Yavneh Academy & Talmud Torah of Paterson | $42,460 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 132 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kahan Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · Cross River Community Foundation · George and Ellen Friedman Family Foundation · Granit Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Daniel E and Joyce G Straus Family Foundation · The Arthur & Joyce Fein Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kahan Family Foundation
- How much does The Kahan Family Foundation give?
- The Kahan Family Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $218,673 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Kahan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (22%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are The Kahan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Yeshiva High School for Girls Inc ($95k), Jewish Theological Seminary of America ($85k), Project Ezrah Needs Inc ($72k).
- Does The Kahan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kahan Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kahan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc.
- Where is The Kahan Family Foundation based?
- The Kahan Family Foundation is based in DC.
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