· Private foundation
The Kaplan Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE JEFF RUBY FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SCHOOL OF CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS (SCPA) | $2,000 |
| AUTISM CONNECTIONS | $1,400 |
| ST JUDE | $1,000 |
| PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (PSPCA) | $500 |
| LOHIMILLER FOUNDATION | $200 |
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 (FY18–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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 +24% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals3× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +9%
- TJTHE JEFF RUBY FOUNDATION3× · 2018–2026 · $10k · revenue +26%
- HOHospice of Michigan Inc5× · 2018–2022 · $3k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- SOSCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS & CREATIVE ARTSone grant, 2023 · $5k
- M2Matthew 25 Ministries Incone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -24%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCone grant, 2019 · $2k · 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.
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.
We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The mission of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries (Goodwill) is to help individuals with barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work. Not charity, but a chance.
Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.
The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
Donor Alliance saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation. Donor Alliance is one of 55 Federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of the…
The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…
To protect lives and restore livelihoods of people affected by conflict: 1) to protect lives from the explosive threats and hazards resulting from conflict, 2) to reduce human suffering from armed violence and 3) to build resilient and…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 30 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 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ↗
- Who funds THE JEFF RUBY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Genesis at Work Foundation ↗
- Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds Hospice of Michigan Inc ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE LOHMILLER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Women Walking West ↗
- Who funds Pittsburgh Italian Scholarship Fund ↗
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 Kaplan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kaplan Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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