· Private foundation
The Kaufmann Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $199k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITY HARVEST | $65,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD | $30,000 |
| STAMFORD HOSPITAL | $30,000 |
| THE NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL | $16,000 |
| ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN | $15,000 |
| The Young Center for Immigrant Chil | $15,000 |
| COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | $15,000 |
| BARD PRISON INITIATIVE | $14,000 |
| PROJECT ART | $14,000 |
| HARLEM CHILDREN ZONE | $10,000 |
| SICK CELLS | $10,000 |
| ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY | $10,000 |
| HELEN KELLER INTL | $10,000 |
| AMERICARES | $10,000 |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | $7,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $453k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
41 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CITY HARVEST INC8× · 2017–2025 · $418k · revenue +75%
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $164k · revenue +95%- TSThe Stamford Hospital4× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- SCSickle Cell Disease Association of America Incone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -1%
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -51%
- HIHIAS INCone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -9%
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.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Children's rights is a national advocacy organization that investigates, exposes, and combats violations of the rights of children. through strategic advocacy and civil rights impact litigation, children's rights holds governments…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 75 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 CITY HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds NALINIKIDS INC ↗
- Who funds The Stamford Hospital ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds ART CREATES US INC ↗
- Who funds THE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds INSPIRICA INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC ↗
- Who funds HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds PROJECT SUNSHINE INC ↗
- Who funds Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
- Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
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 · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kaufmann Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kaufmann Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
- Ibis Reproductive Health Inc: 9% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Stamford Hospital: 0% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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