Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Kestenbaum Family 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.
- $555k
- Granted FY2018
- 18
- Grants FY2018
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
81% of The Kestenbaum Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Philadelphia, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Kestenbaum Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $555k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $700
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $390,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 5
- Total assets, FY2018
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 56% of the organizations The Kestenbaum Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 16 | $433k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $416k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | $1,036,535 | 9 | 5% |
| The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology | $143,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $128,082 | 9 | n/a |
| Children's Crisis Treatment Center | $78,500 | 9 | 0% |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| William Penn Charter School Inc | $27,073 | 8 | 0% |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc | $21,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc | $17,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $8,350 | 6 | 0% |
| Freire Foundation | $5,000 | 9 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kestenbaum 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: The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Tobin Family Foundation · The Specter Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Steven and Ilene Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Cigna Group Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation · Erlbaum Family Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Kestenbaum Family Foundation
- How much does The Kestenbaum Family Foundation give?
- The Kestenbaum Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $554,539 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does The Kestenbaum Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (58%), Arts & Culture (28%), Health (5%).
- Who are The Kestenbaum Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History ($1.0M), The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology ($143k), Har Zion Temple ($128k).
- Does The Kestenbaum Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kestenbaum 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 Kestenbaum Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Saramar Charitable Fund, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Tobin Family Foundation.
- Where is The Kestenbaum Family Foundation based?
- The Kestenbaum Family Foundation is based in PA.
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