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The Kimmelman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Kimmelman 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$7.9MRecreation & Sports$3.0MPhilanthropy$2.2MHealth$1.1MYouth Development$429kArts & Culture$165kInternational$162kCrime & Legal$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $201k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.5M
$34,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DWK FAMILY FUND$1,922,713
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION$750,000
BLAIR ACADEMY$333,333
LOS ANGELES SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT$250,000
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME$250,000
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$150,000
Individual grant recipient$51,000
SCHOLARS OF FINANCE$40,000
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME$34,000
THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART$25,000
VILLAGE RISING FOUNDATION$25,000
BLAIR IN KENYA$25,000
THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION$20,000
CHANGE SUMMER$10,694
THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY HOPE: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
KY
VA
AZ
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.9M · 21 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
48

Total granted

$7.9M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+38%

Still filing today

62%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHealthInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • BA
    BLAIR ACADEMY
    5× · 2019–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +20%
  • LP
    LULU'S PLACE INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $1.3M · revenue ×12 · 50% of their budget
  • USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    6× · 2019–2024 · $817k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M · revenue +106%
  • NC
    Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue 0%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -1%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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6
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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7
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Miami University Foundation

Support of miami university

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

46 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. 46 of the 77 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
32/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,912,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNI…BLAIR ACADEMY: $2,425,516 · EducationBLAIR ACADEMYUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION+8 more: $533,500 · Education+8 moreDWK FAMILY FUND: $1,922,713 · OtherDWK FAMILY FUNDHACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $800,000 · OtherHACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUND…Individual grant recipient: $594,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOS ANGELES SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT: $500,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES SPORTS & ENTERTAINME…+41 more: $761,458 · Other+41 moreLULU'S PLACE INC: $1,300,000 · Recreation & SportsLULU'S PLACE INCUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $817,400 · Recreation & SportsUSTA FOUNDATION IN…INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED: $409,000 · Recreation & SportsINTERNATIONAL TENN…+2 more: $110,000 · Recreation & SportsTURN 2 FOUNDATION INC: $218,000 · PhilanthropyNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $150,000 · PhilanthropyMIAMI MARLINS FOUNDATION INC: $147,500 · PhilanthropyCHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $8,369 · PhilanthropyBLAIR IN KENYA INC: $137,000 · InternationalTHE BASTION I INSTITUTE: $25,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · HealthCANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$7,871,516Other$4,578,171Recreation & Sports$2,636,400Philanthropy$548,869International$164,500Health$112,000Crime & Legal$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,912,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLAIR ACADEMY: $2,425,516 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetLULU'S PLACE INC: $1,300,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $817,400 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED: $409,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTURN 2 FOUNDATION INC: $218,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetTEENS RISE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMIAMI MARLINS FOUNDATION INC: $147,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetBLAIR IN KENYA INC: $137,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBILLIE JEAN KING FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Women's Voice: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSCHOLARS OF FINANCE: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $37,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BASTION I INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetPLAY RUGBY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPGA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $2,613 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLES COULEURS NYC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $1,515 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIKE WEBER SR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $756 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Dick's Sporting Goods…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY17.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Kimmelman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kimmelman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Blair Academy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get 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 Kimmelman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Kimmelman Family 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 77 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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