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The Kirsch Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Kirsch Family Foundation Inc

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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$13kArts & Culture$9kAnimals$4kCrime & Legal$4kCivil Rights$3kFood & Nutrition$1kReligion$770Housing & Shelter$504Other$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$503
Median grant
9
States reached
$203k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOLARMATCH INC$1,004
Committee to Protect Journalists$1,003
ProLiteracy$1,002
International Elephant Foundation$1,001
Scholarship America$750
Save the Manatee$505
Achievement First$504
Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc$503
Global Investigative Journalism Network$502
ProPublica$501
Justice Defenders$500
The Alicia Patterson Foundation$275
Charity Navigator$250
Wikimedia Foundation$200
NPR Foundation$100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Charity Navigator: $250 → 7%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $770 → 17%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $250 → 7%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
WI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DE
NC
DC
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31k · 16 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
9

Total granted

$31k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
-6%

Still filing today

81%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
EducationArts & CultureCivil RightsAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PBS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +427%
  • PW
    PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +13%
  • NF
    NPR FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $3k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $780
  • N
    NPR
    one grant, 2022 · $770
  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $770 · revenue -12%
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
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
Open Markets Institute

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.

Education
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
6
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
7
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
8
Prx Inc

To lead changes that expand public media as a trusted source of knowledge, information, and inspiration for all.

Arts & Culture
9
The Fund for Peace Inc

Building bridges across diverse sectors, and developing innovative technologies and tools for policy makers. a leader in the conflict assessment and early warning field, the fund for peace focuses on the problems of weak and failing…

International
10
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
11
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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12
Freedom of the Press Foundation

At freedom of the press foundation (fpf), our mission is to protect and defend press freedom in the 21st century. we do this through:1.) public advocacy on issues affecting press freedom, including government transparency, the right to…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Alicia Patterson Foundation. 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

23 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. 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NPR FOUNDATION: $2,611 · OtherNPR FOUNDATIONSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $2,501 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCANIMAL DEFENSE FUND: $1,262 · OtherANIMAL DEFENSE FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $1,261 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $780 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNPR: $770 · OtherNPRCHABADORG: $770 · OtherCHABADORGHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $504 · OtherFUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INC: $503 · Other+2 more: $525 · OtherPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $2,754 · EducationPROLITERACY WORLDWIDESCHOLARMATCH INC: $2,508 · EducationSCHOLARMATCH INCWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,463 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INCACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $2,276 · EducationACHIEVEMENT FIRST INCSTEP UP FOR STUDENTS - FLORIDA INC: $500 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationPBS FOUNDATION: $3,029 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATIONPRO PUBLICA INC: $1,302 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INCNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $504 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC …GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK INC: $502 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL INVESTIGA…+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $2,508 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE…INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $713 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE…INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION: $2,507 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $505 · AnimalsJUSTICE DEFENDERS (USA) INC: $2,273 · InternationalTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $770 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $500 · Human ServicesFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $1,001 · Food & Nutrition
Other$11,487Education$10,751Arts & Culture$5,437Civil Rights$3,221Animals$3,012International$2,273Human Services$1,270Food & Nutrition$1,001

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $3,029 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $2,754 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNPR FOUNDATION: $2,611 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARMATCH INC: $2,508 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $2,508 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION: $2,507 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,463 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $2,276 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE DEFENDERS (USA) INC: $2,273 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $1,302 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $1,001 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $770 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $713 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $504 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEP UP FOR STUDENTS - FLORIDA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALICIA PATTERSON FOUNDATION: $275 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCIVICS UNPLUGGED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $100 over 1y, 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA11.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Kirsch Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kirsch Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Achievement First Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 30 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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