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The Kirschbaum Family Foundation at a glance

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The Kirschbaum Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$11kEducation$5kPhilanthropy$600Health$150Animals$100Human Services$100
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$180
Median grant
2
States reached
$96k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS$3,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$500
WHITNEY MUSEUM$300
MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM$250
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$210
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$180
JEWISH MUSEUM$175
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD$175
REAL ART WAYS$150
SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION$140
CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER$100
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%U MASS DARTMOUTH: $500 → 12%SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS: $3k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $500 → 14%RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: $300 → 17%IOBY: $500 → 20%FIVE POINTS ARTS: $100 → 9%CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 → 9%CONNECTICUT PUBLIC: $150 → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $500 → 14%JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $250 → 17%CONNECTICUT PUBLIC: $60 → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100 → 14%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $300 → 17%FOOTWARE WITH CARE: $100 → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100 → 14%RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: $100 → 17%JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD: $175 → 11%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $300 → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ST JOSEPH: $100 → 11%JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50 → 17%TRINITY COLLEGE: $500 → 11%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $300 → 17%REAL ART WAYS: $150 → 11%MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $250 → 17%CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $118 → 11%MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $250 → 17%REAL ART WAYS: $100 → 11%MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $250 → 17%CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $100 → 11%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $300 → 17%REAL ART WAYS: $100 → 11%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 → 17%CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $100 → 11%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 → 17%SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $140 → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $210 → 17%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $200 → 17%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $200 → 17%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $180 → 17%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $140 → 17%SOZOMON R GUGGENHEOIM FOUNDATION: $260 → 17%THE JEWISH MUSEUM: $250 → 17%JEWISH MUSEUM: $175 → 17%GUGEHEIM MUSEUM: $140 → 17%JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $100 → 17%JEWISH ART SALON: $1k → 17%HEALTHY HUMOR: $150 → 17%JEWISH ART SALON: $1k → 17%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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11k · 15 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$11k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+17%

Still filing today

80%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JA
    JEWISH ART SALON INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +116%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1k · revenue +55%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2020–2024 · $930 · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • UM
    U MASS DARTMOUTH
    one grant, 2020 · $500
  • TRINITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +17%
  • I
    IOBY
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
Peabody Essex Museum Inc

Pem offers thought-provoking experiences of the arts, humanities, and sciences to activate understanding of our shared humanity and to empower imagination and learning through experimentation. we steward, build, and make our collections…

Arts & Culture
9
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
10
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
11
New York Historical Society

The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…

Arts & Culture
12
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Jewish Museum; the most unlike its peers is University of Saint Joseph. 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS: $3,000 · OtherSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESSYALE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $950 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYU MASS DARTMOUTH: $500 · OtherU MASS DARTMOUTHIOBY: $500 · OtherIOBYJEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $300 · Other+4 more: $440 · Other+4 moreJEWISH ART SALON INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH ART SALON INCMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $930 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $900 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTMuseum of Modern Art: $720 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $425 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUMSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $400 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATIONREAL ART WAYS INC: $350 · Arts & CultureREAL ART WAYS INCCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $318 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $385 · Arts & Culture+2 moreUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,200 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROC…The Pierpont Morgan Library: $750 · EducationThe Pierpont Morg…TRINITY COLLEGE: $500 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $100 · EducationYale University: $100 · EducationRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $400 · PhilanthropyHEALTHY HUMOR INC: $150 · HealthCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 · Animals
Other$7,190Arts & Culture$6,428Education$2,650Philanthropy$400Health$150Animals$100

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 budgetJEWISH ART SALON INC: $2,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $930 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $720 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $425 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREAL ART WAYS INC: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $318 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD INC: $175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHY HUMOR INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $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.

Connecticut Humanitie…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Connecticut Humanities Council IncCT13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Kirschbaum Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kirschbaum Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Real Art Ways Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
  • University of Saint Joseph: 2% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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