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The Klapper Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Klapper Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$808k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$920kPhilanthropy$807kArts & Culture$550kEducation$502kHuman Services$416kCommunity Improvement$148kFood & Nutrition$125kHousing & Shelter$107kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $227k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $548k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$225,280
HEARTLAND FILM$130,000
FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD$75,000
JEWISH FOR GOOD$68,000
TRIANGLE DAY SCHOOL$50,000
TROSA COMMERCIAL INC$35,000
VILLAGE OF MERICI INC$27,000
TEACHERS' TREASURES INC$25,000
JOY'S HOUSE$25,000
ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION$25,000
GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS$20,000
INDIANAPOLIS ZOO$20,000
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC$20,000
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC$20,000
JEWISH WELFARE FUND$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 (FY21–25, $402k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAM'S WISH INC: $20k → 5%JOY'S HOUSE: $251k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $80k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $25k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $25k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $1k → 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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 15 repeat orgs$502k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$2.6M
$160k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-4%

Still filing today

53%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $342k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & 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

  • HF
    HEARTLAND FILM INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $535k · revenue +34%
  • TE
    TMP Enterprises Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $381k · revenue +14%
  • FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD
    2× · 2023–2025 · $95k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOOVERWOOD CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2021 · $88k
  • JH
    JERRY'S HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • SW
    SAM'S WISH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -62% · 36% of their budget
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
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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2
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
3
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
4
The Jewish Federation of Nwi Inc

Enriching jewish life in northwest indiana, in israel and around the world through service, programming, advocacy and fundraising.

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5
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
6
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
7
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
8
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
9
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Foundation Inc

The Indianapolis Hebrew congregation foundation, inc. Was formed to operate exclusively for the benefit of, and to carry out the purpose of the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation, and any organization operated, supervised, or controlled by…

Philanthropy
11
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
12
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Research Program Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 45 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
10/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION: $510,500 · OtherALZHEIMER ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMER FUND: $355,000 · OtherALZHEIMER FUNDJEWISH FEDERATION: $262,200 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONTRIANGLE DAY SCHOOL: $250,000 · OtherTRIANGLE DAY SCHOOLDURHAM-CHAPEL HILL JEWISH FEDERATION: $208,000 · OtherDURHAM-CHAPEL HILL JEWISH FEDERATIONFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $95,000 · OtherHOOVERWOOD CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $87,500 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $85,008 · Other+23 more: $192,308 · Other+23 moreHEARTLAND FILM INC: $535,000 · Arts & CultureHEARTLAND FILM I…+1 more: $963 · Arts & CultureTMP Enterprises Inc: $381,000 · Human ServicesTMP Enterpri…SAM'S WISH INC: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesJewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $336,500 · PhilanthropyJewish Fed…+2 more: $7,000 · PhilanthropyIndiana University Foundation: $225,280 · EducationTEACHERS TREASURES INC: $25,000 · EducationCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionVILLAGE OF MERICI INC: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterIndianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Inc: $12,150 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,045,516Arts & Culture$535,963Human Services$402,000Philanthropy$343,500Education$250,280Food & Nutrition$40,000Housing & Shelter$39,150

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 budgetHEARTLAND FILM INC: $535,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetTMP Enterprises Inc: $381,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $336,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTRIANGLE DAY SCHOOL: $250,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $225,280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDURHAM-CHAPEL HILL JEWISH FEDERATION: $208,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $95,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $85,008 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE OF MERICI INC: $27,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEACHERS TREASURES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAM'S WISH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetIndianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Inc: $12,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH WELFARE FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of Indianapolis: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHILLEL FOUNDATION AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTARFISH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HILLEL FOUNDATION AT PURDUE: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMP CAMP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA WRITERS CENTER INC: $963 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

Lilly Endowment IncMaurer Family Foundat…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Brave Heart Found…The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…The Ackerman Foundati…Arthur Jordan Foundat…Lumina Foundation for…Ayres Foundation IncRichard M Fairbanks F…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…
Lilly Endowment IncIN27.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Ackerman Foundation · Arthur Jordan Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Ayres Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick 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 Klapper Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Klapper Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Klapper Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Klapper Family Foundation Inc 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 45 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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