New York · Private foundation
The Kohlberg Foundation Inc
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.
- $19M
- Granted FY2022
- 110
- Grants FY2022
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of The Kohlberg Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Kohlberg Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 74 organizations, $19M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $3,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 76 to 88
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 14
- Total assets, FY2022
- $210M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 11% of the organizations The Kohlberg Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $855k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 82 | $18M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 86 | $11M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 88 | $11M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 78 | $21M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 76 | $23M | 17% |
| FY2017 | 79 | $79M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunhardt Film Foundation Inc | $20,150,000 | 4 | 76% |
| Camalotte Foundation | $16,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cardinal Brook Trust | $16,000,000 | 1 | 72% |
| Kisco Cares Foundation | $16,000,000 | 1 | 97% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $12,702,500 | 6 | 13% |
| Nova Institute for Health Inc | $10,250,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Sponsors Inc | $8,650,000 | 8 | 67% |
| Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation | $5,550,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc | $5,500,000 | 6 | 16% |
| Indivisible Civics | $4,900,000 | 7 | 22% |
Show all 115 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($19M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kohlberg Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 107 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 New York Community Trust · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Hopewell Fund · New York Women's Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · New Venture Fund · Cardinal Brook Trust · Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Kohlberg Foundation Inc
- How much does The Kohlberg Foundation Inc give?
- The Kohlberg Foundation Inc reported 110 grants totaling $18,776,537 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 76 and 88 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Kohlberg Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Public Benefit (18%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Kohlberg Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kunhardt Film Foundation Inc ($20M), Camalotte Foundation ($16M), Cardinal Brook Trust ($16M).
- Does The Kohlberg Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kohlberg Foundation Inc 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 Kohlberg Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Kohlberg Foundation Inc based?
- The Kohlberg Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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