Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Kopelman 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.
- $370k
- Granted FY2020
- 13
- Grants FY2020
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 85%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
69% of The Kopelman Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Philadelphia Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Kopelman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $370k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $37M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 85% of the organizations The Kopelman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $270k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 13 | $370k | 85% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $338k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $346k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $104k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Story Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Dysautonomia Foundation Inc Dba Familial Dysautonomia Foundation | $240,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $237,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Coded By | $169,717 | 3 | 8% |
| Matter | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharing Excess | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Relief Agency | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Eyol Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kopelman Foundation supplied at peak.
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 William Penn Foundation · The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Neubauer Family Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Sidney and Sandy Brown Foundation Inc · The Forman Family Foundation · The Cozen O'Connor Foundation Inc · Future Standard Foundation · Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kopelman Foundation
- How much does The Kopelman Foundation give?
- The Kopelman Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $370,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Kopelman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (63%), Health (7%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are The Kopelman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Story Inc ($350k), Dysautonomia Foundation Inc Dba Familial Dysautonomia Foundation ($240k), Greenlight Fund Inc ($238k).
- Does The Kopelman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kopelman Foundation 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 Kopelman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is The Kopelman Foundation based?
- The Kopelman Foundation is based in PA.
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