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The Kopelman Foundation at a glance

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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
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

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

5
’17
9
’18
9
’19
8
’20
9
’21
9
’22
6
’23
7
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.4MHealth$612kArts & Culture$420kHousing & Shelter$375kCommunity Improvement$340kFood & Nutrition$263kYouth Development$245kEducation$180kOther$0
02FY2020 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $190k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LENFEST INSTITURE FOR JURNALISM$100,000
CODED BY KIDS$90,000
CENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
BLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS$20,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$20,000
WE THEPROTESTERS$20,000
THE BAIL PROJECT$20,000
BLACK GIRLS CODE$10,000
VENTURE FOR AMERICA$10,000
THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JURNALISM$5,000
CROHN'S COLITIS FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $400k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $25k → 7%NEW STORY INC: $100k → 13%NEW STORY INC: $100k → 14%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $25k → 7%NEW STORY INC: $100k → 10%NEW STORY INC: $50k → 10%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

MT
MN
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 18 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2020, 15 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
13

Total granted

$1.9M
$283k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+56%

Still filing today

72%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • GF
    GREENLIGHT FUND INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $238k · revenue +23%
  • CB
    CODED BY
    3× · 2017–2020 · $170k · revenue +765%
  • SE
    SHARING EXCESS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $110k · revenue +694%

Funded once

  • EI
    EYOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue ×12
  • MC
    MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -31%
  • RA
    RAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +56%
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
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
2
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
3
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
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
6
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc

Philadelphia youth network (pyn) equips young people to build lifelong skills, pursue meaningful careers, and embrace change with confidence - so they can thrive in the workforce, experience economic mobility, and strengthen their…

Youth Development
7
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
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
10
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philadelphia Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Vetri Foundation for Children. 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

42 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. 42 of the 66 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
26/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $3,000,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INCTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $1,930,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $200,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $29,400 · PhilanthropyFAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION: $240,000 · OtherFAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA …LENFEST INST FOR JOURNALISM: $200,000 · OtherLENFEST INST FOR JOURN…THE LENFEST INSTITURE FOR JURNALISM: $100,000 · OtherTHE LENFEST INSTITURE …Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recip…THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION SUNSHINE PROJECT FUND: $75,000 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUND: $120,000 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUNDSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOU…Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $100,000 · OtherWoodwell Climate Resea…+32 more: $613,500 · Other+32 moreNEW STORY INC: $350,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $50,000 · Human ServicesDYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION INC DBA FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION: $240,000 · HealthLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Health+2 more: $3,500 · HealthGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $237,500 · Community ImprovementVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Community ImprovementALL RAISE: $20,000 · Community ImprovementCODED BY: $169,717 · EducationEYOL INC: $50,000 · EducationMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $30,000 · EducationMATTER: $150,000 · Food & NutritionSHARING EXCESS: $110,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$5,159,400Other$1,648,500Human Services$400,000Health$333,500Community Improvement$332,500Education$319,717Food & Nutrition$260,000

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 budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $3,000,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $1,930,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNEW STORY INC: $350,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION INC DBA FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $237,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCODED BY: $169,717 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetMATTER: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING EXCESS: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetEYOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOISHE HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetALL RAISE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $14,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CLAUDE GIROUX FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $500 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.

The William Penn Foun…The Daniel B and Flor…The Philadelphia Foun…National Philanthropi…The Neubauer Family F…The Snider FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Sidney and Sandy Brow…The Forman Family Fou…The Cozen O'Connor Fo…Future Standard Found…Henry L Kimelman Fami…
The William Penn FoundationPA21.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Kopelman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kopelman 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 66 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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