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The Kovner 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.

$19M
Granted FY2024still arriving
81
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$54MArts & Culture$42MInternational$11MPhilanthropy$5.5MCrime & Legal$3.7MSocial Science$3.2MRecreation & Sports$2.7MHealth$935kOther$0
02FY2024 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $772k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+15 grants · $15M
$30,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$335M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UJA FEDERATION OF NY$5,000,000
SUCCESS CHARTER NETWORK$3,500,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$1,500,000
UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN$1,200,000
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA$500,000
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$500,000
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR$500,000
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE$500,000
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND FUND IV$500,000
PLAYWRIGHTS REALM$380,000
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$300,000
KOVNER OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS DET$287,904
MILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$250,000
NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC$250,000
Individual grant recipient$250,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 9%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $50k → 10%THE KITCHEN: $10k → 15%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 6%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $10k → 10%MILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $1.0M → 9%MILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $1.0M → 9%MILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $250k → 9%MILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $250k → 9%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $78k → 15%MILLBROOK EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER: $12k → 9%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $40k → 15%MILLBROOK EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER: $12k → 9%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $700 → 15%MILLBROOK EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER: $8k → 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $30k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $30k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $20k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $13k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $25k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $13k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN ZONE: $25k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $13k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $75k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $75k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $50k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$121M · 104 repeat orgs$5.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

104 repeat relationships — 66 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
28

Total granted

$121M
$3.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+7%

Still filing today

76%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JS
    JUILLIARD SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2024 · $22M · revenue +58%
  • SA
    SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $14M · revenue +132%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $10M · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • NL
    NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M
  • NY
    NEW YORK CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M
  • AF
    AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $275k · revenue +70%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
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
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
9
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
10
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
11
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uncommon Schools Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Tikvah Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsCommunity Arts CentersEnvironmental Conservation …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Animal Rescue and ShelterPolicy Research and AdvocacyJewish Community Organizati…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Health Access Advocacy and …Public Library OperationsLocal History MuseumsYouth Development CentersYouth Sports ProgramsFood Banks and PantriesChristian Missionary Organi…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr19%18%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr16%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%4%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr19%4%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%58%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/108
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,652

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

108 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 108 of the 148 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
105/108
Grantees still filing
73/108
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JUILLIARD SCHOOL — $22,497,500 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOLSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC — $14,011,450 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INCFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC — $2,500,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION IN…NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC — $2,500,000 · EducationNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC+15 more — $5,350,888 · Education+15 moreTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION — $12,372,200 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORP…LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $7,795,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE…The Playwrights Realm — $1,660,000 · Arts & CultureThe Playwrights RealmTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC — $1,200,000 · Arts & Culture+25 more — $2,085,484 · Arts & Culture+25 moreTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA — $10,575,000 · OtherTHE METROPOLITAN OPERAUNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN — $2,200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF AUSTINKOVNER OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS DET — $1,545,114 · OtherKOVNER OPPORTUNITY SCHOLA…INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE — $1,333,333 · OtherNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL — $1,016,667 · OtherNEW YORK CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION — $1,000,000 · OtherTWO RIVER THEATER — $1,000,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE — $1,500,000 · Other+66 more — $8,480,759 · Other+66 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC — $10,100,000 · InternationalInternati…+5 more — $660,000 · International+5 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $5,150,000 · PhilanthropyCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND — $3,500,000 · Philanthropy+5 more — $539,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $2,900,000 · Social ScienceTHE FOUNDATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INC — $350,000 · Social Science+1 more — $25,000 · Social ScienceMILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC — $2,500,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $118,200 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $117,500 · Human Services+6 more — $222,000 · Human Services
Education$46,859,838Arts & Culture$25,112,684Other$28,650,873International$10,760,000Philanthropy$9,189,500Social Science$3,275,000Human Services$3,157,700

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL — $22,497,500 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC — $14,011,450 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION — $12,372,200 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $10,100,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $7,795,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $5,150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND — $3,500,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $2,900,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC — $2,500,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC — $2,500,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetMILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC — $2,500,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetThe Playwrights Realm — $1,660,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE — $1,500,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC — $1,200,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNLI USA INC — $1,066,667 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC — $1,030,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER — $700,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC — $600,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHANKS USA — $535,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $500,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThomas B Fordham Institute — $500,000 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC — $400,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation — $400,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — $375,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCENTURION MINISTRIES INC — $375,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INC — $350,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetAHA FOUNDATION INC — $325,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC — $275,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC — $271,800 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $260,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE — $250,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICA SHARE USA INC — $208,962 over 3y, 15% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $200,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN MODERN OPERA COMPANY — $175,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $165,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC — $161,721 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY — $155,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art — $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC — $150,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStudents For Fair Admissions Inc — $150,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC — $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $150,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc — $145,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT INC — $140,000 over 6y, 15% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds MILLBROOK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds The Playwrights Realm ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds NLI USA INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds THANKS USA ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds Thomas B Fordham Institute ↗
  • Who funds UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Legal Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTURION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds AHA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundBeth and Ravenel Curr…Donors Trust IncCarson Family Charita…Charles Koch Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Gates FoundationThe Margaret and Dani…Charles and Helen Sch…Jewish Community Fede…City Fund
Jewish Communal FundNY20.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Carson Family Charitable Trust · Charles Koch Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Gates Foundation · The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation · Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · City Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Kovner Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Aha Foundation Inc — 42% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County — 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Banner Lake Club Inc — 1% of income from government
  • New World Symphony Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Kovner Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Kovner Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 148 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines