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The Kraus Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Arts & Culture$3.2MRecreation & Sports$1.0MEducation$672kReligion$240kEnvironment$72kHuman Services$24kInternational$22kHealth$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $281k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Keewaydin Foundation$1,000,000
Trinity College$250,000
Museum of Modern Art$232,500
Museum of Modern Art @ PS1$175,000
Union for Reform Judaism$150,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art$100,000
Museum of Modern Art$100,000
Saint Ann's School$95,000
Museum of Modern Art$70,000
Museum of Modern Art$52,000
Hammer Museum$50,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art$50,000
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc$50,000
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc$35,000
Hammer Museum$25,000
02Your 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.3M · 21 repeat orgs$981k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +21% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
42

Total granted

$4.3M
$501k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+12%

Still filing today

86%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $480k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther

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

  • MO
    Museum of Modern Art
    2× · 2022–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +36%
  • THE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +153%
  • SA
    SAINT ANN'S SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2024 · $215k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CM
    Claremont McKenna College
    one grant, 2022 · $159k · revenue -41%
  • YA
    Young Arts National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc.
    one grant, 2022 · $87k
  • TA
    THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue +12%

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

03Your 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
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

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6
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
7
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
9
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
10
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
11
Berggruen Institute
Education
12
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc and the most unlike its peers is Blue Ryno Foundation. 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 backsteadyChristian Youth CampsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Advocacy and …Professional Dance CompaniesCommunity Arts CentersPublic Library SupportCharter and Independent Sch…Urban Agriculture EducationPregnancy Support CentersGovernment Accountability &…Childhood Cancer SupportClassical Music OrchestrasCommunity Theater CompaniesCommunity Hospital SystemsJewish Community FederationsCollege Foundation SupportLocal History Museums
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 47 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%21%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr19%3%20–35yr13%39%35–55yr16%55%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/67
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,693

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.

03the grantee network

65 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. 65 of the 79 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
37/65
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Museum of Modern Art — $2,094,100 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtNew Museum of Contemporary Art — $205,000 · Arts & CultureNew Museum of Contemporary ArtARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $102,000 · Arts & Culture+30 more — $397,030 · Arts & Culture+30 moreTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION — $1,001,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDAT…UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM — $185,000 · OtherUNION FOR REFORM …Museum of Modern Art @ PS1 — $175,000 · OtherMuseum of Modern …Claremont McKenna College — $158,500 · OtherClaremont McKenna…Young Arts National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc. — $87,000 · OtherYoung Arts Nation…CONGREGATION EMANU-EL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $55,000 · OtherCONGREGATION EMAN…+21 more — $136,000 · Other+21 moreTRINITY COLLEGE — $250,000 · EducationTRINITY COLL…SAINT ANN'S SCHOOL — $215,000 · EducationSAINT ANN'S …THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $60,000 · EducationTHE ART INST…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Education+5 more — $14,500 · EducationDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $70,000 · EnvironmentWETHERSFIELD FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Environment+1 more — $720 · EnvironmentCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $10,800 · PhilanthropyINNISFREE FOUNDATION INC — $3,500 · PhilanthropyFIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION — $1,000 · PhilanthropyThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $7,000 · HealthTHE JED FOUNDATION — $5,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC — $1,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$2,798,130Recreation & Sports$1,001,000Other$796,500Education$569,500Environment$75,720Philanthropy$15,300Health$15,000

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 budgetMuseum of Modern Art — $2,094,100 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION — $1,001,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL — $215,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art — $205,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetClaremont McKenna College — $158,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $102,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SCULPTURE CENTER INC — $85,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $70,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC — $65,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC — $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DRAWING CENTER INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC — $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST — $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC — $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHINATI FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWETHERSFIELD FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS MUSEUM OF ART — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC — $4,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWISS INSTITUTE — $2,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1898 FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE WOOSTER GROUP INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANFORD FREE LIBRARY — $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Cowles Charitable…Arison Arts FoundationThe New York Communit…Ag FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The Andrew W Mellon F…Milton and Sally Aver…Jewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…The Pollock-Krasner F…Robert Lehman Foundat…Terra Foundation for …
The Cowles Charitable TrustNY30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cowles Charitable Trust · Arison Arts Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Ag Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc · Robert Lehman Foundation Inc · Terra Foundation for American Art

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.

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 79 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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