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The Kraus Family Foundation at a glance

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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
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$3.2MRecreation & Sports$1.0MEducation$672kReligion$240kEnvironment$72kHuman Services$24kInternational$22kHealth$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $291k
  • $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
Museum of Modern Art$100,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art$100,000
Saint Ann's School$95,000
Museum of Modern Art$70,000
Museum of Modern Art$52,000
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc$50,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art$50,000
Hammer Museum$50,000
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc$35,000
Hammer Museum$25,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 21 repeat orgs$996k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +12% for those 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
$504k

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; $492k 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
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

  • MO
    Museum of Modern Art
    2× · 2022–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +36%
  • THE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +51%
  • 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%
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.

03Its 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

65 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. 65 of the 79 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
39/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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: $419,030 · 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: $17,000 · 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$2,820,130Recreation & Sports$1,001,000Other$796,500Education$572,000Environment$75,720Philanthropy$15,300Health$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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 budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $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 budgetTHE CHINATI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $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 ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 budgetSWISS INSTITUTE: $2,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 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 budgetTHE WOOSTER GROUP INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1898 FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $2,000 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 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

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.

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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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