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The Paul & Lois Katzman Foundation at a glance

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The Paul & Lois Katzman 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.

$469k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$469k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$535kScience & Tech$300kReligion$8kPhilanthropy$3kRecreation & Sports$1kFood & Nutrition$1kAnimals$750Human Services$693Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$469,410
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE COURTNEY GIVES BAK FOUNDATION$469,410
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AARP FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%JARC: $11k → 8%JARC: $10k → 8%JARC: $10k → 8%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

IL
MI
NY
PA
CO
VA
DC
FL
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$381k · 17 repeat orgs$487k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$381k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+47%

Still filing today

53%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $469k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • N
    NFX
    2× · 2018–2019 · $15k · revenue +64%
  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +110%
  • FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $600 · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +36%
  • CT
    CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +73%
  • YE
    YAD EZRAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +42%
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
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
The National Fragile X Foundation

The national fragile x foundation serves the entire fragile x community to live their best lives by providing the knowledge, resources, and tools until, and even after, more effective treatments and a cure are achieved.

Health
4
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
5
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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6
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
7
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
8
United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York Inc

To build / maintain a strong and united jewish community in order to ensure the continuity of the jewish people. the federation is the central agency for meeting jewish needs and articulating jewish concerns in the capital region, in…

Philanthropy
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
11
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
12
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Cortney Gives Bak Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CORTNEY GIVES BAK FOUNDATION: $469,410 · HealthTHE CORTNEY GIVES BAK FOUNDATION+4 more: $16,550 · HealthKATZMAN FAMILY RESEARCH FUND FOR PLS: $300,000 · OtherKATZMAN FAMILY RESEARCH FUND FOR PLSIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+13 more: $12,700 · OtherJARC: $31,100 · Human Services+1 more: $393 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $3,000 · PhilanthropySPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $1,200 · Recreation & SportsFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $600 · Food & NutritionTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 · Animals
Health$485,960Other$332,700Human Services$31,493Philanthropy$18,000Recreation & Sports$1,200Food & Nutrition$600Animals$300

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJARC: $31,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNFX: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYAD EZRA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $393 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Paul & Lois Katzman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Paul & Lois Katzman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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