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The Robert & Kelly Kaplan 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.

$164k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 34
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$3.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving35$154k17%
FY202434$131k26%
FY202329$142k31%
FY202230$112k97%
FY20211$3kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$81kEnvironment$79kEducation$78kInternational$75kCivil Rights$74kFood & Nutrition$52kHuman Services$39kCrime & Legal$27kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
CA
UT
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties$40,00040%
University of San Diego$40,00040%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$37,50040%
Save the Chimps Inc$30,00040%
Jw Foundation$27,50049%
The Evergreen State College Foundation$25,50050%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$25,00040%
Earthrights International Inc$22,50040%
Casa Cornelia Legal Services$20,50040%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$20,00030%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20,00030%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$17,50040%
Lucky Duck Foundation$17,50040%
United States Association for UNHCR$13,00020%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$11,00030%
Hindman Settlement School Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$10,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00020%
Rady Jewish Family Service Foundation$10,0001n/a
Maui Food Bank Inc$10,00030%
Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc$8,50040%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$7,50020%
Robin Hood Foundation$7,00030%
Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter$6,00030%
Best Friends Animal Society$6,00020%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$5,50020%
Human Rights Watch Inc$5,50020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00020%
Inner City Law Center$5,00020%
DAP Health Inc$5,00010%
Palm Springs Art Museum$4,00040%
Del Mar Community Connections Dmcc$4,00040%
Rancho Coastal Humane Society$3,50030%
Manna Food Bank Inc$3,00010%
Performing Animal Welfare Society$3,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,50010%
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc$2,50010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$2,00010%
Helen Woodward Animal Center$2,00020%
Adams Street Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc$2,00010%
Palm Springs Preservation Foundation$2,00021%
Animal Welfare Institute$2,00010%
Kqed Inc$1,00020%
Kcrw Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,00010%
AIDS Assistance Program$1,00010%
Feeding San Diego$1,00010%
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc$1,00010%
Oxfam-America Inc$1,00010%
Khalsa Foundation for Medical Science$1,0001n/a
Rails to Trails Conservancy$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Chimps Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJw Foundation: $27,500 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetThe Evergreen State College Foundation: $25,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Diego: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarthrights International Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Cornelia Legal Services: $20,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLucky Duck Foundation: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHindman Settlement School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMeals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInner City Law Center: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Art Museum: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDel Mar Community Connections Dmcc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRancho Coastal Humane Society: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerforming Animal Welfare Society: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Woodward Animal Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdams Street Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Preservation Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAnimal Welfare Institute: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKcrw Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS Assistance Program: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding San Diego: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 50.

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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.

Sempra FoundationCA21.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The California Wellness Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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About The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation

How much does The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation give?
The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $163,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 34 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (14%), Environment (14%), Education (14%).
Who are The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties ($40k), University of San Diego ($40k), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($38k).
Does The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Alliance Healthcare Foundation.
Where is The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation based?
The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation is based in DE.

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 56 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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