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The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family 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.

$280k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 26
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$5.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving34$195k47%
FY202326$220k38%
FY202224$205k38%
FY202124$106k42%
FY202012$76k50%
FY201923$124k74%
FY201812$69kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$430kReligion$286kArts & Culture$208kHealth$175kHuman Services$135kFood & Nutrition$42kYouth Development$33kEducation$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
CA
UT
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Moco Kidsco Inc$173,50071%
J Street Education Fund Inc$125,00050%
Temple Israel$80,8003n/a
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$77,00070%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$67,60060%
Temple Emanu-El$29,8004n/a
Montgomery County Food Council Inc$25,00022%
Herzl Camp Association Inc$22,50050%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$21,5535n/a
University of California San Francisco$15,0002n/a
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All grantees of The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Moco Kidsco Inc$173,50071%
J Street Education Fund Inc$125,00050%
Temple Israel$80,8003n/a
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$77,00070%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$67,60060%
Temple Emanu-El$29,8004n/a
Montgomery County Food Council Inc$25,00022%
Herzl Camp Association Inc$22,50050%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$21,5535n/a
University of California San Francisco$15,0002n/a
Access Institute for Psychological Services$14,00050%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$12,50030%
Identity Inc$10,00020%
March on Washington Film Festival$10,00031%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation Inc$7,50031%
The Film Collaborative Inc$6,50010%
Haven Housing$5,00010%
National Parks Conservation Association$5,00010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$5,00010%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Prrowess Inc$5,00012%
Manna Food Center Inc$4,50030%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$4,00020%
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue$4,00040%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$3,00010%
Common Sense Media$2,50010%
Share Our Strength$2,50010%
San Francisco Food Bank$2,50020%
Macphail Center for Music$2,50010%
Special Operations Fund$2,50010%
Collateral Repair Project$2,50020%
Mission Animal Hospital$2,50010%
Whole Woman's Health Alliance$2,50010%
Operation Understanding of the District of Columbia$2,50011%
Breast Care for Washington$2,50020%
Can Do Canines$2,50010%
United States Association for UNHCR$2,50010%
The Moving Company$2,50012%
Pet Haven Inc of Minnesota$2,00010%
Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation Inc$2,00011%
Get Live 45 Foundation Inc$1,7001n/a
Flag Foundation$1,5001n/a
Minnesota Hillel$1,50020%
At the Well Project Inc$1,50010%
Grace Reproductive Fund$1,00010%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc$1,00010%
Alliance for Sustainability$1,0001n/a
Boulder Crest Foundation$1,00010%
The Forward Association Inc$1,00010%
Hips$1,00010%
Key West Literary Seminar Inc$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
Utah Film Center$1,00010%
The Traron Center$1,00010%
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland Inc$1,00012%
Impactlives Inc$1,0001n/a
Key West Art and Historical Society Inc$1,00010%
Together We Bake$1,00010%
Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc$1,00010%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$1,00010%
Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$1,00010%
Muttville$1,00010%
Artspace Projects Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($189k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMoco Kidsco Inc: $173,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetJ Street Education Fund Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc: $77,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $67,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Food Council Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetHerzl Camp Association Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAccess Institute for Psychological Services: $14,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Community Center of San Francisco: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIdentity Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarch on Washington Film Festival: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Film Collaborative Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaven Housing: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrrowess Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetManna Food Center Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLucky Dog Animal Rescue: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMacphail Center for Music: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Operations Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollateral Repair Project: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMission Animal Hospital: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhole Woman's Health Alliance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Understanding of the District of Columbia: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBreast Care for Washington: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCan Do Canines: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Moving Company: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPet Haven Inc of Minnesota: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSinai Assisted Housing Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMinnesota Hillel: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAt the Well Project Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrace Reproductive Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetavivor Research and Support Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoulder Crest Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Forward Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHips: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKey West Literary Seminar Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Film Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Traron Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 56.

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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.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Phileona Foundation · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Petsmart Charities Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · WK Kellogg Foundation

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 Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation

How much does The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation give?
The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $279,720 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Religion (20%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Moco Kidsco Inc ($174k), J Street Education Fund Inc ($125k), Temple Israel ($81k).
Does The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family 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 Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Where is The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation based?
The Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation is based in MN.

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 88 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.

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