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The Saul and Bernardine Kaplan Foundation at a glance

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The Saul and Bernardine 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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$198kEducation$63kPhilanthropy$41kAnimals$37kArts & Culture$30kFood & Nutrition$28kInternational$27kHealth$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$316k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOSEPH'S CENTER$25,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$5,000
EVERHART MUSEUM$5,000
THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION$5,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$5,000
ACHIEVE NOW$5,000
CHILDREN FIRST$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY CHILDREN'S SERVICE$2,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$2,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEPA$2,500
THE BARNES FOUNDATION$2,500
BLUE CHIP FARM ANIMAL REFUGE$2,500
COMPASSIONATE CANINES$2,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–25, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CATHERINE MCCAULEY CENTER: $3k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $25k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $25k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $25k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $25k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $20k → 13%CHILDREN FIRST: $5k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $5k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $5k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $5k → 22%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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$347k · 17 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
17

Total granted

$347k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
0%

Still filing today

59%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • SJ
    ST JOSEPHS CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $120k · revenue +12%
  • WI
    WRC INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +23%
  • CF
    Children First PA
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • SH
    SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +56%
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • BD
    BETH DAVID REFORM CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Health Careers Futures

Primary exempt purpose - to ensure the future of southwestern pennsylvania's health care industry and to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to attract, support, and retain healthcare workers

Health
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative

Pittsburgh regional healthcare initiative's goal is to provide clinicians and institutions with the training and tools to dramatically improve patient safety, healthcare quality and the cost reimbursement system through reductions in…

Health
5
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
6
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
7
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
8
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
9
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philadelphia Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. 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

22 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. 22 of the 37 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WRC INC: $25,000 · OtherWRC INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $20,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSBLUE CHIP FARM ANIMAL REFUGE: $17,500 · OtherBLUE CHIP FARM ANIMAL REFUGEBAIS YAAKOV HIGH SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherBAIS YAAKOV HIGH SCHOOLRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEJEWISH FAMILY CHILDRENS SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY CHILDRENS SERVICESJEWISH FAMILY CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $7,500 · OtherRERUN INC: $10,000 · OtherRERUN INC+15 more: $54,600 · Other+15 moreST JOSEPHS CENTER: $120,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPHS CENTERChildren First PA: $20,000 · Human ServicesChildren First PA+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesAchieve Now: $20,000 · EducationAchieve N…SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationSCRANTON …THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $33,500 · PhilanthropyEVERHART MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND ART: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $24,900 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,800 · InternationalCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthMARLEY'S MISSION INC: $5,000 · HealthJEWISH HOME OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ELAN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB: $2,500 · HealthANTHONY J RINALDI JR FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Health
Other$169,600Human Services$142,500Education$40,000Philanthropy$33,500Arts & Culture$30,000International$26,700Health$17,500

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 budgetST JOSEPHS CENTER: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $33,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWRC INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $24,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First PA: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEVERHART MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND ART: $20,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAchieve Now: $20,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRERUN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARLEY'S MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDRALOKA ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH HOME OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ELAN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTHONY J RINALDI JR FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABINGTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFORK OVER LOVE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFair Hill Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

  • Who funds ST JOSEPHS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WRC INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children First PA ↗
  • Who funds EVERHART MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND ART ↗
  • Who funds Achieve Now ↗
  • Who funds SCRANTON HEBREW DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RERUN INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARLEY'S MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds INDRALOKA ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH HOME OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ELAN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB ↗
  • Who funds ANTHONY J RINALDI JR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ABINGTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FORK OVER LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds Fair Hill Therapeutic Riding Center Inc ↗

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.

Moses Taylor Foundati…Scranton Area Foundat…The Hawk Family Found…Robert H Spitz Founda…The Honesdale Nationa…Allone CharitiesThe Harry and Jeanett…Walter L Schautz Foun…Robert y Moffat Chari…Rosenberg Charitable …Maslow Family Foundat…The Tambur Family Fou…
Moses Taylor Foundation IncPA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Scranton Area Foundation Inc · The Hawk Family Foundation · Robert H Spitz Foundation · The Honesdale National Bank Foundation · Allone Charities · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Walter L Schautz Foundation · Robert y Moffat Charitable Trust · Rosenberg Charitable Foundation · Maslow Family Foundation Inc · The Tambur Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Saul and Bernardine Kaplan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Saul and Bernardine Kaplan 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
    8report 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 37 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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