Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Steven H Korman 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.
- $319k
- Granted FY2023
- 11
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of The Steven H Korman Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fd, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Steven H Korman Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $319k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $9.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations The Steven H Korman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $319k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $492k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $586k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $519k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $557k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $453k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson University | $1,521,662 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance | $784,272 | 8 | 3% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $502,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $189,495 | 5 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $176,678 | 6 | 0% |
| Raymond and Miriam Klein Jcc (D/B/A Kleinlife) | $164,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $157,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Team Impact Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Police Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson University | $1,521,662 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance | $784,272 | 8 | 3% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $502,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $189,495 | 5 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $176,678 | 6 | 0% |
| Raymond and Miriam Klein Jcc (D/B/A Kleinlife) | $164,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $157,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Team Impact Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Police Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Partnership School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Public School of Germantown | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cultureworks Greater Philadelphia | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Steven H Korman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Steven H Korman Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Steven H Korman Family Foundation
- How much does The Steven H Korman Family Foundation give?
- The Steven H Korman Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $319,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Steven H Korman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Philanthropy (23%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are The Steven H Korman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Thomas Jefferson University ($1.5M), Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance ($784k), Pennsylvania State University ($502k).
- Does The Steven H Korman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Steven H Korman 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 Steven H Korman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is The Steven H Korman Family Foundation based?
- The Steven H Korman Family Foundation is based in PA.
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