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The Steven H Korman Family Foundation at a glance

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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
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

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

4
’18
8
’19
6
’20
7
’21
6
’22
7
’23
4
’24
5
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$2.4MPhilanthropy$1.2MFood & Nutrition$784kScience & Tech$247kAnimals$237kHuman Services$185kHealth$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$200,000
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
MANNA$20,000
TEAM IMPACT$15,000
THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE$10,500
KLEIN LIFE$10,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$10,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$10,000
MANNA$8,500
BEAT THE STREETS$5,000
PHILADELPHIA ZOO$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 29% of The Steven H Korman Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Steven H Korman Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 10 repeat orgs$277k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$3.4M
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+9%

Still filing today

80%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsFood & NutritionEnvironmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +127%
  • MA
    METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $784k · revenue +15%
  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $189k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $157k · revenue +9%
  • A
    ADL
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • PP
    PHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -52%
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 Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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4
Wilson College

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

Education
5
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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6
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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8
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
11
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
12
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultureworks Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,521,662 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $189,495 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $157,100 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY+3 more: $20,000 · EducationBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $1,200,000 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE …+1 more: $40,000 · PhilanthropyMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $784,272 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN AREA…PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $502,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA …ADL: $25,000 · OtherPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+6 more: $50,900 · Other+6 moreAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $247,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $176,678 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $60,000 · AnimalsRAYMOND AND MIRIAM KLEIN JCC (D/B/A KLEINLIFE): $164,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$1,888,257Philanthropy$1,240,000Food & Nutrition$784,272Other$602,900International$257,000Animals$236,678Recreation & Sports$164,500

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 budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,521,662 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $1,200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $784,272 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $247,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $189,495 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $176,678 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRAYMOND AND MIRIAM KLEIN JCC (D/B/A KLEINLIFE): $164,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $157,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULTUREWORKS GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

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.

Jewish Federation of …The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Steven H Korman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Steven H Korman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Steven H Korman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Steven H Korman Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 23 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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