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The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,650
Organizations funded a year
18 to 28
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$14k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving21$23k14%
FY202423$34k48%
FY202321$17k24%
FY202220$31k35%
FY202123$45k30%
FY201928$44k36%
FY201819$33k42%
FY201718$34kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$117kEducation$57kArts & Culture$25kPhilanthropy$23kHealth$20kScience & Tech$8kHuman Services$6kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CA
UT
MO
VA
KS
TN
DC
HI

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Shir Hadash$114,8838n/a
San Francisco Symphony$18,05080%
The Common School Inc$14,50040%
American Heart Association Inc$8,42070%
California Association for Research in Astronomy$4,00040%
Hrj Charities Inc$4,00020%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$3,83570%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$3,00020%
Computer History Museum$3,00030%
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival$2,43060%
Montalvo Association$1,60030%
The Tech Interactive$1,25020%
American Liver Foundation$1,20020%
Achievekids$1,06550%
Washington University$1,05040%
Levy Family Campus$1,00020%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$1,00010%
J Leaders$1,00011%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$90020%
National Park Foundation$75020%
Kqed Inc$72060%
Cancer Carepoint Inc$71020%
Theatreworks Silicon Valley$65520%
Seti Institute$60020%
California Association of Food Banks$50010%
North Amherst Community Farm Inc$5001n/a
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Pacific Clinics$50010%
Purdue Research Foundation$50010%
Common Sense Media$25010%
Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation$25010%
Consumer Reports Inc$22520%
International Myeloma Foundation$20010%
Assistance League of San Jose$20020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$20010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$18010%
Child Mind Institute Inc$15010%
Tough2gether Foundation$15010%
Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga$10020%
All Stars Helping Kids Inc$10010%
Future Talent of Silicon Valley$1001n/a
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $18,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Common School Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $8,420 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Association for Research in Astronomy: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHrj Charities Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $3,835 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetComputer History Museum: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Jewish Film Festival: $2,430 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMontalvo Association: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tech Interactive: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAchievekids: $1,065 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $1,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLevy Family Campus: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ Leaders: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $720 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Carepoint Inc: $710 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTheatreworks Silicon Valley: $655 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeti Institute: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Association of Food Banks: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalo Alto Art Center Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Clinics: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlpha Epsilon Pi Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Myeloma Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of San Jose: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTough2gether Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Stars Helping Kids Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNext Door Solutions to Domestic Violence: $25 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 41.

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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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA27.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Marin Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Matt & Gretchen Dinapoli Family Foundation · Farrington Historical Foundation · Michael and Ina Korek Foundation 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 Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation

How much does The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation give?
The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $23,177 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Shir Hadash ($115k), San Francisco Symphony ($18k), The Common School Inc ($15k).
Does The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation based?
The Sylvia & Jim Katzman Foundation is based in CA.

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 70 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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