New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION
THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,267 to it, the largest being THE JANE AND RABBI ABRAHAM KRANTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($850). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $373k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $291k
What The Anita Kaufmann Foundation does
Mission
To educate the public about epilepsy; increase knowledge, change attitudes positively, provide public with ability to deliver seizure first aid, accept and support people who have epilepsy
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Purple day (pd) purple is the internationally recognized color of epilepsy. Purple day (pd) is the largest grassroots initiative in the world where people show their support of epilepsy awareness by wearing purple and hosting awareness and fundraising events in their communities. As the global sponsor of pd, akf maintains the pd web site to showcases all activities and offer people with epilepsy and their families a way to participate. Thousands of people around the globe in over 130 countries observe pd program initiatives including ''the great purple cupcake project,'' where bakeries and advocates bake and sell purple cupcakes to raise funds and epilepsy awareness. Akf supports advocates with collateral educational materials for this program and for events pd ambassadors and akf advocates host each year.we have expanded the purple day campaign which was celebrated on march 26th, to purple day every day, so people with epilepsy can hold a purple day event any time they want. In order to support the purple day every day campaign, we have built a website purpledayeveryday.org. This campaign has been very well received all over the world.
$250,228 spentof which $1,577 as grants64% of program spendingSeizure recognition and first aid training program one out of ten people will have a seizure in their lifetime. Most people do not know how to help. Our mission is to teach people to not fear people with epilepsy. Thus our goal is to educate the public to recognize a seizure and to be able to provide appropriate first aid when they encounter such a situation. In furtherance of this goal akf provides free seizure recognition material and first aid material and training to restaurant and hotel staff, to mall personnel and retailers, to schools and personnel in sports arenas. We utilize skype to train individuals in the us and around the world to understand epilepsy and to train others (train the trainer). We developed "would you know what to do if I had a seizure," initiative. This features persons with epilepsy showcased on posters and bookmarks that include seizure first aid instructions. They are distributed free of charge throughout the world.we also provide free education to 5th graders in schools across the us. This education heightens sensitivity to peers with epilepsy while diminishing stigma, with the hope of eliminating bullying. We train educators and volunteers to…
$87,505 spent22% of program spendingThe heads up for vets program (huv) huv is a collaborative effort between The Anita Kaufmann Foundation (akf) and the department of veterans affairs epilepsy centers of excellence (ecoe).huv supports us veterans from all previous and current wars that have experienced exposure to ied (improvised explosive devices) blasts and other explosions, leaving a percentage with traumatic brain injury (tbi) and a risk of developing post-traumatic epilepsy and seizures. Some seizures are confused with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) and other illnesses. These seizures, especially those that do not present as commonly recognized convulsions, may go unrecognized as seizures. This often leads to an incorrect diagnosis and a lack of proper treatment. In order to improve support for these veterans, the va established 16 epilepsy centers of excellence. Our program is designed to help ensure that current and accurate epilepsy information is disseminated to veterans discharged from service. Huv provides the following support to veterans and their families: "free information about epilepsy"free assistance within the va to resolve benefit disputes regarding epilepsy and seizures"free…
$53,783 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $391,516.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $928k to $703k (−24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
104% of THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $409 → $81.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
29% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 86% · 2021 69% · 2022 68% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $367 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION?
- THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,267 to it, the largest being THE JANE AND RABBI ABRAHAM KRANTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($850). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,267 in grants to THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION?
- THE JANE AND RABBI ABRAHAM KRANTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing