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The Raymond Klein Charitable Foundation

Philadelphia, PA · EIN 23-2535513. Reported 70 grants totalling $1,501,150 to 32 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,501,150granted, 2020-2023
32organizations funded
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,852,468assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Raymond Klein Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $203,250. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
31 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Friends of Libi IncBrighton, MA$453,250332023
Jewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$215,000332022
One Family FundTeaneck, NJ$125,000442023
The Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PA$110,000332022
The Chevra IncPhiladelphia, PA$100,000332023
Boca Raton Regional Hospital FoundationBoca Raton, FL$75,000332022
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$45,000332022
Project HomePhiladelphia, PA$35,000222023
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance Aka MannaPhiladelphia, PA$30,000332023
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish HistoryPhiladelphia, PA$30,000332023
Congregation Adath JeshurunElkins Park, PA$25,000332023
Philly Friendship CirclePhiladelphia, PA$20,400332023
American Jewish CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$20,000112020
Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Dba Emily's EntourageArdmore, PA$20,000222023
Legacy Youth Tennis and EducationPhiladelphia, PA$20,000332023
MeorSilver Spring, MD$20,000222022
Philadelphia Police FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$20,000222022
American Jewish CommitteeNew York, NY$15,000222022
JeffersonPhiladelphia, PA$15,000222023
Jewish Education Center of South FloridaBoca Raton, FL$15,000332023
ClarionprojectorgBeachwood, OH$10,000112021
Jack M Barrack Hebrew AcademyBryn Mawr, PA$10,000112023
Jewish Relief AgencyBala Cynwyd, PA$10,000222023
Meor FoundationSilver Spring, MD$10,000112023
Rutgers University FoundationNew Brunswick, NJ$10,000112021
Wills Eye FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112022
Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NY$9,000112022
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater PhiladelphiaBala Cynwyd, PA$7,500222022
Mission KidsEast Norriton, PA$7,500332023
Minding Your MindArdmore, PA$6,000222022
Global Philadelphia Association IncPhiladelphia, PA$1,500112023
Samuel D Cozen Memorial FundPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112021

23 of 32 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
9 grants
Education
8 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants
Religion
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20209$433,250$25,000
202121$329,000$10,000
202223$364,500$10,000
202317$374,400$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$759K
Massachusetts
$453K
New Jersey
$135K
Florida
$90K
Maryland
$30K
New York
$24K
Ohio
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program17 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust17 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc13 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Raymond Klein Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1600 Market Street Ste 3150 3910, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 23-2535513 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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