Graham-Kerman Family Charitable
East Hampton, NY · EIN 13-4021970. Reported 45 grants totalling $1,405,500 to 36 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Graham-Kerman Family Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $450 and the largest $132,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Influencers | Lewes, DE | $257,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Center of the Hamptons | East Hampton, NY | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Franklin Education Forum | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Campus Election Engagement Project | Lewes, DE | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Onward Together Foundation | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Nw Washinton, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Don Sharkey Fund | Amagansett, NY | $69,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lake Highland Prep | Orlando, FL | $51,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Key Biscayne Community Fdn Inc | Key Biscayne, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Media Matters for America | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peak Unleashed | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United to Project Democracy | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Sports Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ellen Hermanson Foundation | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New-York Historical Society | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Gilder Lehrman Institute | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Ross School | East Hampton, NY | $28,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eleanor Whitmore Ctr | East Hampton, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| I-Tri Girls | East Hampton, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jans Haven International | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Most | East Hampton, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fighting Chance | Festus, MO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Counteract Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Four Suns Csp Rescue & Rehab | Cameron, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mi Vecinos | Palm Springs, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | New York, NY | $9,950 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Integrity First for America | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer | Manhasset, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voices for Utah Children | Salt Lake City, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope for Depression Research | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Hampton Food Pantry | East Hampton, NY | $850 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bark Nation | Ferndale, MI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waggin Tails Dog Rescue | Northville, MI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
7 of 36 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 22%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Civic Influencers
DEDICATED TO INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARDAND THEIR VOTES COUNT. - Franklin Education Forum
ONE-STOP SHOP FOR PROGRESSIVE TALKER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT. - Protect Democracy Project
WORKS TO INFORM AMERICANS OF SPECIFIC THREATS TO THEIR RIGHT TO FREE, FAIR, AND FULLY-INFORMED SELF-GOVERNMENT - Onward Together Foundation
COMMITTED TO LIFTING UP EMERGING ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR SHARED PROGRESSIVE VALUES AND DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY. - Jewish Center of the Hamptons
WE ARE A SPIRITUAL HOME WITH THE AVAILABILITY, CARE, AND CONCERN OF YEAR ROUND CLERGY, A SOCIAL GATHERING PLACE WHERE OLD AND NEW FRIENDS MEET TO SHARE LIFE CYCLE EVENTS, A HAVEN FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO BE NURTURED, TAUGHT, AND GIVEN TOOLS TO HELP THEM GROW ETHICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY IN A DIFFICULT WORLD. WE ARE A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY - Hopewell Fund
HELPING SOCIAL/CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURS AND OTHER CHANGEMAKERS LAUNCH NEW, INNOVATIVE SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECTS, PRIMARILY THROUGH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $716,750 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $474,750 | $26,000 |
| 2023 | 9 | $214,000 | $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. 40% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Graham-Kerman Family Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 47 Buell Lane Extension, East Hampton, NY, 11937. 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.
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