FundersKentucky

Julia & Isadore Klein Family

Louisville, KY · EIN 61-0648689. Reported 174 grants totalling $1,098,304 to 94 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$1,098,304granted, 2021-2023
94organizations funded
63%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,117,110assets, 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. Julia & Isadore Klein Family 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $350 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $101,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
55 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
54 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
29 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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
Centre CollegeDanville, KY$191,249332023
The TempleLouisville, KY$120,130332023
Metro United WayLouisville, KY$114,000332023
Jewish Community of Louisvillejewish Federation of LouisvilleLouisville, KY$95,000332023
Grayson-Jockey Club Research FoundationLexington, KY$60,600332023
Jewish Community of Louisvillelouisville Jewish Community CenterLouisville, KY$60,000332023
Jewish Family & Career ServicesLouisville, KY$40,100222022
Kentucky Humane SocietyLouisville, KY$36,500332023
Backside Learning Center IncLouisville, KY$35,000332023
Fund for the ArtsLouisville, KY$25,000332023
Louisville BalletLouisville, KY$20,000222023
Make-a-Wish Foundation Oh Ky & inLexington, KY$20,000222023
The Salvation Army of Louisville Area CommandLouisville, KY$20,000222022
Green Hill TherapyLouisville, KY$15,000332023
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation IncLouisville, KY$15,000332023
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$15,000332023
Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KY$15,000332023
The Center for Women & FamiliesLouisville, KY$12,500332023
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundation IncLexington, KY$12,500332023
American Red Cross Louisville & Blugrass ChapterLouisville, KY$10,100112022
West End SchoolLouisville, KY$10,100222022
Anti-Defamation League Cleveland Regional OfficeBeachwood, OH$10,000222023
Dare to Care Food BankLouisville, KY$10,000222022
Ky State Treasurer-Team Ky Tornado ReliefFrankfort, KY$10,000112022
Pasado's Safe HavenSultan, WA$8,500222022
Temple Emanu ElBirmingham, AL$7,500332023
University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research CtrLexington, KY$7,500332023
Maker's Mark Secretariat Center Aka the Secretariat CenterLexington, KY$6,000222022
Camp Nebagamon FoundationWashington, DC$5,500222023
Americares US Disaster Relief FundStamford, CT$5,000112021
Coral Gables Community FoundationCoral Gables, FL$5,000112021
Home of the InnocentsLouisville, KY$5,000112021
The Arrow FundProspect, KY$5,000112021
Yelm Cooperative Aka Bounty for FamiliesYelm, WA$4,750332023
Seven County Services-Addiction Recovery CenterLouisville, KY$4,500332023
The Als Association Kentucky ChapterLouisville, KY$4,500332023
Rainier Education FoundationRainier, WA$4,000222022
Yelm Jazz in the ParkYelm, WA$3,850332023
Auburn University FoundationAuburn, AL$3,250332023
Kentucky Country Day SchoolLouisville, KY$3,000332023
Kentucky Equine Adoption CenterLexington, KY$3,000332023
The Secretariate CenterLexington, KY$3,000112023
Alley Cat Advocates IncLouisville, KY$2,750332023
Nisqually Land TrustLacey, WA$2,500332023
The Ukranian Association of Fwashington StateRenton, WA$2,500112022
Camp Nebagamon Scholarship FundEast Troy, WI$2,250332023
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY$2,000222023
Summit Academy of Greater LouisvilleLouisville, KY$2,000112022
True North FoundationSanta Rosa, CA$2,000112021
Natural Resources Defence CouncilNew York, NY$1,500112023
South of the Sound Community Farm Land TrustOlympia, WA$1,500222023
Natural Resources Defense CouncilNew York, NY$1,250112021
American Lung Association of KentuckyLouisville, KY$1,000112021
American Printing House for the BlindLouisville, KY$1,000112021
Central Kentucky Riding for HopeLexington, KY$1,000112021
Freedom of the Press FoundationSan Francisco, CA$1,000112021
Friends of Jcc KrakowSuffern, NY$1,000112022
Nisqually Delta AssociationOlympia, WA$1,000112022
South Puget Sound Habitat for HumanityOlympia, WA$750222023
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI$750332023
Chi Omega FoundationMemphis, TN$625332023
CelpSeattle, WA$500222023
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$500112023
Holy Apostles Soup KitchenNew York, NY$500112023
Jolt News OrganizationOlympia, WA$500112023
Justice Policy InstituteWashington, DC$500112021
Louisville Zoo FoundationLouisville, KY$500112021
Friends of Boundary Waters WildernessSt Paul, MN$400222023
Waggener High SchoolLouisville, KY$350112022
Greater Birmingham Humane SocietyBirmingham, AL$300332023
Greensburg United Methodist ChurchGreensburg, KY$300112021
Kappa Alpha ThetaIndianapolis, IN$300332023
Bald Hills Firefighters AssocYelm, WA$250112021
Bethlehem Baptist ChurchGreensburg, KY$250112021
Camperships for NebagamonEast Troy, WI$250112021
Center for Science in the Public InterestWashington, DC$250112021
Friendly Water of the WorldOlympia, WA$250112021
No One Left Behind IncMerrifield, VA$250112021
Patrons for PeaceLaurel, MD$250112023
The International Council of Air Shows FoundationHerndon, VA$250112022
Distinguished Young Women of Green Countygreen Co JR Miss CommitteeGreensburg, KY$200222023
Sigma Alpha EpsilonEvanston, IL$200222023
TigharOxford, PA$150112021
American Saddlebred Legacy FoundationEminence, KY$100112021
Brentwood Baptist ChurchBrentwood, TN$100112023
Congregation Adath JeshuranLouisville, KY$100112023
Dreams With WingsLouisville, KY$100112023
Green County Distinguished Young WomanGreensburg, KY$100112021
Hosparus Health LouisvilleLouisville, KY$100112022
Sacred Heart AcademyLouisville, KY$100112021
Suicide and Crisis Center of North TexasDallas, TX$100112023
Temple SinaiMiddletown, NY$100112022
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville, KY$100112021
The UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA$100112023

49 of 94 (52%) 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 63%, across 2 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 90 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
20 grants
Education
16 grants
Arts & Culture
16 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Environment
5 grants
Religion
5 grants
Health Care
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202166$403,385$1,375
202255$371,210$2,500
202353$323,709$1,000

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. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Kentucky
$999K
Washington
$31K
District of Columbia
$21K
Alabama
$11K
Ohio
$10K
New York
$7K
Connecticut
$5K
Florida
$5K

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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 Fund40 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc37 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc36 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust23 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation23 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation of21 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. 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 Kentucky.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Julia & Isadore Klein Family'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: 6714 Elmcroft Circle, Louisville, KY, 40241. 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 61-0648689 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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