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Kaphan Foundation: 86 grants to organizations, $22.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Kaphan Foundation, a private foundation in Seattle, WA, paid 86 grants to organizations totaling $22,932,455 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $1,570,977 to Unite America Institute Inc in Denver, CO for general support.
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- EIN
- 651211107
- Based in
- Seattle, WA
- Assets
- $478,679,931
- Grants paid
- $22,932,455
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202523219349100037. It reported $22,932,455 in grants paid; 86 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unite America Institute Inc | Denver, CO | General support | Public and societal benefit | $1,570,977 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $698,763 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $698,763 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fairvote | Takoma Park, MD | General support | $698,763 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | General support | $698,763 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | General support | $628,700 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo -Four Freedoms Fund | New York, NY | General support | $606,236 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sightline Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | Environment | $572,649 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Press Institute | Washington, DC | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $530,860 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Miami Foundation Fund for Nonprofit News (newsmatch) | Miami, FL | General support | $526,680 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo - State Infrastructure Fund | New York, NY | General support | $525,941 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Code for America | San Francisco, CA | General support | $512,976 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Abortion Federation | Washington, DC | General support | $508,755 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Immigrants Rights Project | Seattle, WA | General support | $508,456 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | General support | $501,191 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Natural Resource Defense Council | Washington, DC | General support | $496,847 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Downtown Emergency Service Center - Desc | Seattle, WA | General support | $496,468 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Voting Works | San Francisco, CA | General support | $451,803 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pro Publica Inc | New York, NY | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $419,781 | apps.irs.gov |
| Plymouth Housing | Seattle, WA | General support | $404,555 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Jewish World Service | New York, NY | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $401,533 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | General support | $395,156 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Naacp Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | General support | $395,156 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Democracy Now | New York, NY | General support | $367,103 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | General support | $353,964 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General support | $353,964 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $353,964 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $353,964 | apps.irs.gov |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | General support | Human services | $337,341 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle, WA | General support | Health care | $323,214 | apps.irs.gov |
| Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | General support | Crime and legal-related | $317,957 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fairvote Wa Foundation | Bothell, WA | General support | $301,827 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Opensecrets (center for Resp Politics) | Washington, DC | General support | $299,459 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Town Hall | Seattle, WA | General support | $274,831 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Election Administration Resource Center Dba Ranked Choice Voting | Kinston, NC | General support | $264,835 | apps.irs.gov | |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | General support | $264,372 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo - More Equitable Democracy | New York, NY | General support | $264,372 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tides Foundation Healthy Democracy Fund | San Francisco, CA | General support | $264,372 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $264,372 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maplight | Berkley, CA | General support | Public and societal benefit | $254,378 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Solutions | Seattle, WA | General support | $251,226 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $248,858 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General support | $248,234 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hias (hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) | Silver Springs, MD | General support | $202,405 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Voice for Peace | Berkley, CA | General support | $202,405 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Codeorg | Seattle, WA | General support | $202,133 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Partnerships | Seattle, WA | General support | Mental health and crisis intervention | $201,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Committee To Protect Journalists | New York, NY | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $160,392 | apps.irs.gov |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $157,293 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $154,804 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arts Fund | Seattle, WA | General support | $149,827 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Inc | Oakland, CA | General support | $132,361 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | Washington, DC | General support | $132,003 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Food Lifeline | Seattle, WA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $123,578 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fuse Washington (for Fuse Innovation Fund) | Seattle, WA | General support | $108,300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Capital & Main | Los Angeles, CA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $107,003 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neo -Democracy Rising | New York, NY | General support | $105,360 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rainier Scholars | Seattle, WA | General support | Education | $101,953 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seattle Library Foundation | Seattle, WA | General support | $101,953 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Year Up | San Francisco, CA | General support | $101,953 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Washington Progress Fund | Seattle, WA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $101,126 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle, WA | General support | Health care | $100,535 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rank the Vote | Leominster, MA | General support | Education | $79,898 | apps.irs.gov |
| Casa Latina | Seattle, WA | General support | Education | $76,795 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chances for Children | Scottsdale, AZ | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $75,907 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youthcare | Seattle, WA | General support | Human services | $75,469 | apps.irs.gov |
| College Possible | St Paul, MN | General support | Education | $75,357 | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Community Alliance | Bellingham, WA | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| League of Women Voters of California Education Fund | Sacramento, CA | General support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $53,825 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cascade Public Media - Crosscut | Seattle, WA | General support | $53,502 | apps.irs.gov | |
| KBCS - Bellevue College Foundation | Bellevue, WA | General support | $53,502 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Santa Cruz Radio - Natural Bridges | Santa Cruz, CA | General support | $53,502 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners in Democracy | Cambridge, MA | General support | $53,272 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tilth Alliance | Seattle, WA | General support | Environment | $53,213 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asociacion Es Hoy | Miraflores, PE | To support the advancement of education in remote communities of peru | $52,300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oregon Center for Voting and Elections | Corvallis, OR | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | South Lake Tahoe, CA | General support | $35,878 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Federation of Community Broadcasters | Belgrade, MT | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Couldyou | Oceanside, CA | General support | $24,377 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,466 | apps.irs.gov |
| Help Peru Inc | New York City, NY | General support | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sinkumunchis Soccer Peru Foundation Inc | Weston, FL | General support | Recreation and sports | $19,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazon Forever | Iquitos, PE | To support educational outreach in remote communities of the peruvian amazon | $15,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Urbanist Fund | Seattle, WA | General support | Public and societal benefit | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ojmche | Portland, OR | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Child's Notebook | Seattle, WA | General support | $6,279 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,951,115 |
| Public and societal benefit | $1,840,355 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,340,172 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,239,937 |
| Environment | $625,862 |
| Human services | $432,810 |
| Health care | $423,749 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $370,450 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $7,431,288 |
| Washington | $4,732,641 |
| District of Columbia | $3,437,913 |
| California | $2,951,835 |
| Colorado | $1,570,977 |
| Maryland | $901,168 |
| Florida | $545,680 |
| Texas | $501,191 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.