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Private foundation (trust)EIN 366099675Est. 1959-02

Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation

Chicago, IL 60601

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$25.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

103

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$15K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$150K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.6M

Total Expenses

$2.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.1M

Distributable Amount

$1.3M

Min. Investment Return

$1.3M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

103 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $5K to maximum $150K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.1M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

Columbia Riverkeeper
$290K
6 grants
Chicago CRED
$217K
6 grants
National Louis University
$176K
5 grants
Embarc
$175K
9 grants
One Million Degrees
$166K
6 grants
US Ski and Snowboard Foundation
$165K
6 grants
Taos Art Museum
$150K
1 grant
North Lawndale College Preparatory School
$146K
7 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
310
grants
$10–50K
182
grants
$50–250K
8
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

23 states

Illinois
$3.4M
44% of total
California
$1.4M
18% of total
New York
$720K
9% of total
Colorado
$373K
5% of total
Oregon
$323K
4% of total
Massachusetts
$269K
4% of total
Utah
$255K
3% of total
Louisiana
$185K
2% of total
New Mexico
$150K
2% of total
Vermont
$142K
2% of total

+13 more states

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