The Gilbert & Kaufmann Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203275823
IRS 990-PF coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3032230976
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,529
Expenses
$15,860

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 4 grants totaling $9,360. The stated grant purposes included to create a jewish community where individuals feel comfortable exploring and deepening their jewish identity, create joyful jewish experiences and ensure students feel safe, supported, and proud to be jewish on campus., and serve as a localized community, educational, and spiritual center for jewish people, plus 1 other reported purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and a relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 52
  • Cost Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 93

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 51.9%; rating input score 52; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 59%; rating input score 59; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 37.52; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 51.9% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 93th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 59/100.