By the Numbers: 2025 Kaufman Grantmaking
The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation has an ongoing data analysis effort for the programs New Initiative and New Investigator.
Combined totals grantmaking stages in 2025:
Please Note: IREG is excluded from the analysis as the nature of the program differs significantly from the other two programs. Learn about 2025 IREG awardees.
Tracking Conversion Rates for New Initiative and New Investigator grant programs:
We are interested in tracking how conversion rates for these two programs change over time. We track the first phase of the grantmaking cycle by the rate of LOIs that receive a full proposal invite and the second phase of the grantmaking cycle by the rate of full proposal invites that receive a grant. We also take a zoomed-out approach by tracking the rate of LOIs that receive a grant.
In 2025, 18% of LOIs received a full proposal invite, 31% of full proposal invites received a grant and 6% of LOIs received a grant. These rates reflect the trends from analyzing data from 2019 – 2024.
Grants for New Initiative and New Investigator for projects spanning five disciplines:
