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A&J Kay Family Foundation at a glance

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A&J Kay Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$914k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$146k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.2MRecreation & Sports$593kFood & Nutrition$465kInternational$275kEducation$230kAnimals$180kCrime & Legal$165kCivil Rights$77kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $741k
$50,200
Median grant
7
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Civil Liberties Union$146,000
HIAS INC$105,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$100,000
Sickle Cell Disease Foundation$96,000
HEROES' MOVEMENT$72,000
God's Love We Deliver Inc$62,130
HOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION$60,000
OxFarm America$50,200
Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society$50,000
Pride Orthopedics Inc$40,000
Canine Companions for Independence$40,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$30,000
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy$20,000
Angel City Sports$20,000
Fonkoze USA$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $305k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNLOCAL INC: $60k → 17%UNLOCAL INC: $55k → 17%UNLOCAL INC: $50k → 17%Apopo US: $25k → 14%Children of the Night Inc: $20k → 14%Guide Dogs of America: $40k → 14%Guide Dogs of America: $30k → 14%Guide Dogs of America: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
KY
MD
NC
DC
HI
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 24 repeat orgs$515k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
16

Total granted

$4.9M
$443k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+27%

Still filing today

75%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalHealthCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HM
    HEROES MOVEMENT
    8× · 2018–2025 · $650k · revenue +47% · 47% of their budget
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    9× · 2017–2025 · $430k · revenue +78%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $380k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +30%
  • BC
    Bowdoin Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +27%
  • BEREA COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +35%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
5
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
8
Health Global Access Project Incorporated

Health gap is an international advocacy organization working to accelerate the end of the aids pandemic by eliminating the barriers to affordable lifesaving treatment for people living with hiv around the world.

Health
9
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
10
Public Counsel

Public counsel is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to advancing civil rights and racial and economic justice, as well as to amplifying the power of our clients through comprehensive legal advocacy. (see sch o for…

Crime & Legal
11
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Socal Trykers Chapter of National Ambucs Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LOS ANGELES THORACIC & CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 · OtherTHE LOS ANGELES THORACIC & CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATIONLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $380,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKAmerican Civil Liberties Union: $213,000 · OtherAmerican Civil Liberties UnionHOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION: $175,000 · OtherHOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITIONUCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS: $129,000 · Other+20 more: $529,700 · Other+20 moreHEROES MOVEMENT: $650,000 · Recreation & SportsHEROES MOVEME…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $430,000 · HealthChildren's Ho…Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California: $186,000 · HealthSickle Cell D…+1 more: $20,000 · HealthRUTH JACKSON ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY: $250,000 · EducationRUTH JACKSO…The Blind Childrens Center Inc: $100,000 · EducationThe Blind C…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …Bowdoin College: $75,000 · EducationBowdoin Col…BEREA COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationBEREA COLLE…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationHIAS INC: $330,000 · InternationalHIAS INCOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $50,200 · InternationalOXFAM-AME…FONKOZE USA INC: $45,000 · InternationalFONKOZE U…MADRE INC: $25,000 · InternationalMADRE INCUNLOCAL INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $95,000 · Human ServicesAPOPO US INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesChildren of the Night: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $112,130 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,626,700Recreation & Sports$650,000Health$636,000Education$570,000International$450,200Human Services$420,000Food & Nutrition$112,130

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE LOS ANGELES THORACIC & CARDIOVASCULAR FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetHEROES MOVEMENT: $650,000 over 8y, 47% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $430,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $380,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $330,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRUTH JACKSON ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY: $250,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetSickle Cell Disease Foundation of California: $186,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetHOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION: $175,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUNLOCAL INC: $165,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $112,130 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $95,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBowdoin College: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRIDE ORTHOPAEDICS INC: $65,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $50,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFONKOZE USA INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADRE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAPITAL B NEWS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAPOPO US INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetROCK THE VOTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of the Night: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCAL TRYKERS CHAPTER OF NATIONAL AMBUCS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE OVER VIOLENCE: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community …Dume Wolverine Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
California Community FoundationCA13.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Dume Wolverine Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization A&J Kay Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A&J Kay Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home