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A Kinder World 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.

$562k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$2.6MHousing & Shelter$300kYouth Development$160kPhilanthropy$100kHuman Services$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$45kEnvironment$3k
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $345k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANIMAL HAVEN$50,000
RILEYS WAY FOUNDATION$50,000
SAVE THE CHIMPS$50,000
URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE$50,000
OKLAHOMA PRIMATE SANCTUARY$40,000
PETS ARE WONDERFUL SUPPORT$35,000
ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION$30,000
TIGER SANCTUARIES$30,000
JUNGLE FRIENDS PRIMATE SANCTUARY INC$28,000
PAN-AFRICAN SANCTUARIES ALLIANCE$25,000
PAN-AFRICAN SANCTUARIES ALLIANCE$25,000
FRIENDS OF BONOBOS$20,000
FOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL$20,000
VETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL$17,000
WILD BIRD FUND$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $375k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%WELLBEINGS: $15k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $10k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $10k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $10k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $10k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $10k → 17%SEARCH AND CARE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%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

WA
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 27 repeat orgs$362k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
22

Total granted

$2.8M
$280k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+17%

Still filing today

89%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UR
    URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +298%
  • PA
    PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $268k · revenue +57%
  • AH
    ANIMAL HAVEN INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $260k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • AA
    ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • DT
    DOGS TRUST USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue -42%
  • WA
    WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +21%
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
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
2
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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5
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
6
Paws Claws Exotics

A sanctuary for unfortunate animals

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7
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
8
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
9
International Exotic Animal Sanctuary

Care for abused, abandoned and illegally obtained large cats and bears.

Animals
10
From the Heart Animal Sanctuary
Animals
11
Happy Tails Animal Sanctuary
Animals
12
Animal Nation Inc

Animal welfare organization providing rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption for wild, domestic, and farmed animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Bird Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Well Beings. 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

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 58 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC: $268,000 · AnimalsPAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INCANIMAL HAVEN INC: $260,000 · AnimalsANIMAL HAVEN INCPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $216,000 · AnimalsPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWSINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $155,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INCSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $135,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE CHIMPS INCTIGER SANCTUARIES INC: $130,000 · AnimalsTIGER SANCTUARIES INCFOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL INC: $120,000 · AnimalsFOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL INCCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $115,000 · AnimalsPRIMARILY PRIMATES INC: $105,000 · AnimalsCHIMP HAVEN INC: $105,000 · AnimalsJungle Friends Primate Sanctuary: $101,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF BONOBOS: $84,000 · AnimalsANIMAL HELP NOW (formerly Animal Watch): $80,000 · Animals+21 more: $372,360 · Animals+21 moreURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $300,000 · Human ServicesURBAN RESOURC…SEARCH AND CARE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesSEARCH AND CA…Well Beings: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $75,000 · OtherUNITED ANIMA…ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION FUND: $50,000 · OtherANIMALS ASIA…HUMANE EDUCATION ADVOCATES REACHING TEACHERS (HEART): $50,000 · OtherHUMANE EDUCA…WELL BEINGS (AKA FINN2FINN ALLIANCE): $35,000 · OtherWELL BEINGS …ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherANIMALS ASIA…SAVE THE DOGS & OTHER ANIMALS US: $30,000 · OtherSAVE THE DOG…FOSTER PARROTS LTD: $25,000 · OtherFOSTER PARRO…Gold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc: $25,000 · OtherGold Country…ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $33,500 · Other+8 moreRILEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $100,000 · Community ImprovementVETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL INC: $62,000 · HealthTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $5,000 · Health
Animals$2,246,360Human Services$375,000Other$368,500Philanthropy$110,000Community Improvement$100,000Health$67,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $300,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC: $268,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $260,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $216,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $155,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $135,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTIGER SANCTUARIES INC: $130,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetFOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL INC: $120,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetRILEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPRIMARILY PRIMATES INC: $105,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCHIMP HAVEN INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJungle Friends Primate Sanctuary: $101,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BONOBOS: $84,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetANIMAL HELP NOW (formerly Animal Watch): $80,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $75,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPeaceable Primate Sanctuary: $65,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetVETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL INC: $62,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetSEARCH AND CARE INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetOklahoma Primate Sanctuary Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetDOGS TRUST USA INC: $35,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES: $34,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWILD BIRD FUND INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NORTHWEST: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSHELTER FARM SANCTUARY CORP: $15,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetWILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE BEAR SANCTUARY 2280 STATE ROAD 31 PUNTA GORDA FL 33982: $15,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNoco Humane: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCE RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONGMONT HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOwl's Nest Sanctuary for Wildlife Inc: $4,360 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTEXAS WILDLIFE REHABILITATION COALITION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPOSITIVE TAILS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $1,000 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.

The Summerlee Foundat…The American Anti-Viv…Dj and T FoundationHumane World for Anim…National Anti-Vivisec…Greater Good CharitiesPC Fund for Animals C…Arcus FoundationThe American Society …American Express Foun…The Yelp FoundationPettus-Crowe Foundati…
The Summerlee FoundationTX25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Summerlee Foundation · The American Anti-Vivisection Society · Dj and T Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · National Anti-Vivisection Society · Greater Good Charities · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Arcus Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · American Express Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Pettus-Crowe Foundation 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 Kinder World Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A Kinder World Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 68%
  • Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc: 68% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to A Kinder World Foundation?

Find your warmest path to A Kinder World Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 58 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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