· Private foundation
Big Kids Project Inc
TO EDUCATE HIGH-RISK ADOLESCENTS AND CAREGIVERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF OBESITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Big Kids Project Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $867k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAYO CLINIC | $867,176 |
| CAMP TECUMSEH | $50,049 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
2 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. 2 of the 3 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Big Kids Project Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Big Kids Project Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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