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Cabot-Kjellerup 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.

$668k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$394k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Environment$1.6MEducation$1.6MAnimals$1.6MFood & Nutrition$453kHealth$298kHuman Services$145kArts & Culture$72kRecreation & Sports$68kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $394k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANDY CREEK ACADEMY$394,200
WILD EARTH ALLIES$100,000
SILK GRASS WILDLIFE PRESERVE$44,125
STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER$40,000
CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK$25,000
YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE$15,000
CAMP DREAMCATCHER$10,000
KENNETT LIBRARY$10,000
WHITEMARSH LITTLE LEAGUE$7,500
THE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER$5,000
ACCESS GALLERY$5,000
FRESH FOOD CONNECT$5,000
G FRED DIBONA JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$2,500
TRI-STATE BIRD RESCUE AND RESEARCH$2,500
MIGHTY WRITERS$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $186k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $250 → 7%TICK TOCK EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $13k → 6%SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION: $13k → 6%YOUNG MENS CHRISTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $10k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY WOMEN'S SERVICES: $5k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $50k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $17k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $15k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $15k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $10k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $5k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $5k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $5k → 6%QUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES: $10k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $3k → 6%QUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES: $5k → 6%Good Neighbors: $2k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.3M · 39 repeat orgs$694k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +37% for the ones you funded once.

39 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
53

Total granted

$5.3M
$684k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+37%

Still filing today

77%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEducationArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • KENNETT LIBRARY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +343%
  • CC
    CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK
    7× · 2017–2025 · $438k · revenue +138%
  • PO
    PROTECT OUR WINTERS
    5× · 2019–2024 · $125k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • SG
    Silk Grass Wildlife Preservation
    one grant, 2022 · $400k
  • PC
    PANTHERA CORPORATION
    one grant, 2024 · $85k
  • TB
    THE BIG SANDBOXgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue +363% · 48% of their budget

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
6
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc

To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.

Environment
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
10
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

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11
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stroud Water Research Center and the most unlike its peers is Cure Ahc Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPublic Library SupportYmca Community CentersGovernment Accountability R…At-Risk Youth MentoringChristian Missionary Organi…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Affordable Housing Developm…Community FoundationsVolunteer Fire DepartmentsEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Independent K-8 SchoolsPregnancy Support ServicesCancer Support OrganizationsHomeless Services & ShelterAnimal Rescue and AdoptionCommunity Arts OrganizationsEarly Childhood Education C…Community Health CentersFood Pantries & AssistanceLand Conservation Organizat…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr17%36%20–35yr15%19%35–55yr17%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr17%36%20–35yr15%6%35–55yr17%37%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/73
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,089

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 96 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/73
Grantees still filing
57/73
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve — $1,042,125 · OtherSilk Grass Wildlife PreserveKENNETT LIBRARY — $1,026,000 · OtherKENNETT LIBRARYSANDY CREEK ACADEMY — $554,200 · OtherSANDY CREEK ACADEMYSilk Grass Wildlife Preservation — $400,000 · OtherSilk Grass Wildlife PreservationWild Earth Allies — $300,000 · OtherWild Earth AlliesTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY — $171,000 · Other+51 more — $416,350 · Other+51 moreSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — $876,500 · Science & TechSTROUD WATER RES…CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $438,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $150,000 · HealthCAMP DREAMCATCHER — $47,500 · HealthBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — $30,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $13,000 · Health+4 more — $10,900 · HealthPROTECT OUR WINTERS — $125,000 · EnvironmentWillistown Conservation Trust Inc — $40,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · EnvironmentColumbia Riverkeeper — $12,000 · EnvironmentPLASTIC FREE DELAWARE — $10,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Environment+12 more — $5,800 · EnvironmentYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE — $75,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY — $31,500 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION — $25,000 · Human ServicesKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE — $15,150 · Human ServicesQUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesLCH Health and Community Services — $10,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBORS INC — $9,500 · Human Services+3 more — $5,400 · Human ServicesTHE BIG SANDBOX — $60,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,909,675Science & Tech$876,500Food & Nutrition$438,000Health$251,400Environment$227,800Human Services$186,550Recreation & Sports$60,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKENNETT LIBRARY — $1,026,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — $876,500 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $438,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY — $171,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS — $125,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIG SANDBOX — $60,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetCAMP DREAMCATCHER — $47,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetSea to Shore Alliance — $42,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWillistown Conservation Trust Inc — $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY — $31,500 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VISIONARIES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetG FRED DIBONA JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $24,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER — $22,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWITNESS INC — $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC — $15,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE — $15,150 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetQUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES INC — $15,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia Riverkeeper — $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPLASTIC FREE DELAWARE — $10,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC — $9,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC — $8,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCURE AHC INC — $8,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH EQUITY — $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH MINISTRIES INC — $5,650 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWATER IS LIFE KENYA — $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY CONNECT CARE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE — $3,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOxford Arts Alliance Inc — $2,750 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATED — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREENPEACE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Community Foundation — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chester County Commun…The Dansko Foundation…United Way of Chester…Connelly FoundationThe Oxford Area Found…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Delaware Community Fo…United Way of Souther…Applestone Foundation…Rencourt Foundation I…The William Penn Foun…
Chester County Community FoundationPA52.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · United Way of Chester County Inc · Connelly Foundation · The Oxford Area Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Southern Chester County · Applestone Foundation-Ima · Rencourt Foundation Inc · The William Penn Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Plastic Free Delaware — 21% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Pilot School Incorporated — 1% of income from government
  • Columbia Riverkeeper — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cabot-Kjellerup 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 96 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

Source object · view filing

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