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Carl E Kessler Family Foundation at a glance

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Carl E Kessler 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.

$479k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$346k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$873kHuman Services$474kInternational$387kAnimals$166kHealth$133kFood & Nutrition$129kArts & Culture$128kEducation$125kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
  • $250k+1 grant · $346k
$2,750
Median grant
6
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Charity Navigator$346,000
Communities in Schools Dallas Region$25,000
Salvation Army$22,500
Individual grant recipient$22,360
Military Museum of Fort Worth$15,000
Deki Inc$10,000
Trinity Habitat for Humanity$10,000
Careity Foundation$10,000
Wings of Hope$2,750
American Red Cross$2,500
HALO Foundation$2,500
Stand up to Cancer$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Brazos Foundation$1,600
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,500
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 (FY17–25, $926k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Eli Home: $3k → 10%Hour Children: $1k → 13%Charity water: $1k → 17%ShelterBox USA: $2k → 9%Place of Hope: $1k → 11%Daystar Life Center: $1k → 12%Chapman Partnership: $1k → 15%Helping Hand for Relief & Development: $3k → 21%JOIN: $2k → 12%Ferst Readers: $1k → 11%Shared Hope International: $5k → 9%Charity Navigator: $346k → 7%The Eli Home: $1k → 10%Fort Worth Hope Center: $2k → 11%ShelterBox USA: $1k → 9%Chapman Partnership: $1k → 15%JOIN: $1k → 12%Shared Hope International: $3k → 9%Charity Navigator: $275k → 7%Helping Hand for Relief & Development: $2k → 21%Ferst Readers: $1k → 11%Charity Navigator: $201k → 7%Cradles to Crayons: $2k → 16%Charity Navigator: $1k → 7%Cradles to Crayons: $1k → 16%Charity water: $1k → 17%Helping Hand for Relief & Development: $2k → 21%Ferst Readers: $1k → 11%Charity Navigator: $1k → 7%Crisis Aid International: $5k → 11%Crisis Aid International: $5k → 11%One Simple Wish: $3k → 11%Puppies Behind Bars: $3k → 17%Crisis Aid International: $3k → 11%Puppies Behind Bars: $2k → 17%Sewa International Inc: $2k → 16%Crisis Aid International: $3k → 11%Sewa International Inc: $2k → 16%Crisis Aid International: $2k → 11%Sewa International Inc: $2k → 16%Puppies Behind Bars: $2k → 17%MEND: $4k → 14%MEND: $2k → 14%Dwell with Dignity: $3k → 14%A Chance in Life: $2k → 17%World Food Program: $3k → 14%Irving Cares: $2k → 14%Lena Pope Home Inc: $3k → 11%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

VT
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 192 repeat orgs$266k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

192 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 177 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

192
124

Total granted

$2.6M
$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+19%

Still filing today

74%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CN
    Charity Navigator
    9× · 2017–2025 · $827k · revenue +124%
  • CR
    COMMUNITY RENEWAL INTERNATIONAL INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $105k · revenue +45%
  • CF
    CAREITY FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $82k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • MO
    Meals On Wheels Palo Pinto
    one grant, 2017 · $11k
  • D
    DonorsChoiceorg
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • WA
    Women's Auxillary Hood C Salvation Army
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
3
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
4
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
7
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
8
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
9
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
10
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
11
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
12
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for Haiti Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Halo Foundation 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

226 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. 226 of the 321 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)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
218/226
Grantees still filing
162/226
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Charity Navigator: $826,850 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator+19 more: $98,000 · Human Services+19 moreMilitary Museum of Fort Worth: $93,000 · OtherMilitary Museum of Fort WorthSalvation Army: $88,702 · OtherSalvation ArmyCommunities in Schools Dallas Region: $77,000 · OtherCommunities in Schools Dallas RegionIndividual grant recipient: $59,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTrinity Habitat for Humanity: $44,500 · OtherMineral Wells Senior Center: $41,722 · Other+104 more: $661,259 · Other+104 moreDeki Inc: $37,500 · InternationalDeki IncRAINFOREST TRUST: $33,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRU…INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $16,000 · InternationalMAP International Inc: $14,500 · InternationalHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,500 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,500 · InternationalHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $11,500 · InternationalMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $11,500 · International+29 more: $174,725 · International+29 moreCAREITY FOUNDATION: $82,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $8,000 · HealthTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $4,500 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY RENEWAL INTERNATIONAL INC: $105,000 · Community ImprovementEVA'S VILLAGE INC: $5,500 · Community ImprovementTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $16,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $13,500 · AnimalsWILDAID INC: $10,000 · AnimalsMICHIGAN ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY: $6,500 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $6,500 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $6,500 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO: $5,500 · AnimalsSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $3,500 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $3,500 · AnimalsHumane Society of North Texas: $3,500 · AnimalsA PETS WISH: $3,000 · Animals+3 more: $7,500 · AnimalsAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $26,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentFOSSIL RIM WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Fund For Texas Inc: $4,500 · EnvironmentConservation Lands Foundation: $3,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $2,500 · Environment
Human Services$924,850Other$1,065,883International$333,225Health$113,000Community Improvement$110,500Animals$85,500Environment$58,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCharity Navigator: $826,850 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY RENEWAL INTERNATIONAL INC: $105,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCAREITY FOUNDATION: $82,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetDeki Inc: $37,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $33,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $26,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAP International Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRAZOS FOUNDATION INC: $14,050 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTAND UP TO CANCER: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBARNABAS CENTER INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE: $10,225 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWILDAID INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAGC LTD: $9,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJOIN: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDESIGN THAT MATTERS INC: $8,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetVITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY-USA FOR AID & DEVELOPMENTINC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetECHO Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAir Warrior Courage Foundation: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY RENEWAL INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CAREITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Deki Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS ↗
  • Who funds MAP International Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRAZOS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds STAND UP TO CANCER ↗
  • Who funds HAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds BARNABAS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOOKS FOR AFRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds WILDAID INC ↗

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.

Give Lively Foundatio…Community Foundation …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Communities Foundatio…Thomas M Helen McKee …Textron Charitable Tr…The Morris FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Texas Instruments Fou…Amon G Carter Foundat…Sid W Richardson Foun…United Way of Tarrant…
Give Lively Foundation IncNY64.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Give Lively Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Morris Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County

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 Carl E Kessler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl E Kessler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Join: 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education: 2% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Carl E Kessler Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Carl E Kessler Family 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 321 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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