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Carneys Kids Foundation

Improve the lives of children through donations to local childrens charities

$146k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Human Services$73kHealth$56kRecreation & Sports$34kEducation$33kYouth Development$25kArts & Culture$21kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $124,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $146,064 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,564 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$52k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pathways to Independence$10,000
St Louis Crisis Nursery$10,000
KOZ for Kids$10,000
St Louis ARC$7,500
The Bennett Project$6,000
Gateway to Great Outdoors$6,000
Coltons Cause$5,000
The Buddy Fund$5,000
Kids in the Middle$5,000
Stages St Louis$5,000
Joshuas Great Things Foundation$5,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope St Louis$5,000
Giving is a Family Tradition$5,000
Wonderland Camp Foundation$5,000
Hope Creates$5,000
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 (FY23–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Assistance League of St Louis: $5k → 11%Eye Thrive: $5k → 21%Assistance League of St Louis: $5k → 11%Eagles Wings: $8k → 21%Eagles Wings: $5k → 21%The Buddy Fund: $5k → 21%Pathways to Independence: $10k → 11%Crisis Aid International: $5k → 11%St Louis ARC: $8k → 11%St Louis ARC: $8k → 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.
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$93k · 8 repeat orgs$178k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$93k
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+16%

Still filing today

88%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SL
    ST LOUIS ARC INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +24%
  • AL
    ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • HI
    HOPE IGNITES ST LOUIS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • DA
    DISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • T
    TASK
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Family Advocacy and Community Training Inc

Enhance the opportunities and quality of life for children and youth with disabilities. the organization achieves this objective through parent training, emotional support, direct advocacy, community education, self-advocacy and navigation…

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2
Kids Win Missouri

Kids Win Missouri furthers child well-being by advancing the health, education, safety and development of Missouri children and their families, especially those who are at-risk because of poverty, abuse, neglect, racial inequities or other…

Human Services
3
Cerebral Palsy Kids Center Inc

Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies empowers children with physical, behavior and intellectual challenges to reach their full potential through comprehensive medical therapies, regardless of a family's capacity to afford the full cost of…

Health
4
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association

To provide children with hope, understanding, and compassion so they can reach their full potential.

Human Services
5
Childkind Inc

Childkind's mission is to empower families caring for children involved with the child welfare system, specializing in those with special health care and developmental needs. whether it be a child with a complex medical or developmental…

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6
St Martin's Child Center

Providing day care services to infants and children of low income families in northern st. louis county, missouri

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7
Kids Who Count

We empower families to optimize the developmental potential of their young children.

Education
8
Kidstlc Inc

Transforming the lives of children and families in our community with a continuum of care.

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9
Annie Malone Children and Family Service

To improve the quality of life for children, families, the elderly and the community by providing educational programs, advocacy and entrepreneurship in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Human Services
10
Children First

Children First brings the community together to create better outcomes so that every young person in St. Louis Park can thrive. We convene cross-sector initiatives working to change the odds for our children and families.

Education
11
Children's Developmental Center

The organization empowers familities and improves children's lives through comprehensive early intervention services, education, and therapeutic services. the organization primarily offers services to children from birth to three years…

Education
12
Giant Steps of St Louis Inc

To empower children with autism spectrum disorder to participate fully in all aspects of life, including home, community and education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Arc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bennett Project. 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

28 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. 28 of the 37 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
14/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Gateway to Great Outdoors: $14,000 · OtherGateway to Great OutdoorsST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10,000 · OtherST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERYKOZ FOR KIDZ: $10,000 · OtherKOZ FOR KIDZIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTASK: $10,000 · OtherTASKHOPE IGNITES ST LOUIS: $10,000 · OtherHOPE IGNITES ST LOUISSTL Black Authors of Childrens Lit: $5,180 · OtherWONDERLAND CAMP FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherKIDS IN THE MIDDLE INC: $5,000 · OtherKIPP Academy: $5,000 · OtherKids Vision for Life: $5,000 · OtherSTAGES ST LOUIS: $5,000 · OtherGateway Tykes on Trykes: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $5,000 · OtherERIN EICKMEIER FOUNDATION: $5,088 · OtherWHOLE KIDS OUTREACH INC: $5,000 · OtherST LOUIS ARC INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesST LOUIS ARC INCEagles Wings: $12,500 · Human ServicesEagles WingsASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $10,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LO…PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCEINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID I…THE BUDDY FUND: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE BUDDY FUNDEYE THRIVE: $5,000 · Human ServicesEYE THRIVEBENNETT PROJECT: $11,000 · HealthBENNETT PROJECTJOSHUAS GREAT THINGS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthJOSHUAS GREAT T…COLTON'S CAUSE: $5,000 · HealthCOLTON'S CAUSEDelta Gamma Center for Children with Vis: $5,000 · HealthDelta Gamma Cen…GIVING IS A FAMILY TRADITION: $5,000 · HealthGIVING IS A FAM…KIDSMART INC: $7,500 · EducationLollys Place Inc: $5,000 · EducationBOOKS FOR NEWBORNS INC: $5,000 · EducationSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentDifferent Dynamics: $5,518 · Arts & CultureHOPE CREATES: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$119,268Human Services$62,500Health$36,000Education$17,500Youth Development$15,000Arts & Culture$10,518Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST LOUIS ARC INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEagles Wings: $12,500 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBENNETT PROJECT: $11,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJOSHUAS GREAT THINGS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetHOPE IGNITES ST LOUIS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIDSMART INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetERIN EICKMEIER FOUNDATION: $5,088 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOLTON'S CAUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetDelta Gamma Center for Children with Vis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWONDERLAND CAMP FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS IN THE MIDDLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAGES ST LOUIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIVING IS A FAMILY TRADITION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE BUDDY FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOPE CREATES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLollys Place Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWHOLE KIDS OUTREACH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOOKS FOR NEWBORNS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEYE THRIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

St Louis Community Fo…Moneta Group Charitab…St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…United Way of Greater…Employees Community F…Commerce Bancshares F…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…Edward Jones Foundati…Berges Family Foundat…Brown Dana Charitable…Trio Foundation of St…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO36.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Edward Jones Foundation · Berges Family Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Trio Foundation of St Louis

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 Carneys Kids Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carneys Kids Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Carneys Kids Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Carneys Kids 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 37 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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