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Claudia Kenyon Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Claudia Kenyon Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$216k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$156kInternational$151kPublic Safety & Disaster$115kHousing & Shelter$35kYouth Development$25kHuman Services$25kCrime & Legal$25kHealth$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $111k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$569k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Vital Voices$100,000
World Food Program USA$20,000
World Center Kitchen Inc$20,000
Array Alliance Inc$16,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Equal Justice Initiative$10,000
Sunny Center Foundation$10,000
World Food Program USA$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Lausd$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 (FY18–23, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Recovery Cafe San Jose: $18k → 8%Downtown Women's Center: $5k → 14%Freedom Reads: $10k → 12%Warrior Expeditions: $5k → 8%Beauty 2 The Streetz: $10k → 14%Ministry Against the Death Penalty: $5k → 23%World Food Program USA: $20k → 14%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

AK
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
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.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$225k · 6 repeat orgs$533k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
54

Total granted

$225k
$347k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +361%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $70k · revenue ×34
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    2× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +40%
  • RC
    Recovery Cafe San Josegraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +61%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Women's Refugee Commission Inc

To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…

Human Services
3
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
4
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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5
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
6
Waterorg

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

International
7
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
8
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
9
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
10
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
11
The Conversationalist
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12
Women in Global Health Inc

Women in global health (wgh) is a global movement and organization that brings together all genders and backgrounds to achieve gender equality in global health leadership.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Fund for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is Recovery Cafe San Jose. 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 70 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
23/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWorld Center Kitchen Inc: $20,000 · OtherWorld Center Kitchen IncSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $20,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · Other+40 more: $232,100 · Other+40 moreVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $100,000 · InternationalVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSH…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $70,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation …GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 · International+2 more: $6,200 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD…Recovery Cafe San Jose: $18,000 · Human ServicesRecovery Cafe San Jo…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Re…FREEDOM READS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM READS INCBeauty 2 The Streetz: $10,000 · Human ServicesBeauty 2 The StreetzWARRIOR EXPEDITIONS: $5,000 · Human ServicesFARMLINK PROJECT: $5,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesMINISTRY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY: $5,000 · Human ServicesCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTEAM RUBICON INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVETS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureToo Young to Wed Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 · Arts & CultureENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFeeding America: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$332,100International$201,200Human Services$138,000Public Safety & Disaster$30,000Arts & Culture$27,000Philanthropy$21,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

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 budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRecovery Cafe San Jose: $18,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Guidance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership for a Healthier America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeauty 2 The Streetz: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMON GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CHICAGO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIOR EXPEDITIONS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCREATIVETS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINISTRY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFAMILIES USA ACTION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetToo Young to Wed Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFunny Farm Rescue a NJ Non Profit: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE MEDICS INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHOPE RENOVATIONS SPENCER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentral City Hospitality House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurtles Fly Too Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER FREE AMERICA 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.

Entertainment Industr…Tides FoundationGreater Washington Co…Verizon FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Chicago Community…American Express Foun…The Robert Wood Johns…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…Network for GoodImpactassetsinc
Entertainment Industry FoundationCA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Entertainment Industry Foundation · Tides Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · American Express Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · Impactassetsinc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Freedom Reads Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–75%
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.

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 70 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home