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David and Anita Keller Foundation at a glance

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David and Anita Keller Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$110k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Philanthropy$330kEnvironment$318kCivil Rights$253kInternational$235kHealth$215kCrime & Legal$210kPublic Benefit$66kCommunity Improvement$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORWARD GLOBAL-NEUE HOUSE$20,000
MOTHER JONES$20,000
ACLU OF NORTHRERN CALIFORNIA$10,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$10,000
CLIMATE RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER UNIVERSITY OF CAL BERKELEY$10,000
OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST$10,000
ACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL$5,000
NAPAWF$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 (FY20–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE POOR PEOPLES CAMPAIGN INC: $1k → 14%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $1k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $1k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
MD
DC
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 28 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
8

Total granted

$1.5M
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+24%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AC
    ACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $265k · revenue +118%
  • LM
    LAST MILE HEALTH
    7× · 2017–2023 · $140k · revenue +85%
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • T2
    TURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +27%
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +24%
  • D
    DARSA
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
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
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
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
4
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

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5
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
6
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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7
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
8
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
9
Center for Arms Control and

A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century, thereby retaining its focus on nuclear weapons but expanding to include other present emerging security threats.

International
10
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
11
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Media Advocacy Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Poor Peoples Campaign 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

29 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. 29 of the 40 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $93,550 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH IN…THESENTRYORG INC: $60,000 · InternationalTHESENTRYORG INCCLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE: $60,000 · InternationalCLOONEY FOUNDATION FO…MUSO INC: $45,000 · InternationalMUSO INCSTRONGMINDS INC: $30,000 · InternationalSTRONGMINDS INCTelos Group Inc: $18,804 · InternationalTelos Group Inc+3 more: $4,010 · InternationalACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL: $265,000 · EnvironmentACCOUNTABILITY COUNS…Climate Rights International: $20,000 · EnvironmentClimate Rights Inter…OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $10,000 · Environment+1 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $200,000 · PhilanthropyDRAPER RICHARDS KAP…THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL: $68,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY WO…ACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $22,000 · PhilanthropyACTBLUE CHARITIES I…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $35,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIE…NAMATI: $35,000 · OtherNAMATIUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONUCB HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER: $30,000 · OtherUCB HUMAN RIGHTS CENTERFORWARD GLOBAL-NEUE HOUSE: $20,000 · OtherFORWARD GLOBAL-NEUE HOU…NAPAWF: $20,000 · OtherNAPAWFThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $60,000 · OtherThe Center for Investig…THE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $45,000 · OtherTHE MARSHALL PROJECT IN…+12 more: $76,150 · Other+12 moreNEW MEDIA ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $140,000 · Crime & LegalNEW MEDIA AD…TURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $50,000 · Crime & LegalTURN 2 U INC…LAST MILE HEALTH: $140,000 · HealthLAST MILE…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $80,000 · Civil Rights
International$311,364Environment$298,000Philanthropy$290,000Other$351,150Crime & Legal$190,000Health$140,000Civil Rights$80,000

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 budgetACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL: $265,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNEW MEDIA ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $140,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetLAST MILE HEALTH: $140,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $93,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL: $68,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHESENTRYORG INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMUSO INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $35,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSTRONGMINDS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $22,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetClimate Rights International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTelos Group Inc: $18,804 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMONWEALTH CLUB - WORLD AFFAIRS OF CALIFORNIA: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWITNESS INC: $2,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLOUGHSHARES FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $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.

The Skoll FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…The Ford FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Jewish Communal FundSkoll FundThe Schmidt Family Fo…Foundation to Promote…Marin Community Found…ImpactassetsincHumanity United
The Skoll FoundationCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Skoll Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Skoll Fund · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Humanity United

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 David and Anita Keller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Anita Keller 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 40 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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