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David and Kiana Barfield Family Foundation at a glance

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David and Kiana Barfield Family 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.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$119kEmployment$101kPhilanthropy$100kHealth$47kPublic Benefit$27kReligion$22kEducation$17kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$137k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETHEL AME CHURCH - ANN ARBOR$20,000
AA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (AFRICAN AMERICAN FUND)$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$2,500
KAYLA'S KITCHEN$2,000
SIG ETON ACADEMY$1,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,500
ROBESON GLOBAL LABS INC (SNZYGY 2024)$1,500
COMMUNITY FOR ALL$600
ANN ARBOR AREA SCHOOLS (PIONEER BAND ASSOCIATION)$258
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 (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE CHADTOUGH FOUNDATION: $10k → 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

MI
OH
PA
VA
MD
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 13 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$242k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+36%

Still filing today

62%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • CU
    CLEARY UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2023 · $101k · revenue +107%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $16k · revenue +43%
  • UM
    UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $16k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • CD
    CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +220%
  • BLACK UNITED FUND OF MICHIGAN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +36%
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
St Catherine University

We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…

Education
2
The Young People's Project Inc

The young people's project uses math literacy work to develop the abilities of elementary through high school students to succeed in school and in life.

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Detroit Is Different Community Group

Detroit is different community group is committed to educating and empowering legacy detroiters by providing access to platforms and storytelling methods often excluded from mainstream media. through culturally centered programming, the…

Arts & Culture
5
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
6
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
7
The Peer Power Foundation Inc

Peer power foundation hires, trains, and deploys college students to be success coaches in economically disadvantaged high schools. (expanded mission on schedule o)these success coaches work primarily inside of english, math, and science…

Education
8
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
9
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
10
American University

To advance knowledge, foster intellectual curiosity, build community, and empower lives of purpose, service, and leadership.

Education
11
Northern Illinois University Foundation

The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.

Education
12
Diploma Equity Project

The organization works with k-12, higher education and other community partners to design and implement programs to improve rates of college persistence and completion.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Links Foundation Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Community for All. 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

18 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. 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $119,267 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYAA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (AFRICAN AMERICAN FUND): $50,000 · OtherAA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (AFRICAN AMERICAN FUND)CITY OF YPSILANTI: $25,732 · OtherCITY OF YPSILANTIBETHEL AME CHURCH - ANN ARBOR: $20,000 · OtherBETHEL AME CHURCH - ANN ARBORUniversity of Michigan: $15,150 · OtherUniversity of MichiganUNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO: $10,000 · Other+24 more: $27,247 · Other+24 moreCLEARY UNIVERSITY: $100,625 · EducationCLEARY UNIVERSITY+1 more: $2,600 · EducationANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyANN ARBOR ARE…BLACK UNITED FUND OF MICHIGAN INC: $5,500 · PhilanthropyBLACK UNITED …American Heart Association Inc: $16,004 · HealthRESULTS MENTORING: $5,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $15,500 · Arts & CultureCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesGROWING HOPE INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$267,396Education$103,225Philanthropy$55,500Health$21,004Arts & Culture$15,500Human Services$10,000Youth Development$5,500

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $119,267 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCLEARY UNIVERSITY: $100,625 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $16,004 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $15,150 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLACK UNITED FUND OF MICHIGAN INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRESULTS MENTORING: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGROWING HOPE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOR ALL: $2,600 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKAYLAS KITCHEN: $2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $756 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN GIRLS DO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $300 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.

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CLEARY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK UNITED FUND OF MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds RESULTS MENTORING ↗
  • Who funds GROWING HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOR ALL ↗
  • Who funds RHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KAYLAS KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds REACH YOUTH PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc ↗
  • Who funds RACQUET UP DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds BROWN GIRLS DO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Ann Arbor Area Commun…DTE Energy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI19× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Kiana Barfield Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Kiana Barfield Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely 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.

    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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