· Private foundation
David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $401k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $40,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $35,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $30,000 |
| CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES | $30,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $30,000 |
| USFUND FOR UNICEF | $25,000 |
| WORLD VISION INC | $25,000 |
| MANNA FOODBANK | $25,000 |
| ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $25,000 |
| UNC CHAPEL HILL | $25,000 |
| CLARKSON UNIVERSITY | $21,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $20,000 |
| FOOD FOR THE POOR | $20,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches8× · 2018–2025 · $218k · revenue +9%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC8× · 2018–2025 · $217k · revenue +89%
Save The Children Federation Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $203k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- HTHOLY TRINITY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $5k
- CCCOMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INCone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +23%
- HEHOPE EQUINE RESCUE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +346%
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.
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.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).
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;…
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
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…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds THE ANTI-FRAUD COALITION ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds CLARKSON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds BELOVED ASHEVILLE ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
- Who funds WESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds WORLD PARROT TRUST USA INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HORSES 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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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