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DK Charitable Foundation

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.

$755k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$500kEducation$212kHealth$174kHuman Services$162kInternational$138kRecreation & Sports$71kPhilanthropy$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $126k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $106k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$16,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$500,000
SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$106,160
ALABAMA MEDIA FOUNDATION$25,100
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA$25,000
SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$22,000
FOSTER COALITION INC$16,000
DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT INC$16,000
NATIONAL AMBUCS INC$11,000
RESTORATION ACADEMY INC$11,000
HOPES DOOR INC$6,000
HIS VESSEL MINISTRIES$5,500
JEREMIAH CASTILLE FOUNDATION$5,500
FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
NONE SUFFERS LACK MINISTRY$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FOSTER COALITION INC: $13k → 7%FOSTER COALITION INC: $10k → 7%KINGS HOME: $25k → 7%KINGS HOME: $21k → 7%KINGS HOME: $10k → 7%HOPES DOOR INC: $6k → 7%KINGS HOME: $3k → 7%KINGS HOME: $3k → 7%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 7%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $4k → 7%SAV-A-LIFE INC: $5k → 16%GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC: $5k → 16%FOSTER COALITION INC: $33k → 16%FOSTER COALITION INC: $10k → 16%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 25 repeat orgs$129k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
16

Total granted

$2.0M
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+12%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyReligionInternationalEducationOther
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

  • SC
    SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $260k · revenue +44%
  • CS
    CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $171k · revenue +56%
  • FC
    FOSTER COALITION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $104k · revenue +17% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • AV
    ALTADENA VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $36k
  • RS
    ROGERS SISKEY LEGACY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • RC
    Redeemer City To City
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -15%
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
Goodwill Industries of Central Alabama

Goodwill industries provides training and employment for handicapped persons.

Employment
2
African Children's Mission Inc

Reaching out to children in east africa living in destitute circumstances, both physically and with the gospel of jesus christ, to enable them to grow and develop in a secure environment.

Religion
3
Pathways Professional Counseling

The ministry is a not-for-profit corporation chartered under the laws of the state of alabama as a ministry whose purpose is to offer christ-centered counseling for children, youth, adults, and families.

Human Services
4
Alabama Christian Academy

To glorify god by providing a quality, christ-centered education which challenges students and teachers to maximize their potential so that graduates are prepared to further their education while becoming productive christian citizens.

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5
Agape of Central Alabama Inc

As a ministry of jesus christ, agape's mission is that vulnerable and orphaned children find permanency in safe, nurturing families.

Human Services
6
Wisdom Hunters Resources Inc

Wisdom hunters resources, inc., an atlanta-based ministry created to encourage christians (a.k.a wisdom hunters) to apply god's unchanging truth in a changing world. the organization impacts wisdom hunters in over 86 countries across the…

Recreation & Sports
7
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
8
Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County Inc

Habitat for humanity of baldwin county, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by partnering with the community to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

—
9
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
10
Christian Services for Children in Alabama

The mission of christian services for children in alabama is to show the love of christ by providing counseling and other related services to children and their families.

—
11
Biblical Counseling and Training Ministries

To teach individuals how to apply the wisdom and depth of the bible's grace-centered message to the problems of daily living; and through various means, work to restore chirst to counseling and christ-centered counseling to the church.

—
12
Nami Alabama Inc

Encourage and enhance advocacy and family support services on behalf of individuals suffering from mental illness

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Alabama Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Ambucs 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

36 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. 36 of the 46 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $882,500 · OtherFAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $170,500 · OtherCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INCDISASTER RELIEF EFFORT INC: $75,800 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $50,000 · Other+19 more: $261,600 · Other+19 moreSOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $260,462 · InternationalSOZO CHILDREN…+1 more: $5,500 · InternationalFOSTER COALITION INC: $104,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER COA…Kings Home Inc: $60,500 · Human ServicesKings Home…SAFE HARBOR INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBO…OAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $8,500 · Human Services+3 more: $16,000 · Human Services+3 moreLAKESHORE FOUNDATION: $101,000 · HealthTHE RED BARN: $18,400 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthWALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyWALKER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHELPING HANDS FOR GAND INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJEREMIAH CASTILLE FOUNDATION: $37,000 · ReligionHIS VESSEL MINISTRIES: $17,500 · ReligionRedeemer City To City: $10,000 · ReligionTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $43,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $12,500 · EducationCOVENANT COLLEGE: $2,500 · Education
Other$1,440,400International$265,962Human Services$206,500Health$121,400Philanthropy$85,000Religion$64,500Education$58,000

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 budgetSOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $260,462 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $170,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFOSTER COALITION INC: $104,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetLAKESHORE FOUNDATION: $101,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKings Home Inc: $60,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $43,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJEREMIAH CASTILLE FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL AMBUCS INC: $33,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $26,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RED BARN: $18,400 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIS VESSEL MINISTRIES: $17,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $17,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetBETTER BASICS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWORKSHOPS EMPOWERMENT INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSTORYBOOK FARM INC: $13,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRedeemer City To City: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALKER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOPES DOOR INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAV-A-LIFE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR GAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMISSION ALABAMA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA WILDLIFE CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNBOUND GRACE MINISTERIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetR-12 RECOVERY MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTUM TUM TREE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 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.

Alabama Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Daniel Foundation…Hill Crest Foundation…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…Protective Life Found…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Pete M Hanna Charitab…Junior League of Birm…Campbell Estelle S Ch…Debardeleben Foundati…The Welch Group Found…
Alabama Power Foundation IncAL35.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Protective Life Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Pete M Hanna Charitable Foundation · Junior League of Birmingham Inc · Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation · Debardeleben Foundation Inc · The Welch Group 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 DK Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DK Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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