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Dona & Dwight Kendall Family Foundation at a glance

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Dona & Dwight Kendall 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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$371kHuman Services$113kHousing & Shelter$50kHealth$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kPhilanthropy$23kCivil Rights$20kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,000
Second Harvest Food Bank$20,000
Women's Recovery Services$20,000
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 (FY19–20, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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 COLLEAGUES: $3k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%THE DIADAMES OF THE CHILD CARE LEAGUE: $10k → 14%THE DIADAMES OF THE CHILD CARE LEAGUE: $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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$490k · 5 repeat orgs$210k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
12

Total granted

$490k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+1%

Still filing today

60%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureEducationCrime & 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

  • TM
    THE MUSIC CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $351k
  • SAFE & SOUND
    3× · 2021–2023 · $50k · revenue -34%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE DOMAINE DE CHANTILLY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $23k · revenue +73%
  • NL
    NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -38%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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2
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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3
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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4
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
5
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc

Alcoholics anonymous world services ("a.a.w.s.") publishes literature and related materials for the purpose of recovery from alcoholism. in addition, net proceeds of such literature are provided to the general service board of alcoholics…

Health
6
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
7
Alliance for Safety and Justice

Just safe's mission is to educate the public about the needs of communities most impacted by crime, violence, and incarceration; and promote new safety solutions through community-building, leadership development, grassroots mobilization,…

Crime & Legal
8
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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9
American Friends of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation

To promote networking, exchange, and creative collaboration among scientists, scholars, artists, and professionals in the u.s. and germany consistent with the goals of the alexander von humboldt foundation.

Education
10
International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism

To provide research, training, and strategic advice to government leaders, intelligence, defense, international organizations, police and civilian communities worldwide to prevent and deter the threat of violent extremism in the core areas…

Human Services
11
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
12
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Lgbtq Task Force; the most unlike its peers is The J Paul Getty Trust. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MUSIC CENTER: $350,800 · OtherTHE MUSIC CENTERSAFE & SOUND: $50,000 · OtherSAFE & SOUNDIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $20,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Food Bank: $20,000 · OtherWomens Recovery ServicesA Unique Place: $20,000 · Other+2 more: $25,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalPROJECT DYNAMO INC: $3,000 · InternationalDIADAMES OF THE CHILD CARE LEAGUE: $20,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $2,760 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE DOMAINE DE CHANTILLY INC: $22,770 · PhilanthropyTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $1,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES: $19,100 · Arts & CultureCalifornia Reentry Institute: $15,000 · Crime & LegalEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $10,000 · HealthAIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education
Other$555,800International$33,000Human Services$32,760Philanthropy$23,770Arts & Culture$19,100Crime & Legal$15,000Health$10,000Education$10,000

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 budgetSAFE & SOUND: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DOMAINE DE CHANTILLY INC: $22,770 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIADAMES OF THE CHILD CARE LEAGUE: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetWomens Recovery ServicesA Unique Place: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES: $19,100 over 2y, 12% of budgetCalifornia Reentry Institute: $15,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPROJECT DYNAMO INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $2,760 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC7.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Dona & Dwight Kendall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dona & Dwight Kendall Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 20 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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