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· Private foundation

Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$173k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0184% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$442kHuman Services$43kHealth$36kReligion$36kPhilanthropy$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kEnvironment$1kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $168k
$10,157
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Big Shoulders Fund$48,529
Iroquois Memorial Hospital$25,168
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation$25,000
St. Matthias School$25,000
Big Shoulders Fund$24,220
Saint Xavier University$10,157
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$10,157
Misericordia Home$2,000
St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church$500
Les Turner ALS Foundation$500
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society$500
American Cancer Society$500
Joliet Catholic Academy$250
Hinsdale Humane Society$250
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$367k · 7 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
23

Total granted

$367k
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+29%

Still filing today

71%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentReligionInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BS
    Big Shoulders Fund
    4× · 2019–2024 · $234k · revenue +36%
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • IM
    IROQUOIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & RESIDENT HOME
    2× · 2019–2024 · $26k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • NS
    NOBLESVILLE SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +433%
  • NA
    Nazareth Academy
    one grant, 2019 · $49k
  • MH
    Misericordia Home Contingency Func
    one grant, 2019 · $20k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Holy Cross Hospital

The hospital is a catholic health care organization sponsored by the sisters of st. casimir. by our commitment to witness to the healing mission of jesus, we contribute to healthy communities and promote quality health care to all with…

Health
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…

Health
4
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
5
Loyola University Medical Center

We, loyola university health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.lumc is a member of loyola university health system and trinity…

Health
6
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
7
Mercy Harvard Hospital Inc

The mission of mercy harvard hospital, inc. (mhh) is "exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better." the foundation of this mission is based on a vision of quality: excellence in patient care; service:…

Health
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

We are an organization of caregivers who aspire to consistent, high standards of quality, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction. we seek to improve the health of the communities we serve by delivering a broad range of services with…

Health
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
12
Mchc Chicago Hospital Council

The mission of mchc chicago hospital council is to foster, promote, support, develop and encourage charitable, educational, scholastic and scientific purposes; promote cooperative effort and action between hospitals and other health care…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%9%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr22%46%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%8%10–20yr15%12%20–35yr14%63%35–55yr22%18%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
12%
8,891/72,337

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Big Shoulders Fund — $233,679 · EducationBig Shoulders FundMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INCSAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY — $25,157 · EducationSAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY+1 more — $1,250 · EducationNOBLESVILLE SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $50,292 · OtherNOBLESVILLE SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDA…Nazareth Academy — $49,492 · OtherNazareth AcademyST MATTHIAS SCHOOL — $25,000 · OtherST MATTHIAS SCHOOLMisericordia Home Contingency Func — $20,081 · OtherMisericordia Home Contingency FuncMisericordia Home Contingency Fund — $10,000 · OtherMisericordia Home Contingency FundLabash Foundation — $7,500 · Other+14 more — $20,816 · Other+14 moreIROQUOIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & RESIDENT HOME — $26,168 · HealthWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC — $10,000 · Health+3 more — $1,650 · HealthTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE — $30,157 · ReligionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $5,000 · InternationalMISERICORDIA HOME — $2,000 · Human ServicesAlmost Home Kids — $1,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $500 · Human ServicesMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC — $250 · Human ServicesCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $1,000 · EnvironmentHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY — $250 · Animals
Education$310,086Other$183,181Health$37,818Religion$30,157International$5,000Human Services$3,750Environment$1,000Animals$250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBig Shoulders Fund — $233,679 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE — $30,157 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIROQUOIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & RESIDENT HOME — $26,168 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY — $25,157 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE CENTRAL FOUNDATION — $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home Kids — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arthur J Gallagher Fo…The Chicago Community…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arthur J Gallagher FoundationIL14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $186k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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