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Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation at a glance

· 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 it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
St. Matthias School$25,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation$25,000
Big Shoulders Fund$24,220
Saint Xavier University$10,157
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$10,157
Misericordia Home$2,000
American Cancer Society$500
Les Turner ALS Foundation$500
St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church$500
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society$500
Hinsdale Humane Society$250
Joliet Catholic Academy$250
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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 +65%

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
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.

03Its 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc; 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.
03the 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 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED 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
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.

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

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.

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 37 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.

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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