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Friedman-Kline Family Foundation at a glance

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Friedman-Kline Family 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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$755kHealth$260kYouth Development$191kFood & Nutrition$160kReligion$30kHuman Services$23kCrime & Legal$11kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$100,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
TEXAS HEARING INSTITUTE$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS WEST$7,500
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON$5,000
FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,000
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK$5,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$5,000
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 (FY19–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%KIDS' MEALS INC: $500 → 16%HOUSE OF RUTH: $5k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $8k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $5k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $5k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $5k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 20 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
14

Total granted

$1.6M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+11%

Still filing today

75%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $750k · revenue +41%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
    8× · 2018–2025 · $130k · revenue +9%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
    5× · 2017–2021 · $115k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +73%
  • HOUSE OF RUTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +35%
  • CO
    CRIMESTOPPERS OF MENARD SANGAM
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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2
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
3
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
4
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
5
North Texas Food Bank

To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.

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6
Meals On Wheels San Antonio

To provide services which focus on nourishing lives, enabling independence and caring for the most frail and isolated residents in the greater san antonio region.

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7
Meals On Wheels Montgomery County

To foster the independence and dignity of homebound seniors in montgomery county by providing them with nutritious meals, transportation, and caring connections.

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8
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
9
Meals On Wheels of Odessa Inc

Meals on Wheels of Odessa enables people to live with dignity by offering community support and sustenance through coordinated services and enable older adults to live in their own homes safely and independently as long as they are able.

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10
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County

Procurement and distribution of food to agencies serving the needy.

Food & Nutrition
11
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Regional Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Childrens Advocacy Center of Laredo-Web. 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

26 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. 26 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northwestern University: $750,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsIndividual grant recipient: $135,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEXCHANGE CLUB FAM SUPPORT CENTER: $84,940 · OtherEXCHANGE CLUB FAM SUPPORT CENT…Boys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc: $50,000 · OtherBoys and Girls Club of Laredo …Individual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMIRACLE FARM INC: $35,000 · OtherMIRACLE FARM INCHOPE RISING MINISTRIES: $30,000 · OtherHOPE RISING MINISTRIESLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK+10 more: $33,500 · Other+10 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $115,000 · HealthPLANNED P…MERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $12,500 · HealthMERCY MIN…+2 more: $6,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $130,000 · EducationTHE CENTE…+1 more: $500 · EducationWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $50,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $22,500 · Human ServicesCASA DE MISERICORDIA: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF RUTH INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $20,000 · Youth Development
Recreation & Sports$755,000Other$433,440Health$133,500Education$130,500Food & Nutrition$101,000Human Services$38,000Youth Development$20,000

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 budgetNorthwestern University: $750,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $130,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Laredo Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMIRACLE FARM INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $22,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCASA DE MISERICORDIA: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTORRANCE-LOMITA MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITY THEATRE CO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChildrens Advocacy Center of Laredo-Web: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPASADENA MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAFIKI FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaredo Regional Food Bank: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAREDO INTERNATIONAL FAIR & EXPOSITION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL EXCHANGE CLUB FOUNDATION: $500 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.

D D Hachar Charitable…The Guadalupe and Lil…Laredo Area Community…The John G and Marie …Greater Houston Commu…Matias DE Llano Chari…Womens City Club of L…Lamar Bruni Vergara T…A R Tony and Maria J …The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
D D Hachar Charitable TrustPA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: D D Hachar Charitable Trust · The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation · Laredo Area Community Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Matias DE Llano Charitable Trust · Womens City Club of Laredo · Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust · A R Tony and Maria J Sanchez Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Friedman-Kline Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friedman-Kline Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get no government money at all
    15report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Friedman-Kline Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Friedman-Kline Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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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