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Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

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$565k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.3MHealth$701kArts & Culture$264kInternational$157kHuman Services$145kFood & Nutrition$118kEmployment$68kPhilanthropy$51kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $456,900, the rows itemized in this filing. The $565,144 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $108,244 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $388k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$769M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIVERSE MEDICINE INC$50,000
SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS$40,000
MAINEHEALTH$40,000
100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER MOBILE INC$40,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC$25,000
THE 19TH NEWS$24,000
ST MICHAEL SPECIAL SCHOOL$19,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$15,250
MEDIA IMPACT FUNDERS INC$15,000
AIDS SUPPORT GROUP OF CAPE COD$15,000
STANFORD HEALTH CARE$15,000
GLADSTONE FOUNDATION$10,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$10,000
THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC$10,000
INNER CITY YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF LOS ANGELES INC$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EMPOWERHER: $10k → 8%BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 16%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $21k → 7%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $15k → 8%MOMMIES IN NEED: $6k → 14%HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10k → 13%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10k → 16%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $15k → 8%HELPING OUR WOMEN INC: $15k → 8%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $15k → 8%HELPING OUR WOMEN INC: $10k → 8%SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $10k → 16%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $12k → 8%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $25k → 17%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $9k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
CA
NM
KS
NC
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
FL
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 26 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
56

Total granted

$1.6M
$951k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+13%

Still filing today

96%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • NF
    NLN Foundation for Nursing Education
    4× · 2019–2022 · $350k · revenue +69% · 51% of their budget
  • M
    MaineHealth
    6× · 2019–2024 · $240k · revenue +106%
  • SA
    SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $122k · revenue +670%

Funded once

  • PF
    Powherful Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $93k · revenue +105% · 54% of their budget
  • BO
    BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    one grant, 2023 · $80k
  • LS
    LSU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW ORLEANS MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -5%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
5
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
6
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

—
9
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation for Expanding Health Care Access. 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

96 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. 96 of the 102 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/96
Grantees still filing
64/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NLN Foundation for Nursing Education: $350,250 · EducationNLN Foundation for Nursing EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $145,025 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAPowherful Foundation Inc: $93,000 · EducationPowherful Foundation IncLSU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW ORLEANS MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 · EducationLSU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW ORLEANS MEDICA…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $60,000 · EducationDIVERSEMEDICINE INC: $50,000 · EducationGreen Dot Public Schools: $40,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · Education+13 more: $202,845 · Education+13 moreMaineHealth: $240,000 · HealthMaineHealthSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $75,000 · HealthSTANFORD HEALTH CAR…AIDS SUPPORT GROUP OF CAPE COD INC: $70,000 · HealthAIDS SUPPORT GROUP …FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $37,500 · HealthFENWAY COMMUNITY HE…EVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $23,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC: $20,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC: $20,000 · Health+6 more: $55,535 · Health+6 moreBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $80,000 · OtherBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY O…ST MICHAEL SPECIAL SCHOOL: $69,000 · OtherST MICHAEL SPECIAL SCHOOLJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC: $60,500 · OtherJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUN…TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $37,000 · OtherWISCONSIN LITERACY INC: $28,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · OtherGLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER: $50,000 · OtherGLOBAL JUSTICE CENTERTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC100 BLACK MEN GREATER MOBILE INC: $40,000 · Other100 BLACK MEN GREATER MOB…CORO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 · Other+23 more: $258,897 · Other+23 moreSOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $122,000 · Human ServicesSOMOS AMIGO…COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $48,950 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY S…HELPING OUR WOMEN INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHELPING OUR…HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHIL…ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $21,250 · Human ServicesALAS AYUDAN…BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR EXPANDING HEALTH CARE ACCESS: $20,000 · Human ServicesBLUE CROSS …+7 more: $65,500 · Human Services+7 moreLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN C…DC JAZZ FESTIVAL: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDC JAZZ F…APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAPOLLO TH…THE 19TH NEWS: $24,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH …CAPITAL B NEWS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL B…MARCH ON WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMARCH ON …Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $20,000 · Arts & CultureRobert C …MEDIA IMPACT FUNDERS INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA IMP…CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $10,000 · Arts & CultureINNER CITY YOUTH ORCHRSTRA OF LOS ANGELES INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF LANGUAGE ARTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,053 · Arts & CultureBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $37,500 · EmploymentOPPORTUNITY VILLAGE: $30,000 · EmploymentPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,705 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $10,150 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyASIAN PACIFIC FUND: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Education$1,156,370Health$541,035Other$723,397Human Services$327,700Arts & Culture$274,053Employment$67,500Philanthropy$65,855

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNLN Foundation for Nursing Education: $350,250 over 4y, 51% of budgetMaineHealth: $240,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $145,025 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $122,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPowherful Foundation Inc: $93,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetLSU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW ORLEANS MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS SUPPORT GROUP OF CAPE COD INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC: $60,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDIVERSEMEDICINE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER: $50,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $48,950 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Dot Public Schools: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN GREATER MOBILE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDC JAZZ FESTIVAL: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN LITERACY INC: $28,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,845 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCORO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHELPING OUR WOMEN INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $23,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $21,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLANAI CAT SANCTUARY: $20,900 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSEMPERVIRENS FUND: $20,102 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL B NEWS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH ON WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRobert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR EXPANDING HEALTH CARE ACCESS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEDIA IMPACT FUNDERS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $13,500 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Shippy FoundationThe California Wellne…The California Endowm…The Ralph M Parsons F…John D and Catherine …California Community …Greater Washington Co…The Skoll FoundationThe Heising-Simons Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…Ecmc Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA18.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Shippy Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · California Community Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Skoll Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Ecmc 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 Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Aids Support Group of Cape Cod Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Fenway Community Health Center Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Outer Cape Health Services Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Helping Our Women Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hope Community Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 102 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 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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