· Private foundation
John E and Mary E King Family Foundation Inc C/O Sterling Fdn Mgmt
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $71k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER | $71,000 |
| YEAR UP UNITED | $25,000 |
| WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ART | $25,000 |
| JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES (MAKOM) | $16,000 |
| ST BRENDAN PARISH SCHOOL | $7,500 |
| WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS | $6,000 |
| CALLEN-LORDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | $5,000 |
| SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL INC | $1,000 |
| EASTER SEALS UCP NC & VA INC | $1,000 |
| YOUTH APOSTLES INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER8× · 2018–2025 · $426k · revenue +277%
- WTWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS4× · 2022–2025 · $310k · revenue +10%
- ACAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Virginia3× · 2018–2021 · $75k · revenue +96%
Funded once
- JFJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $70k · revenue +68%
- EFEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $50k
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +102%
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.
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.
Preservation of civil liberties through advocacy and lobbying.
Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…
The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…
Strengthening baltimore's communities through education, skills development and community service.
The american civil liberties union of west virginia (aclu-wv) is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to fulfill the promise of the bill of rights for all west virginians and expand the reach of its…
To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…
To advocate for domestic violence victims, at-risk children, and other vulnerable individuals by providing over $22.8m in pro bono legal services, social service referrals, and on-going support; to train and support a strong network of…
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu is "to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER ↗
- Who funds WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia ↗
- Who funds JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
- Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC ↗
- Who funds SOME INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Creative Growth Art Center ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS UCP NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John E and Mary E King Family Foundation Inc C/O Sterling Fdn Mgmt funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John E and Mary E King Family Foundation Inc C/O Sterling Fdn Mgmt. Bigger dots raise more.
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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