· Private foundation
John P Kavooras Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $270k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST MARK GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH | $43,400 |
| XCEL FLORIDA MENTORING NETWORK | $33,300 |
| BOYNTON CULTURAL CENTRE INC | $33,300 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $26,000 |
| MERCY HOMES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS | $25,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK | $25,000 |
| WATERORG | $20,000 |
| WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH | $19,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $15,000 |
| FAMILY LIFE | $10,000 |
| HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| MORNING STAR MISSION MINISTRIES | $9,000 |
| CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE | $8,000 |
| WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC | $8,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% 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.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 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, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RMRonald McDonald House Global6× · 2020–2025 · $193k · revenue +82%
- BCBOYNTON CULTURAL CENTRE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $190k · revenue +14%
- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK6× · 2020–2025 · $176k · revenue +8%
Funded once
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORYone grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +17%- LCLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER DBA A SAFE PLACEone grant, 2020 · $7k
- GLGREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +51%
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.
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
To end hunger and advance sustainable development by 2030 through science and innovation to transform food, land and water systems with aquatic foods for healthier people and planet.
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 28 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 Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
- Who funds BOYNTON CULTURAL CENTRE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC ↗
- Who funds WATERORG ↗
- Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds Bread for the World Institute ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE ↗
- Who funds HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds MORNING STAR MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds LAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 P Kavooras Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John P Kavooras Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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