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Judy and Nick Kauser 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.

$44k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,200
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 41
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$473k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$44k6%
FY202431$51k6%
FY202332$63k16%
FY202236$83k36%
FY202141$79k37%
FY202029$59kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

International$126kReligion$76kHousing & Shelter$48kHealth$42kFood & Nutrition$37kEducation$30kHuman Services$6kCivil Rights$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
IL
NY
OR
SD
CT
CA
NE
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Covenant House$46,90060%
Sacred Heart Church$27,7506n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$16,10050%
International Rescue Committee INC$16,00060%
World Vision International$14,4005n/a
Mercy Ships International$13,76220%
Feed the Children Inc$13,00060%
Feeding America$12,40560%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$12,0066n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$11,29760%
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Covenant House$46,90060%
Sacred Heart Church$27,7506n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$16,10050%
International Rescue Committee INC$16,00060%
World Vision International$14,4005n/a
Mercy Ships International$13,76220%
Feed the Children Inc$13,00060%
Feeding America$12,40560%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$12,0066n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$11,29760%
St Labre Indian School$10,4006n/a
Mercy Corps$9,50040%
United States Association for UNHCR$9,00040%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$7,65060%
Central Asia Institute$7,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,50030%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$6,00040%
Project Orbis International Inc$6,00050%
The Annual Catholic Appeal$5,7503n/a
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$5,44560%
Bread of Life Home and Missions Inc$3,7333n/a
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$3,2003n/a
Cascade Public Media$3,10060%
Catholic Relief Services$3,0001n/a
Type of Wood Charities$2,00010%
Special Olympics Washington$1,48560%
Gofundmeorg$1,24020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
Cocoon House$80040%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$55030%
The Salvation Army$5001n/a
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$35020%
Samaritan's Purse$30010%
American Institute for Cancer Research$25010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25010%
Bread For The World Inc$25010%
Sim USA Incorporated$2501n/a
March of Dimes Inc$25020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$20020%
5th Avenue Theatre Association$15010%
St Josephs Indian School$1051n/a
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$10010%
Movember Foundation$8310%
Consumer Reports Inc$7010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCovenant House: $46,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $16,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $13,762 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $12,405 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $11,297 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $7,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Asia Institute: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Orbis International Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa: $5,445 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCascade Public Media: $3,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetType of Wood Charities: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Washington: $1,485 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGofundmeorg: $1,240 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCocoon House: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute for Cancer Research: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget5th Avenue Theatre Association: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMovember Foundation: $83 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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 Blackbaud Giving FundSC12.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

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About Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation

How much does Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation give?
Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $43,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (33%), Religion (20%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
Who are Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Covenant House ($47k), Sacred Heart Church ($28k), United States Fund for Unicef ($16k).
Does Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation based?
Judy and Nick Kauser Foundation is based in TX.

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 66 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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