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Kaar Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$61k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$349kReligion$126kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$6kEducation$6kInternational$3kYouth Development$1k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $49k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$153k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC$31,250
MARINERS CHURCH$18,060
APPLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$5,000
DISCOVERY CHURCH$2,750
PARKVIEW CHURCH$1,500
UNFORSAKEN MINISTRIES$1,000
TROY BREWER MINISTRIES$1,000
THE CHURCH OF ELEVEN22$400
CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY21–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%HARBOUR HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 13%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

CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
OK
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$387k · 7 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$387k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-13%
+29%

Still filing today

43%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • CW
    CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $216k · revenue -13%
  • DC
    DISCOVERY CHURCH INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $73k
  • MC
    MARINERS CHURCH
    3× · 2021–2024 · $38k

Funded once

  • M
    MAKE-A-WISH
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • A
    ALSAC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • CA
    CITIZENS ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
2
Christian Medical & Dental Society

Cmda educates, encourages, and equips christian healthcare professionals to glorify god. christian healthcare professionals glorify god by following christ, serving with excellence and compassion, caring for all people, and advancing…

International
3
Christ's Hospital
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4
Global Health Initiatives

As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.

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5
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc

American lebanese syrian associated charities, inc. (alsac) was founded in 1957 and exists solely to raise funds and build awareness to sustain and grow the mission of st. jude children's research hospital, inc. to advance cures, and means…

Religion
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.

Health
8
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
9
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
10
Stc Healthcare Partners Llc

Website: https://towerhealth.org/locations/st-christophers-hospital- children stc opco, llc (st. christopher's hospital for children) provides a full range of high-quality healthcare services to all children and youth up to age 21 who seek…

Health
11
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
12
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Apple Valley Christian Academy. 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

8 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. 8 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INC: $216,250 · OtherCHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INCDISCOVERY CHURCH INC: $72,750 · OtherDISCOVERY CHURCH INCMAKE-A-WISH: $40,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISHMARINERS CHURCH: $37,560 · OtherMARINERS CHURCHMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $30,705 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONALSAC: $30,275 · OtherALSAC+14 more: $41,594 · Other+14 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $19,868 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthMOURNING SUN CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyAPPLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationHARBOUR HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$469,134Health$20,118Philanthropy$6,000Education$5,000Human Services$2,500

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 budgetCHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INC: $216,250 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $19,868 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOURNING SUN CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAPPLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL SERVICE OFFICE: $3,153 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOUR HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MOURNING SUN CHILDRENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds APPLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL SERVICE OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds HARBOUR HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH 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.

Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN12.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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
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 Kaar Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kaar Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

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    How do I get to Kaar Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Kaar Foundation Inc 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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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