Maryland · Public charity
Kaboom Inc
Kaboom!, inc., which we refer to as kaboom!, is the national nonprofit that works to end playspace inequity by uniting with communities to build kid-designed playspaces that can spark joy and foster a sense of belonging for the kids who are often denied opportunities to thrive.
- $401k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $363k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 104
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Kaboom Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $363k | 74% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $216k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $702k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $145k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $141k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 82 | $2.4M | 93% |
| FY2019 | 104 | $1.8M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Recreation & Sports$2.2MEducation$749kHealth$482kHuman Services$481kCommunity Improvement$467kArts & Culture$396kYouth Development$363kHousing & Shelter$201kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
ME
VT
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Air Council | $133,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation | $115,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region | $110,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Called To Serve CDC Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Friends of the Rail Park | $108,025 | 2 | 15% |
| Friends of Fernhill Park | $104,000 | 2 | 82% |
| Alfred Almond Community Sports Association Inc | $88,450 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $83,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| By My Side Ltd | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 247 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Air Council | $133,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation | $115,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region | $110,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Called To Serve CDC Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Friends of the Rail Park | $108,025 | 2 | 15% |
| Friends of Fernhill Park | $104,000 | 2 | 82% |
| Alfred Almond Community Sports Association Inc | $88,450 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $83,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| By My Side Ltd | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Belmont Alliance Civic Association | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Eastern State Penitentiary Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Randolph Area Community Development Corp | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puentes de Salud | $75,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The John Bartram Association | $74,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation | $70,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Genesee-Orleanse Regional Arts Council | $70,000 | 1 | 22% |
| City of Romulus | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Springville Center for the Arts Inc | $68,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Philadelphia City Fund Inc | $68,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indochinese-American Council | $67,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houghton University | $67,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenan Center Inc | $67,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia | $66,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Village of Perry | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Orion Mi | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action Network | $65,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | $65,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Oak Park | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nw Goldberg Cares Inc | $64,000 | 1 | 65% |
| King Center Charter School | $63,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chautauqua Institution | $63,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia | $60,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| People for People Charter School Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Delaware River City Corporation | $59,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Empire State Development Corp | $56,675 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Pontiac | $56,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Housing Authority | $56,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foodlink Inc | $54,550 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Madison Heights | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warriors in Art | $53,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Puzzle Peace | $51,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Glow Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $51,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Rural Outreach Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Monroe Michigan | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northfield Township | $47,550 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chelsea | $46,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua County Health Network Inc | $42,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Village of Manchester | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frankford Community Development Corporation | $41,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Generation Two Creating Intergenerational Friendships Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 34% |
| City of Marine City | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Public Library | $32,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Independent Health Foundation | $28,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Cedartown | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Clay Studio | $28,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Howell Main Street Inc | $27,825 | 1 | 11% |
| Port Huron Housing Commission | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| El Progreso Library | $22,991 | 1 | 3% |
| Kenosha Unified School District No 1 | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ivy Preparatory Academy Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Police Athletic Leagueinc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Avondale Elementary School Education Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Memorial Day School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walton County Board of Education | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond the View Autism Services | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashview Heights Community Association Corp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McEachern High School | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Smart Academy Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlton County Recreation Dept | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gateway House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parent Booster USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Museum of Tampa Inc | $19,832 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Aquatic Sciences | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Algonac | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherburne-Earlville Central School | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Brasher Falls Central | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Bais Yosef Tzvi | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minetto Hsa Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 21% |
| City of Mentor | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of River Rouge | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northridge Academy | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Lacs Burlington Elementary | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kankakee Trinity Academy | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Imagination Playground Inc | $13,473 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Scholars Institute Preschool | $13,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore City Public Schools | $10,682 | 1 | n/a |
| North Chicago School District 187 | $9,929 | 1 | n/a |
| Westside Neighborhood Developm | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Tukwila | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| El Cajon Animal Control Shelter | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Alexander Youth Network | $9,472 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Girls Club | $9,280 | 1 | 5% |
| Wyoming County Community Health System | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regina Coeli Child Development Center | $8,724 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads | $8,526 | 1 | 0% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $8,229 | 1 | 0% |
| Richland School District Two Education Foundation | $8,070 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Monessen | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community Builders Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgeville School | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McAlester Public Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dreamers Co International | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Knox County Illinois | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Anna's House Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canandaigua Kiwanis Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Jeffersonville | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campus Clubs Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Gary Parks Department | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalinga-Huron Unified School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickinson Public Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iron County C-4 School District - Viburnum Elementary | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scotland County | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hammond | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pride Stores | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kc Blind All-Stars Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional School Unit 10 | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Peoria Family YMCA | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Kerman | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rushford Economic Development Organization | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvest Tabernacle of Sarasota Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlisle County Elementary | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Proteus Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Banting School PTO Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Money Creek Township | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green County Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pakachoag Acres Day Care Centerinc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Wis | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Logansport Community School Corpora | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chicopee | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Timber Lake & Area Development Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Grace Foundation of New York | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gold Bar PTA Local Unit Number 7 6 16 | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mullica Township | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Hall County | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mason City Community Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aerospace Science and Technology Education Center Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wise Co Technical Center (Wise County Public Schools) | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Four Rivers Outreach Community Development Corporation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natchez-Adams School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dworshak PTO | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherokee County School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Chester Public Library | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pointe Coupee Parish School Board | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rome City Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Naugatuck Public Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McLeod Family Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Schenectady Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Somerset Community Action Program Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Favored Foundation for Strengthening Families | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiny Tim Center Inc Dba Tlc Learning Center | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB Georgia Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Albany Main Street Association | $8,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Town of Arcadia | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Assoc of Shawnee Ok | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Bowling Green Missouri | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pineville Independent Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| George Junior Republic | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of University Park | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marie Wilkinson Child Development Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Varnado Park | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ritchie County Schools | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Troy City Board of Education | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hammond Area Recreational District No 1 | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curwensville Borough | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| George County Office of Superintendent of Educatio | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cascade | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miami R-I School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of King County | $7,807 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunland Park Community Library | $7,631 | 1 | n/a |
| Albuquerque Christian Children's Home Inc | $7,631 | 1 | 1% |
| The Devereux Foundation | $7,564 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc | $7,427 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa de Los Ninos | $7,398 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $7,393 | 1 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Tulsa | $7,340 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church | $7,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Waco Boys & Girls Club | $7,274 | 1 | 1% |
| Childrens Discovery Museum Inc | $7,274 | 1 | 2% |
| Excellence Academy Child Care & Learning Center | $7,274 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Food Bank of Victoria Dba Food Bank of the Golden Crescent | $7,274 | 1 | 0% |
| Focusing Families | $7,274 | 1 | 1% |
| Promise Rose Residential Care Home Inc | $7,274 | 1 | 1% |
| Avenue Community Development Corporation | $7,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Bend Inc | $7,274 | 1 | 1% |
| Hitchcock ISD | $7,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Wichita Falls | $7,274 | 1 | 0% |
| Maverick Boys & Girls Club of Amarillo Inc | $7,274 | 1 | 1% |
| Clements Boys & Girls Club | $7,274 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $7,188 | 1 | 0% |
| Signal Centers Inc | $7,188 | 1 | n/a |
| Willkie House Inc | $7,186 | 1 | 1% |
| Jubilee Academy | $7,043 | 1 | n/a |
| Love City Inc | $6,977 | 1 | 1% |
| YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South | $6,977 | 1 | 0% |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast Inc | $6,973 | 1 | 0% |
| Richmond Police Athletic League | $6,926 | 1 | 4% |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital | $6,544 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Scholars Institute Inc | $6,484 | 1 | 1% |
| Chandler Unified School Distr | $6,432 | 1 | n/a |
| San Antonio Zoological Society | $6,391 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Partnership | $6,360 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $6,331 | 1 | n/a |
| Highland Community School Inc | $6,285 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Concern Inc | $6,271 | 1 | 0% |
| The Faison Center Inc | $6,240 | 1 | 0% |
| Sara M Holbrook Community Center Inc | $6,197 | 1 | 1% |
| The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc | $6,194 | 1 | 0% |
| The Neighborhood Center | $6,189 | 1 | 4% |
| Newport Public Schools | $6,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Willie Ross School for the Deaf Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Foundation Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Pikes Peak Children's Museum | $6,002 | 1 | 6% |
| The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Blackhawk Primary Center | $6,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | $6,002 | 1 | n/a |
| The Opportunity Project Schools Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooks Elementary School Foundation | $6,002 | 1 | 41% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Rusk County | $6,002 | 1 | 1% |
| Hop Brook School | $6,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | $6,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Beam | $6,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Academy | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County | $6,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Nevada Math Club Inc | $6,002 | 1 | 6% |
| Bluebonnet Childrens Center | $5,758 | 1 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maryland Inc | $5,670 | 1 | 0% |
| Childhood Language Disorders Center Inc | $5,670 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Housing Corporation - Brockton | $5,670 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Central Nm | $5,445 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Kaboom Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 126 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 126.
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 William Penn FoundationPA26.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Good Sports Inc · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Share Our Strength · The Allen Hilles Fund
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.
About Kaboom Inc
- How much does Kaboom Inc give?
- Kaboom Inc reported 19 itemized grants totaling $362,573, out of $400,573 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 104 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Kaboom Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (37%), Education (13%), Health (8%).
- Who are Kaboom Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Clean Air Council ($133k), Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation ($115k), Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region ($110k).
- Does Kaboom Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kaboom Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Good Sports Inc.
- Where is Kaboom Inc based?
- Kaboom Inc is based in MD.
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