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Kalele Foundation at a glance

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Kalele Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$294k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$215k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$293kYouth Development$10kEnvironment$10kHealth$10kEducation$5kHuman Services$4kInternational$3kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $750
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $293k
$78,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAF GIVING 360 (FORMERLY SCHWAB CHARITABLE)$215,142
Individual grant recipient$78,000
WE GIVE ALL$500
HELP ONE CHILD$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HELP ONE CHILD: $2k → 8%HELP ONE CHILD: $650 → 8%HELP ONE CHILD: $500 → 8%HELP ONE CHILD: $500 → 8%HELP ONE CHILD: $250 → 8%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.
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.

11%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 14 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$37k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-3%

Still filing today

86%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $293k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • TF
    TRUST FOR HIDDEN VILLA
    3× · 2020–2023 · $8k · revenue +45%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA
    3× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +23%
  • HO
    HELP ONE CHILD MISSION TO CHILDREN AT RISK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • LP
    LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -13%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    one grant, 2022 · $256 · revenue +8%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $256 · revenue +1%
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
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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2
Friends of the Children - San Francisco Bay Area

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.

Education
3
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
4
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
5
Our Children Oregon

Our children oregon's mission is to be a voice and force for the common good for all oregon children, ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. we elevate data and the voices of…

Philanthropy
6
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
9
International Youth Foundation

Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.

International
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Chemists Without Borders

Chemists without borders is a global humanitarian organization committed to sustainable and equitable solutions that empower communities and improve overall well-being. our strategic framework is: service - developing, facilitating, and…

Science & Tech
12
She's the First Inc

She's the first (stf) teams up with grassroots leaders to make sure girls everywhere are educated, respected, and heard. our vision is a world where every girl can choose her own future.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Abba's Ambassadors Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAF GIVING 360 (FORMERLY SCHWAB CHARITABLE): $215,142 · OtherDAF GIVING 360 (FORMERLY SCHWAB CHARITABLE)Individual grant recipient: $78,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+11 more: $13,450 · OtherTRUST FOR HIDDEN VILLA: $7,500 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Volunteers Inc: $2,000 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC: $1,369 · Youth DevelopmentSHINE TOGETHER INC: $900 · Youth DevelopmentLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $6,000 · HealthHELP ONE CHILD MISSION TO CHILDREN AT RISK: $4,153 · Human ServicesWE GIVE ALL INC: $1,500 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $717 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $256 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $256 · InternationalABBA'S AMBASSADORS INC: $1,660 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $159 · Philanthropy
Other$306,592Environment$9,600Youth Development$6,769Health$6,000Human Services$4,153International$2,729Philanthropy$1,819

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 budgetTRUST FOR HIDDEN VILLA: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELP ONE CHILD MISSION TO CHILDREN AT RISK: $4,153 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOKIZU FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Volunteers Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetABBA'S AMBASSADORS INC: $1,660 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWE GIVE ALL INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC: $1,369 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHINE TOGETHER INC: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $717 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROOM TO READ: $502 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $256 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $256 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKits Cubed Inc: $207 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $159 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conscious Kid: $107 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW DOOR VENTURES FKA GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY INC: $100 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.

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.

Gordon E and Betty I …Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationCA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Kalele Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kalele Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 27 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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