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Kalman Foundation at a glance

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Kalman 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.

$164k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$214kPublic Benefit$200kReligion$141kEducation$79kHealth$72kFood & Nutrition$51kHousing & Shelter$23kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$736k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST CLARE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN BUILDING FUND$100,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$15,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
DUCHESNE ANNUAL FUND$5,000
ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
SAN JOSE CLINIC$5,000
ST CLARE OF ASSISSI SCHOOL$5,000
HOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE$5,000
UT HEALTH HOUSTON$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,500
FAITH IN PRACTICE$2,500
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CROSS ACADEMICS-CARDINALS CIRCLE$500
FEEDING THE LONE STAR$500
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 (FY17–19, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PATRIOT PAWS: $10k → 5%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 15%ELIJAH RISING: $8k → 16%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$701k · 16 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
30

Total granted

$701k
$162k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+43%

Still filing today

38%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $126k · revenue +17%
  • CL
    CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $125k · revenue +91%
  • HC
    HOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARTHA CATHOLIC CHURCH OF KINGWOOD
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • IM
    Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houstongraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +169%
  • CJ
    CASA JUAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +34%
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
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
2
El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission

El Buen Samaritano an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas serving the Latino community of Central Texas is committed to recognizing the dignity of all by ensuring access to health care education and essential needs that…

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3
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
4
Kids' Meals Inc
Human Services
5
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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6
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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7
The Beacon of Downtown Houston

To provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.

Health
8
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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9
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
10
Katy Christian Ministries

See Schedule O.Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) is a social service non-profit that serves the Katy/West Houston area. KCM's Social Service Department offers emergency financial assistance, a Food Pantry, a Crisis Center that houses the…

Human Services
11
Austin City Lutherans

Address food and housing insecurity for Austin-area low income families.

Religion
12
Target Hunger Inc

The mission of Target Hunger is to alleviate hunger and its root causes in the Houston neighborhoods we serve. Target Hunger is on the front lines of hunger every day through its food distribution system that includes multiple food…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Central Kitchen Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cuatro Por Venezuela. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 54 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST CLARE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN BUILDING FUND: $200,000 · OtherST CLARE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN BUILDING FUNDCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $125,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INCIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+39 more: $231,875 · Other+39 moreCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $125,000 · ReligionCATHOLIC LEADERS…HOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE: $42,500 · HealthCAMP H-TOWN: $2,500 · HealthSan Francisco Nativity Academy: $35,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCASA JUAN DIEGO: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 · Human ServicesElijah Rising: $7,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CATHOLIC HGR ED: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,500 · InternationalFAITH IN PRACTICE: $2,500 · International
Other$627,375Religion$125,000Health$45,000Education$36,000Human Services$32,500Housing & Shelter$5,000International$5,000

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $125,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $125,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE: $42,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElijah Rising: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CATHOLIC HGR ED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUATRO POR VENEZUELA: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCAMP H-TOWN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOKS BETWEEN KIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding The Lone Star LLC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Nativity Academy ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds CASA JUAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Elijah Rising ↗
  • Who funds WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CATHOLIC HGR ED ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds CUATRO POR VENEZUELA ↗
  • Who funds CAMP H-TOWN ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN 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.

Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Marek Family Foundati…Baxter Trust Co Priva…Strake FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Texas Instruments Fou…The Houston Food BankA R Tony and Maria J …Charity Guild of Cath…Scanlan Foundation
Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust CompanyTX19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Houston Food Bank · A R Tony and Maria J Sanchez Family Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Scanlan 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 Kalman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kalman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 54 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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