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Kathleen Kennedy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$415k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.3MArts & Culture$590kHuman Services$577kEducation$542kPhilanthropy$446kHealth$190kScience & Tech$60kEnvironment$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $152k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $260k
$45,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DRANOFF INTERNATIONAL 2 PIANO FOUND$60,000
PROJECT DANCE FOUNDATION$50,000
HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS FOUNDATION$50,000
WAMY COMMUNITY ACTION INC$50,000
EDUCATE TOMORROW$50,000
WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE$45,000
WOMENS FUND MIAMI-DADE$30,000
HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NW N CAROLI$30,000
AMOUR DANCE THEATRE$25,000
HIGH COUNTRY SOCCER ASSOCIATION$12,000
BUFFALO COVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CTR$10,000
BACK TO SCHOOL FESTIVAL$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $500k → 21%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $500k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $70k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $66k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $65k → 21%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $60k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $55k → 21%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $50k → 21%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS FOUNDATION: $50k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $45k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $20k → 21%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $20k → 21%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 21%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $15k → 21%SANT LA HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $150k → 15%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS FOUNDATION: $13k → 21%SANT LA HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $63k → 15%WOMEN'S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE: $10k → 21%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 21%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS FOUNDATION: $750 → 21%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 22 repeat orgs$354k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +117% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
9

Total granted

$3.5M
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+117%
+28%

Still filing today

82%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TW
    The Western Youth Network Inc
    5× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +521%
  • WF
    Womens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $351k · revenue +145% · 28% of their budget
  • TM
    THE MURRAY DRANOFF FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $310k · revenue +9% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • BH
    BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue +94%
  • DP
    DISCOVERY PLACE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +28%
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
Hickory Day School Inc

Instills in its students a love of learning in a unique environment that emphasizes academic excellence, critical-thinking skills, and global perspectives.

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2
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
3
Wake County Smart Start Inc

Wake county smart start invests in young children, their families, and a connected early childhood system that supports and prepares them for school and life ahead.

Education
4
Kid Power Inc

At kid power, youth ignite their confidence and build the skills to thrive academically, strengthen their social-emotional wellness, and advocate for themselves and their communities.

Youth Development
5
Women's Housing & Economic Development Corporation

The women's housing and economic development corp. (whedco) is a community development organization founded on the radically simple idea that all people deserve to live in healthy, vibrant communities. working in the south bronx, whedco…

Housing & Shelter
6
Dress for Success Triangle Nc

Empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and development tools to help women thrive in work and life.

Human Services
7
World Privacy Forum

The world privacy forum is dedicated to reimaging privacy in a digital era through ground-breaking, in-depth privacy research and consumer education of the highest quality. our vision is to empower people with the knowledge, rights, and…

Public Benefit
8
Hope Center for Kids Inc

The hope center for kids strives to faithfully inspire hope in the lives of youth and children through education, employability, collaboration and faith.

Youth Development
9
Kipp Miami Inc

Kipp miami public schools seek to create and sustain high achieving and inspiring community schools that battle inequity by empowering students to develop the knowledge, skills, character strengths, and habits to thrive in college and…

Education
10
Annie Wright Schools

Annie wright's strong community cultivates individual learners to become well-educated, creative and responsible citizens for a global society.

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11
North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children

To provide basic necessities for public school children as well as improving parenting skills in order for the children to be successful in school and to expand professional development opportunities for educators.

Philanthropy
12
High Meadow School Inc

See schedule oto operate as a nonpublic school for grades pre-kindergarten through eighth. its' mission is to nurture each child's love of learning by engaging their intrinsic curiosity in nature, one another, play, and creative…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in; the most unlike its peers is Project Dance Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 33 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
22/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Western Youth Network Inc: $1,125,000 · Human ServicesThe Western Youth Network IncWomens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc: $351,000 · Human ServicesWomens Fund of the Blue Ridge IncHAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC: $212,500 · Human ServicesHAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INCHIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVER FOUNDATION: $83,350 · Human ServicesTHE MURRAY DRANOFF FOUNDATION: $310,000 · OtherTHE MURRAY DRANOFF FOUNDATIONARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INC: $120,000 · OtherARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INCBAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FL FOUNDATIONTHE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMI: $100,000 · OtherTHE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMIWOMEN'S FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $95,050 · OtherWOMEN'S FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INCOAK HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherOAK HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOLHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NW N CAROLI: $70,000 · OtherHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NW N CAROLIDRANOFF INTERNATIONAL 2 PIANO FOUND: $60,000 · OtherWAMY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $50,000 · OtherBUFFALO COVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER INC: $65,000 · OtherBUFFALO COVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENT…BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Other+8 more: $103,000 · Other+8 moreEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $225,000 · InternationalKRISTI HOUSE INC: $191,000 · Crime & LegalKIDS ON POINT INC: $115,000 · Recreation & SportsHIGH COUNTRY SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsPROJECT DANCE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI BOARDING SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $30,000 · EducationBACK 2 SCHOOL FESTIVAL INC: $9,500 · Education+1 more: $825 · Education
Human Services$1,771,850Other$1,208,050International$225,000Crime & Legal$191,000Recreation & Sports$175,000Arts & Culture$160,000Education$140,325

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Western Youth Network Inc: $1,125,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetWomens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc: $351,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetTHE MURRAY DRANOFF FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $225,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC: $212,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetKRISTI HOUSE INC: $191,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INC: $120,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetKIDS ON POINT INC: $115,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetMIAMI BOARDING SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT DANCE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $95,050 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVER FOUNDATION: $83,350 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetOAK HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $75,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetBUFFALO COVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER INC: $65,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $60,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWAMY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBACK 2 SCHOOL FESTIVAL INC: $9,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetLAKE NORMAN HUMANE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FORUM INC: $825 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.

The Miami Foundation …Womens Fund of the Bl…The Kirk FoundationThe Batchelor Foundat…John S and James L Kn…Mightycause Charitabl…The Kennedy-Herterich…The High Country Char…Peacock Foundation IncThe Frederick a Deluc…The Leon Levine Found…Greater Miami Jewish …
The Miami Foundation IncFL18× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Womens Fund of the Blue Ridge Inc · The Kirk Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Kennedy-Herterich Foundation · The High Country Charitable Foundation · Peacock Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Greater Miami Jewish Federation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kathleen Kennedy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kathleen Kennedy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Educate Tomorrow Corp: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Kathleen Kennedy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kathleen Kennedy Foundation 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 33 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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