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Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation at a glance

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Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$204k
Granted FY2026still arriving
20
Grants FY2026still arriving
12
States reached
$19k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Animals$167kPhilanthropy$130kEducation$107kPublic Safety & Disaster$107kHealth$95kInternational$85kHuman Services$83kCrime & Legal$82kOther$0
02FY2026 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k9 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $156k
$13,585
Median grant
12
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$18,586
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$18,585
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC$13,586
NEW ROOTS INSTITUTE$13,585
BLOOD CANCER UNITED$13,585
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY$13,585
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$13,585
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL INC$13,585
MUSICIAN TREATMENT FOUNDATION OF AUSTIN TEXAS$13,585
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY$13,585
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY$10,000
STONELEIGH-BURNHAM SCHOOL$7,926
BACKPACK BUDDIES OF GREATER BLUFFTON$5,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY$5,000
HOPEFUL HORIZONS$5,000
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 (FY18–26, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $4k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $14k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $13k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%NEADS INC: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE SHREWSBURY SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $3k → 10%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

VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
MO
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Kathryn Davis Grado Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$972k · 30 repeat orgs$322k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
32

Total granted

$972k
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+31%

Still filing today

93%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HH
    HILTON HEAD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    7× · 2019–2026 · $83k · revenue +42%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2020–2026 · $76k · revenue +39%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
    3× · 2022–2026 · $70k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    one grant, 2022 · $44k · revenue +1%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $29k · revenue +79%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $29k · revenue +22%
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
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
2
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
3
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
4
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
7
Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc

Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…

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8
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
9
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
10
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
11
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
12
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
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 Sahar Education. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

60 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. 60 of the 66 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
38/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $76,068 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FR…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $68,561 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KI…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $31,560 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMA…Save The Children Federation Inc: $13,882 · InternationalSave The Childre…WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $13,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES …+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $61,664 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFA…HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY: $26,560 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIE…NORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · AnimalsNORTH COUNTR…PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $19,820 · AnimalsPERFORMING A…WILDAID INC: $17,000 · AnimalsWILDAID INCWORCESTER ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC: $7,000 · Animals+3 more: $9,000 · Animals+3 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $53,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INCBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $26,560 · OtherBACKPACK BUDDIES OF GREATER BLUFFTON: $20,000 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $44,194 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATIONCHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION: $28,171 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $70,224 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INCGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $43,664 · OtherGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCENew Roots Institute: $26,560 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $29,193 · OtherHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $35,000 · OtherHOPEFUL HORIZONSSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $29,193 · Other+22 more: $169,175 · Other+22 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $32,310 · HealthBLOOD CANCE…SHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $30,750 · HealthSHATTERPROO…MUSICIAN TREATMENT FOUNDATION OF AUSTIN TEXAS INC: $26,560 · HealthMUSICIAN TR…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $26,560 · HealthAMERICAN FO…SMILE MASS INC: $15,000 · HealthSMILE MASS …The Fistula Foundation: $10,000 · HealthThe Fistula…TIDES FOUNDATION: $116,230 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOU…UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC: $6,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,410 · PhilanthropyHILTON HEAD PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $82,500 · EducationHILTON HE…STONELEIGH-BURNHAM SCHOOL: $27,926 · EducationSTONELEIG…MAY RIVER MONTESSORI: $7,337 · EducationMAY RIVER…+1 more: $2,500 · EducationFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $38,115 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $36,560 · Human ServicesNEADS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE SHREWSBURY SENIOR CENTER INC: $5,342 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $4,000 · Human Services
International$208,071Animals$161,044Other$574,934Health$141,180Philanthropy$124,640Education$120,263Human Services$94,017

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 budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $116,230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILTON HEAD PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $82,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $76,068 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $70,224 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $68,561 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $61,664 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $53,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $44,194 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $43,664 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $38,115 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $36,560 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $32,310 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $31,560 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $30,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $29,193 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $29,193 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION: $28,171 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSTONELEIGH-BURNHAM SCHOOL: $27,926 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew Roots Institute: $26,560 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $26,560 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICIAN TREATMENT FOUNDATION OF AUSTIN TEXAS INC: $26,560 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $26,560 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $19,820 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWILDAID INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $17,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUFFTON SELF HELP INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE MASS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $13,882 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBACKPACK BUDDIES OF GREATER BLUFFTON AND HARDEEVILLE: $10,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetNEADS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSPREAD THE VOTE INC: $8,675 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAY RIVER MONTESSORI: $7,337 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWORCESTER ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBluffton Youth Theatre: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HUNGER COALITION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Heritage Classic Foun…Wexford FoundationThe Bargain BoxThe Berkeley Hall Cha…United Way of the Low…Coastal Community Fou…John L Clendenin & Ma…The Thorpe Family Fou…Palmetto Project IncWorldwide Small Chang…Dan and Merrie Boone …
Community Foundation of the LowcountrySC30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Heritage Classic Foundation · Wexford Foundation · The Bargain Box · The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Lowcountry · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · John L Clendenin & Margaret Clendenin F · The Thorpe Family Foundation Inc · Palmetto Project Inc · Worldwide Small Change Foundation Co Roy Kaufmann · Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation 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 Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Animal Shelter Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kathryn Davis Grado 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 66 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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