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Keep Climbing Foundation

Keep Climbing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that services children and US Veterans by hosting fundraising mountain climbs for various charities year round.

$147k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$88k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2021 to 2022.

Health$117kHuman Services$71kYouth Development$17k
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $132,714, the rows itemized in this filing. The $146,853 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $14,139 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $38k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $88k
$27,882
Median grant
4
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE$88,278
FISHER HOUSE$27,882
GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES$10,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN ST LOUIS$6,554
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 (FY21–21, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RMHC - NORTHWEST FL: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $8k → 11%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 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
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
2
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Indiana Inc

To provide a supportive home-away-from-home for families of children receiving medical care at riley children's health and other area hospitals.

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3
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Denver Inc

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of denver, inc. is that we provide essential services that remove barriers for families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
4
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Human Services
5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Midwest Mn Wi Ia

To provide a "home away from home and offer support to families seeking medical care for their children.

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6
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington

The organization provides a "home away from home" to families with seriously ill children, and supports initiatives to improve pediatric health.

Health
7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc

To provide a safe, caring, and temporary home away from home for the families of children receiving essential medical services in san antonio, texas.

Health
8
The Ronald Mcdonald House of Galveston

Ronald mcdonald house is a home-away from home for the families of children who come to the medical facilities in galveston for diagnosis and treatment of serious and long-term illnesses. this type facility offers parents and their…

Health
9
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Inc. sees a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children. They provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and…

Health
10
Central New York Ronald McDonald House

Housing and programs for sick children and thier families.

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11
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Jacksonville Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of jacksonville is a 501(c3) organization that supports the health and well-being of children by providing lodging, meals, transportation and a community of compassionate care to critically ill children and…

Health
12
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc

The mission of the ronald mcdonald house of houston, inc. is to offer a home away from home and to provide care, compassion, and hope to families with seriously ill children being treated in texas medical center member institutions.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of St Louis; the most unlike its peers is St Jude Hospital. 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

9 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.

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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDE HOSPITAL: $88,278 · HealthST JUDE HOSPITALRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $10,805 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCDell Children's Medical Group: $10,000 · HealthDell Children's Medical GroupFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $39,562 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $21,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES O…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MC…FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $7,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS O…GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON …GIRLS ON THE RUN OF ST LOUIS: $6,554 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON …
Health$109,083Other$61,062Human Services$17,500Youth Development$16,554

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE HOSPITAL: $88,278 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $39,562 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $21,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $10,805 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDell Children's Medical Group: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF ST LOUIS: $6,554 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Edward Jones Foundati…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Edward Jones FoundationMO12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Keep Climbing Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Keep Climbing Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 9 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $13k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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