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Kelly Cares Foundation

The KELLY CARES FOUNDATION strengthens communities and inspires hope by investing resources to improve health & education.

$52k
Granted FY2023
2
Itemized grants FY2023
2
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$30k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 18
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$333k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Kelly Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20232$30k50%
FY20224$25k50%
FY20215$45k0%
FY201918$184k56%
FY201812$105k50%
FY201714$180kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Recreation & Sports$531kHealth$225kPhilanthropy$100kEducation$85kHuman Services$73kEmployment$30kHousing & Shelter$25kCrime & Legal$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IN
AZ
NC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 33 grantees
All grantees of Kelly Cares Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Foundation of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Inc$50,00031%
The Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial$50,00044%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$46,00040%
Holtz Charitable Foundation Inc$35,00041%
Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation$35,00044%
Goodwill Industries of Michiana Inc$30,00030%
Als United Greater New York Inc$29,4381n/a
The Center for the Homeless Inc$25,24330%
Child and Parent Services Inc$25,00011%
Our Lady of the Lake Foundation$20,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro Inc$20,0001n/a
Basket of Hope$15,45122%
Family Justice Center of St Joseph County Inc$15,20031%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$15,00010%
The V Foundation$12,50010%
3rd and Goal Foundation Attn Brian Veith$10,00016%
525 Foundation Inc$10,00015%
University of Minnesota Foundation$10,00010%
Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc$10,00011%
Elkhart Education Foundation$10,00012%
San Antonio Area Foundation$10,0001n/a
Jason Kinzler Family First Foundation$10,00024%
St Joseph County Parks Foundation$10,00011%
The Silver Shield Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Reach Out and Read Inc$10,00010%
Pink Ribbon Connection$9,60016%
American Cancer Society Inc$6,75010%
United Health Services of St Joseph County$6,00010%
The Humane Society of Elkhart County Inc$5,00010%
Gentlemen & Scholars Inc$5,00016%
Indiana State Police Alliance Inc$5,00011%
YWCA North Central Indiana Inc$5,00010%
Hannah's House Inc$3,10011%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kelly Cares Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Foundation of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial: $50,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHoltz Charitable Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAra Parseghian Medical Research Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Michiana Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for the Homeless Inc: $25,243 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChild and Parent Services Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOur Lady of the Lake Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBasket of Hope: $15,451 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFamily Justice Center of St Joseph County Inc: $15,200 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe V Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget3rd and Goal Foundation Attn Brian Veith: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budget525 Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetElkhart Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetJason Kinzler Family First Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetSt Joseph County Parks Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Silver Shield Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPink Ribbon Connection: $9,600 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $6,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Health Services of St Joseph County: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Humane Society of Elkhart County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGentlemen & Scholars Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetIndiana State Police Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYWCA North Central Indiana Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHannah's House Inc: $3,100 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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.

University of Notre Dame du LacIN25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: University of Notre Dame du Lac · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Elkhart General Hospital Inc · Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc · The Leep Foundation Inc · Schwartz Wiekamp Foundation · The Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc · Crossroads United Way Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx

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.

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How do I get to Kelly Cares Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kelly Cares 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.

About Kelly Cares Foundation

How much does Kelly Cares Foundation give?
Kelly Cares Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $30,451, out of $52,482 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kelly Cares Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (47%), Health (20%), Philanthropy (9%).
Who are Kelly Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Foundation of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Inc ($50k), The Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial ($50k), The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($46k).
Does Kelly Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kelly Cares Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include University of Notre Dame du Lac, Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc.
Where is Kelly Cares Foundation based?
Kelly Cares Foundation is based in IN.

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 34 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 2023, released 2023. 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 $51k 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 FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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