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Kelly Family Foundation Inc

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.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Education$200kArts & Culture$63kHuman Services$57kHealth$53kPhilanthropy$53kFood & Nutrition$21kInternational$13kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$50,000
AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE OF WISCONSIN INC$5,000
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN$5,000
SPECIALTY FREE CARE CLINIC INC$2,000
US FUND FOR UNICEF DBA UNICEF USA$1,500
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MADISON INC SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$1,000
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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $5k → 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

WI
NY
IN
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$440k · 8 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
19

Total granted

$440k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+1%

Still filing today

75%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHousing & 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

  • MS
    MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $39k · revenue +45%
  • American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc
    5× · 2018–2025 · $23k · revenue +65%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI
    5× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • UF
    UW FOUNDATION TRANSPLANT FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • NA
    NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -57%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +18%
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
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
4
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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5
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
6
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Wisconsin Association of Health Plans Inc

Promote a positive state legislative and regulatory climate for wisconsin's community health plans. the association communicates with regulatory agencies to promote issue positions representing community health plans.

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9
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
10
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
11
World Dairy Expo Inc

World dairy expo is the premier forum for the global dairy community to learn, share, create commerce and showcase competition.

Education
12
United States of America National Comm of the Int'l Dairy Fed Inc

The mission of the united states national committee of the international dairy federation is to represent the us dairy sector worldwide by providing the best global source of scientific expertise and knowledge in support of the development…

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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 Nuclear Age Peace 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

17 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. 17 of the 31 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONUW FOUNDATION TRANSPLANT FUND: $50,000 · OtherUW FOUNDATION TRANSPLANT FUNDUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $47,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $37,100 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEDISTRICT COUNCIL OF SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $17,500 · OtherDISTRICT COUNCIL OF SOCIETY OF ST VIN…+16 more: $25,300 · Other+16 moreMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $39,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON SYMPH…American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc: $22,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Play…SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $19,500 · Food & NutritionNUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 · InternationalChildren International: $600 · InternationalPORCHLIGHT INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Education$250,000Other$177,400Arts & Culture$61,500Food & Nutrition$19,500International$12,600Housing & Shelter$7,000Human Services$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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $47,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $39,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPORCHLIGHT INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA ALLIANCE OF WI INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KIDS FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren International: $600 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 Evjue Foundation …Madison Gas and Elect…Madison Community Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Baird Foundation IncHerbert H Kohl Charit…Ge Aerospace Foundati…John W Thompson and J…Green Bay Packers Fou…T Rowe Price Program …The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…
The Evjue Foundation IncWI17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Evjue Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun · Green Bay Packers Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Kelly Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kelly Family Foundation Inc. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Kelly Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Kelly Family Foundation Inc 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 31 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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