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Kengena Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$420k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$547kEducation$263kHousing & Shelter$175kInternational$139kHuman Services$138kHealth$86kPhilanthropy$56kYouth Development$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $312k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IRVING BIBLE CHURCH$60,000
EIS FAMILY A38$30,000
INTELLICHOICE$25,000
DAVID & ELLEN ROSS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$25,000
GLORIOUS GENERATION FOREIGN MISSION$20,000
MY REFUGE HOUSE$20,000
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE IRVING FOUNDATION$20,000
ROUTE 21$15,000
MISSION TO THE WORLD$15,000
YWAM-AIIM PNEUMA SPRINGS$12,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
STEPPING STONE MINISTRIES$10,000
PEAK HOPE FOUNDATION$10,000
HOUSE OF LIGHT - CASA LUZ$10,000
ONE WORLD HEALTH$10,000
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 (FY20–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%STREETSIDE SHOWERS: $10k → 5%ROUTE 21: $15k → 9%STREETSIDE SHOWERS: $5k → 5%AT JACOBS WELL: $10k → 10%ROUTE 21: $10k → 9%AT JACOBS WELL: $5k → 10%AT JACOBS WELL: $3k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF IRVING: $10k → 14%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
CA
CO
TN
SC
HI
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 46% of Kengena Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 53% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 82%.

Kengena Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 39 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
12

Total granted

$1.4M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+63%

Still filing today

62%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalReligionEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MR
    My Refuge House
    5× · 2020–2024 · $64k · revenue +6%
  • MH
    MANY HELPING HANDS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +88%
  • KC
    Kaleo Collective
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +253% · 47% of their budget

Funded once

  • NS
    NEW SONG CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • LT
    LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME INC
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • FP
    Family Promise of Irving
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -33%
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
Twin Missions International

Mission work

Health
2
One Way Ministries

One Way Ministries exists to reach impoverished, desperate and forgotten people groups with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through a variety of venues including community outreach events, food and clothing distribution, construction projects,…

Religion
3
Urban Hands

housing and feeding the homeless

Food & Nutrition
4
Bridging Initiatives International

Provide holistic and integrated service that address the diverse needs of vulnerable individuals and families experiencing instability as the result of domestic violence and /or homelessness.

Human Services
5
Morning By Morning Ministries

Our mission is to share the life-changing message of the Gospel with those we encounter, with a primary focus on the people of Mexico. We are called to serve the hungry, the orphaned, the widowed, the abandoned, the addicted, the…

Human Services
6
Be Hope International
Religion
7
Project New Hope International

Publicly supported evangelical organization focused on community transformation and empowerment of impoverished neighborhoods in South America and around the world. Missionaries work with community leaders assisting them in various mission…

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8
Mission 10 10 Foundation

Ministry organization operating in Ethiopia. We provide foster care to kids abandoned to the street, including housing, food, clothing, education, a savings fund, spiritual nurturing. We also support families of kids in the community that…

Religion
9
Maranatha Mission

Missionery outreach

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10
Map 10 40

To minister the gospel of jesus christ to poor people, leper colonies, and ethnic groups in sri lanka, israel, india, spain, and several eastern african nations that do not have access to christian churches.

Religion
11
Olalo of Hope - Kenya

Helping to Change the Cycle of Poverty through Education, Community Support and Urgent Medical Care to a new life Cycle of Hope Meeting practical needs to individuals in poverty to improve their life circumstances whether it be for health…

Arts & Culture
12
Homes for Homes aka Homes 4 Homes

Homes 4 Homes brings safe housing to people in developing countries. We empower local leaders and construction teams to build homes for at risk members of their own communities. Safe and secure housing positively impacts multiple…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Forward; the most unlike its peers is Peak Hope Foundation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 54 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
18/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IRVING BIBLE CHURCH: $140,000 · OtherIRVING BIBLE CHURCHSTEPPING STONE MINISTRIES: $105,000 · OtherSTEPPING STONE MINISTRIESDAVID & ELLEN ROSS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $98,000 · OtherDAVID & ELLEN ROSS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONBAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE IRVING FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherBAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE IRVING FOUNDATIONYWAM-AIIM PNEUMA SPRINGS: $71,000 · OtherYWAM-AIIM PNEUMA SPRINGSMISSION TO THE WORLD: $60,000 · OtherMISSION TO THE WORLDHOUSE OF LIGHT - CASA LUZ: $50,000 · OtherHOUSE OF LIGHT - CASA LUZMANY HELPING HANDS: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherTHE NAVIGATORS: $30,000 · Other+17 more: $188,000 · Other+17 moreEast-West Ministries International: $50,000 · ReligionEast-West Mi…Crisis Ministries: $45,000 · ReligionCrisis Minis…BARNABAS & CO: $30,000 · ReligionBARNABAS & C…GLORIOUS GENERATION FOREIGN MISSION: $25,000 · ReligionGLORIOUS GEN…PROSKUNEO MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · ReligionPROSKUNEO MI…EIS FAMILY A38: $50,000 · Human ServicesEIS FAMILY…ROUTE 21: $25,000 · Human ServicesROUTE 21IN MY SHOES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesIN MY SHOE…At Jacob's Well: $18,000 · Human ServicesAt Jacob's…STREETSIDE SHOWERS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSTREETSIDE…Family Promise of Irving: $10,000 · Human ServicesFamily Pro…My Refuge House: $64,000 · InternationalONE WORLD SURGERY: $15,000 · InternationalOneWorld Health: $10,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · InternationalSERVE HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · InternationalKaleo Collective: $40,000 · EducationINTELLICHOICE INC: $30,000 · EducationPeters Canyon Elementary School Pto: $15,000 · EducationOLD UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $15,000 · EducationSOLIDARITY: $7,000 · EducationPeak Hope Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMESSENGERS OF MERCY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCLEBURNE EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS FOR KIDS: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentMENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS: $20,000 · Youth Development
Other$897,000Religion$170,000Human Services$138,000International$109,000Education$107,000Philanthropy$46,000Youth Development$45,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMy Refuge House: $64,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetEIS FAMILY A38: $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCrisis Ministries: $45,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetMANY HELPING HANDS: $45,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetKaleo Collective: $40,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetPeak Hope Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetINTELLICHOICE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetBARNABAS & CO: $30,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetGLORIOUS GENERATION FOREIGN MISSION: $25,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetROUTE 21: $25,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetMENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPROSKUNEO MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetIN MY SHOES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLIFECHANGE HOUSING ASSOCIATES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAt Jacob's Well: $18,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetONE WORLD SURGERY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeters Canyon Elementary School Pto: $15,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetOLD UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $15,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTREETSIDE SHOWERS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetOneWorld Health: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Irving: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMESSENGERS OF MERCY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSERVE HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOLIDARITY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEBURNE EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO: $5,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTHE CLADDAGH FUND CHARITIES INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds My Refuge House ↗
  • Who funds EIS FAMILY A38 ↗
  • Who funds East-West Ministries International ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Ministries ↗
  • Who funds MANY HELPING HANDS ↗
  • Who funds Kaleo Collective ↗
  • Who funds Peak Hope Foundation ↗
  • Who funds INTELLICHOICE INC ↗
  • Who funds BARNABAS & CO ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds GLORIOUS GENERATION FOREIGN MISSION ↗
  • Who funds ROUTE 21 ↗
  • Who funds MENTORING URBAN STUDENTS & TEENS ↗
  • Who funds PROSKUNEO MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds IN MY SHOES INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFECHANGE HOUSING ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds At Jacob's Well ↗
  • Who funds ONE WORLD SURGERY ↗
  • Who funds Peters Canyon Elementary School Pto ↗
  • Who funds OLD UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds STREETSIDE SHOWERS INC ↗
  • Who funds OneWorld Health ↗
  • Who funds Family Promise of Irving ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…Celanese FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX13.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Kengena Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kengena Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kengena Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kengena 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 54 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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