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Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation at a glance

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Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation

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.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$13k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$76kHealth$42kInternational$30kHousing & Shelter$30kRecreation & Sports$21kHuman Services$20kEducation$10kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$600
Median grant
6
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Southwest Church of Christ$13,000
Baja Vision Ministries$11,200
Beacon of Hope International$5,500
Africa Community Transformation Ser$4,800
Play as One$3,200
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$2,400
Emmanuel Faith Church$1,700
Mbeya International Ministries$1,200
Alternatives Medical Clinic$1,000
City of Angels Children's Hospital$600
Lets Start Talking Ministry$506
Individual grant recipient$500
Daybreak Church$500
NoVo Foundation$500
Tunnel to towers$300
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 (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Marriage Helper Inc: $3k → 4%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
IL
MI
NY
OR
CA
UT
CO
MO
AZ
KS
TN
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$197k · 25 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
40

Total granted

$197k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+36%

Still filing today

36%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
ReligionHealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesYouth 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

  • A
    Alternatives
    7× · 2018–2025 · $21k · revenue +12%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    8× · 2018–2025 · $20k · revenue +100%
  • IC
    Interfaith Community Services Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $13k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Chosen Angel Studios
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • ST
    Save the Storks
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • NC
    National Christian Charity Foundati
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
Servant Foundation

The Signatry advances the Christian faith by carrying out its mission, "to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations to solve the world's greatest problems," through financial and other support of I.R.C.…

Religion
2
Sole Ministries

None

Religion
3
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
4
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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5
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
6
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
7
Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan's purse is a nondenominational evangelical christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. since 1970, samaritan's purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war,…

Religion
8
Jubal Band Ministries

Jubal band ministries mission is to invite people to become disciples of christian life with jesus.

Religion
9
Explore God Network
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10
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
11
Transform Iran Inc

Transform iran is dedicated to religious, charitable, and educational activities designed to advance the christian faith, specifically to iran, surrounding countries, and throughout the middle east. to help fulfill the mission, (continued…

Religion
12
Jesus for Asia Inc

Jesus for asia exists for one purpose: to see as many people as possible accept eternal life before it's too late. we do this by going to the least reached section of the planet and by calling the church to re-engage its mission. in other…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Storks; the most unlike its peers is Novo 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

32 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. 32 of the 76 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANDMARK CHURCH OF CHRIST: $14,400 · OtherLANDMARK CHURCH OF CHRISTSOUTHWEST CHURCH OF CHRIST: $13,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST CHURCH OF CHRISTInterfaith Community Services Inc: $13,000 · OtherInterfaith Community Services IncCity of Angels Children's Hospital: $10,900 · OtherCity of Angels Children's HospitalEmmanuel Faith Church: $10,563 · OtherEmmanuel Faith ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $9,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMbeya International Ministries: $7,500 · OtherMbeya International MinistriesBEACON OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,500 · OtherThe Chosen Angel Studios: $5,000 · Other+45 more: $36,895 · Other+45 moreAlternatives: $21,300 · ReligionAlternativesThe Signatry Corporation Inc: $18,000 · ReligionThe Signatry Corpor…Josiah Venture: $2,015 · Religion+5 more: $1,816 · ReligionFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $20,350 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP O…PLAY AS ONE: $6,620 · Youth DevelopmentPLAY AS ONEBAJA VISION MINISTRIES: $26,850 · Housing & ShelterBAJA VISION …Africa Community Transformation Services: $8,020 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $6,683 · InternationalPREDISAN USA INC: $2,520 · InternationalTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $2,400 · InternationalThe Classical Academy Inc: $4,574 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $300 · EducationVANGUARD UNIVERSITY OF SO CAL: $250 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $200 · EducationMARRIAGE HELPER INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE ALABASTER JAR PROJECT: $2,030 · Human ServicesSU REFUGIO MINISTRIES: $200 · Human Services
Other$126,458Religion$43,131Youth Development$26,970Housing & Shelter$26,850International$19,623Education$5,324Human Services$4,730

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 budgetBAJA VISION MINISTRIES: $26,850 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetAlternatives: $21,300 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $20,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAfrica Community Transformation Services: $8,020 over 2y, 14% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $6,683 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY AS ONE: $6,620 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Classical Academy Inc: $4,574 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Storks: $3,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREDISAN USA INC: $2,520 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARRIAGE HELPER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALABASTER JAR PROJECT: $2,030 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJosiah Venture: $2,015 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $1,255 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORATION COMMUNITY ARTS: $610 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE ON THE HARD ROAD INC: $510 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLET'S START TALKING MINISTRY: $506 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING WATERS PUBLICATIONS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVANGUARD UNIVERSITY OF SO CAL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSU REFUGIO MINISTRIES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEANY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBECCA'S WISH: $100 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.

  • Who funds BAJA VISION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds Africa Community Transformation Services ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds PLAY AS ONE ↗
  • Who funds The Classical Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Save the Storks ↗
  • Who funds PREDISAN USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MARRIAGE HELPER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE ALABASTER JAR PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Josiah Venture ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATION COMMUNITY ARTS ↗

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.

Servant FoundationChristian Community F…The Signatry Charitab…Natl Christian Charit…Thrivent Charitable I…The San Diego Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Sempra FoundationUnited Way WorldwideThe US Charitable Gif…Texas Instruments Fou…American Endowment Fo…
Servant FoundationKS19× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The San Diego Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Sempra Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment 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 Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%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
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family 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 76 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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