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Kenneth H & Sara M Renau Foundation at a glance

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Kenneth H & Sara M Renau Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$394kHousing & Shelter$155kHealth$145kHuman Services$107kAnimals$50kFood & Nutrition$25kScience & Tech$15kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPALDING UNIVERSITY$25,000
WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION$15,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$15,000
THE HEALING PLACE$5,000
ST JOHN CENTER$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$2,000
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 (FY17–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $15k → 15%WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $15k → 15%WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $10k → 15%WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $10k → 15%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$741k · 12 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
8

Total granted

$741k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+59%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterAnimalsFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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

  • TH
    THE HEALING PLACE INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $145k · revenue +14%
  • SU
    SPALDING UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $75k · revenue +4%
  • WC
    WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC ORPHAN SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • PL
    PETS4LIFE LOUISVILLE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue +775%
  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +16%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
5
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
12
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St John Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is PETS4LIFE Louisville Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 22 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
13/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE: $279,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLETHE HEALING PLACE INC: $145,000 · OtherTHE HEALING PLACE INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $65,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYST JOSEPH CATHOLIC ORPHAN SOCIETY: $50,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC ORPHAN SOCIETYSALVATION ARMY: $47,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYST JOHN CENTER INC: $30,000 · Other+6 more: $44,822 · Other+6 moreSPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $75,000 · EducationSPALDING UNIVE…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $16,668 · EducationTHE BOARD OF T…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $14,500 · EducationPresident and …NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationNORTHEASTERN U…+1 more: $3,750 · EducationWAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $60,000 · Human ServicesPETS4LIFE LOUISVILLE INC: $33,095 · AnimalsDARE TO CARE INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionCASA OF THE RIVER REGION: $10,000 · Civil RightsSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$661,322Education$117,418Human Services$60,000Animals$33,095Food & Nutrition$25,000Civil Rights$10,000Housing & Shelter$5,000

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 budgetTHE HEALING PLACE INC: $145,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetST JOHN CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $16,668 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF THE RIVER REGION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $3,750 over 2y, 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 Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…V V Cooke Foundation …Snowy Owl Foundation …The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…Honorable Order of Ke…Baird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Morris Family Foundat…Sam Swope Family Foun…Nicklies Foundation I…
The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository IncKY17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morris Family Foundation · Sam Swope Family Foundation Inc · Nicklies Foundation Inc

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 H & Sara M Renau Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenneth H & Sara M Renau Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 22 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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