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Kenny's Kids

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18M
Granted FY2022
22
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$11M
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$17MHealth$2.4MEducation$628kHuman Services$387kYouth Development$314kInternational$185kFood & Nutrition$75kArts & Culture$69kOther$0
02FY2022 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $148k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $600k
  • $250k+2 grants · $17M
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KENNY'S KIDS$11,115,979
PONTIKES FAMILY FOUNDATION$5,769,497
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$175,000
ASCENSION ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$100,000
SOC - F$100,000
THE STATION FOUNDATION$100,000
WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN$75,000
ASCENSION ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$50,000
TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION$40,000
BAYHILL HIGH SCHOOL$25,000
TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION$25,000
HOPE HOUSE OF SEDONA$18,000
TWLOHA$10,000
SEDONA ARTS CENTER$10,000
WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $497k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Yavapai Food Bank: $5k → 14%Monkey Tail Ranch: $15k → 7%MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $45k → 16%YAVAPAI FOOD BANK: $5k → 14%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $15k → 7%Mariposa Dr Foundation: $40k → 16%HERO HUNT: $5k → 14%RAISING SPECIAL KIDS: $2k → 11%YAVAPAI FOOD BANK: $5k → 14%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%Mariposa Dr Foundation: $40k → 16%Monkey Tail Ranch: $5k → 7%MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $75k → 9%MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%We Care Services for Children: $55k → 9%WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $37k → 9%WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $35k → 9%We Care Services for Children: $25k → 9%Operation North Pole: $3k → 14%WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 9%WE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 9%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

MT
IL
NY
MA
OH
CA
AZ
TN
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.

18%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 26 repeat orgs$18M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2022, 17 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
18

Total granted

$3.8M
$251k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+26%

Still filing today

58%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AB
    ALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM
    5× · 2017–2021 · $705k · revenue +32%
  • UO
    University of Chicago Medical Center
    4× · 2017–2020 · $700k · revenue +101%
  • WC
    We Care Services For Children
    6× · 2017–2022 · $242k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +29%
  • FT
    FOUNDATION TO BE NAMED LATER
    one grant, 2017 · $67k
  • AC
    ALAMEDA COUNTY KIDS HEALTH
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
2
Phoenix Children's Hospital

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families.

Health
3
Real Kids Real Food
Education
4
The Sam Simon Feeding Families Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Warrior Kids Foundation
Health
6
Tucson Family Food Project Inc

The mission of the tucson family food project is to provide meals for children who are struggling with food insecurity, while teaching them how to cook food for themselves in their own homes.

Food & Nutrition
7
Foundation for Children With Neuroimmune Disorders Inc

Neuroimmune foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to dramatically accelerating physician education of pans, pandas, and encephalitis; significantly improving outcomes for individuals impacted by these disorders; providing…

Health
8
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
9
Max for Kids
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10
Mikid-Mentally Ill Kids in Distress

Mikid improves the behavioral health and wellness of children and youth through a family-centered approach.

—
11
Think Big for Kids Inc

Think big for kids is breaking the cycle of poverty by providing middle and high school students with career opportunities, mentorship, and job readiness training to excel in today's workforce.

Youth Development
12
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

To provide comprehensive, family-centered social, educational and behavioral health services that encourage children, adolescents and their families to lead self reliant, stable and productive lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Arizona Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kennys Kids. 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

36 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. 36 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
22/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENNYS KIDS: $11,115,979 · PhilanthropyKENNYS KIDSPONTIKES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $5,769,497 · PhilanthropyPONTIKES FAMILY FOUNDATION+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM: $705,000 · HealthUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $700,000 · HealthTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Health+3 more: $52,000 · HealthJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $225,000 · OtherBayhill High School: $165,000 · OtherASCENSION ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherSOC - F: $100,000 · OtherST ANGELAS EDUCATION FDN: $85,000 · OtherFOUNDATION TO BE NAMED LATER: $67,000 · OtherSPECIAL OPERATION CARE FUND SOCF: $50,000 · OtherLATIN SCH OF CHICAGO: $48,000 · Other+23 more: $327,680 · OtherTHE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION: $730,450 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsWe Care Services For Children: $242,255 · Human ServicesMariposa DR Foundation: $185,000 · Human ServicesThe Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $45,000 · Human Services+4 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of Chicago: $175,000 · EducationHIGH JUMP: $150,000 · EducationCORE EDUCATION ACADEMY: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $75,000 · International
Philanthropy$16,886,476Health$1,632,000Other$1,217,680Recreation & Sports$730,950Human Services$497,255Education$378,000International$75,000

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 budgetKENNYS KIDS: $11,115,979 over 1y, 98% of budgetTHE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION: $730,450 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM: $705,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $700,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWe Care Services For Children: $242,255 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetMariposa DR Foundation: $185,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $175,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetHIGH JUMP: $150,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $47,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetSEDONA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $36,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetPATRIOTS JET TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $34,180 over 4y, 33% of budgetTEEN CANCER AMERICA INC: $24,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHope House of Sedona: $18,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetYavapai Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BRIDGE TEEN CENTER NFP: $12,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSEDONA ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMax McGraw Wildlife Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERDE VALLEY IMAGINATION LIBRARY: $3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOperation North Pole Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEncircle Families: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRATITUDE GLOBAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $500 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 KENNYS KIDS ↗
  • Who funds PONTIKES FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds We Care Services For Children ↗
  • Who funds Mariposa DR Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds THE STATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIGH JUMP ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CORE EDUCATION ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds TWLOHA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Monkey Tail Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEDONA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOTS JET TEAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEEN CANCER AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope House of Sedona ↗
  • Who funds WEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds Yavapai Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds DO IT FOR THE LOVE ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE TEEN CENTER NFP ↗
  • Who funds SEDONA ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HERO HUNT 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.

Kennys KidsArizona Community Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…Silicon Valley Commun…Renaissance Charitabl…AbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
Kennys KidsAZ24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kennys Kids · Arizona Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving 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 Kenny's Kids funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenny's Kids. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%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 · 0–60%
    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 Kenny's Kids?

    Find your warmest path to Kenny's Kids 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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