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Kevin & Brittany Kisner Foundation

The KEVIN & BRITTANY KISNER FOUNDATIONs is a nonprofit organization committed to creating a positive environment for children to grow into responsible adults.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$3.6MHuman Services$570kEducation$405kRecreation & Sports$89kPhilanthropy$80kHousing & Shelter$33kReligion$24kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF GEORGIA$1,000,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CSRA$80,000
FERST READERS$70,000
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 (FY18–24, $251k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%FERST READERS: $70k → 11%FERST READERS: $70k → 11%FERST READERS: $50k → 11%FERST READERS: $21k → 11%GREAT OAK: $13k → 17%GREAT OAK: $12k → 17%ACTS: $8k → 17%GREAT OAK: $8k → 17%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 10 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$4.6M
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+32%

Still filing today

90%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • CP
    CHILDREN'S PLACE INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $543k · revenue +75%
  • FR
    FERST READERS INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $211k · revenue +7%
  • AA
    APPARO ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $80k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • CM
    COMMUNITY MEDICAL CLINIC OF AIKEN C
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • FP
    Family Promise of Aiken Countygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $23k · revenue +354%
  • AF
    AIKEN FUTBOL CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +146%
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
Central Georgia Soccer Association

Cgsa is passionately committed to the development and growth of soccer throughout the central georgia area.

Youth Development
2
The Aiken Corporation of South Carolina

To improve the economic vitality, enhance the beauty, and preserve the historical significance of downtown aiken.

Arts & Culture
3
Ac Sandhills

ACS develops and promote youth sports in the Sandhills region of North Carolina. Programs are open to youth who wish to participate

Recreation & Sports
4
Active Kids Association of Sport

Providing sports programs and sports education for youth and their families. aka sport's mission is to get kids more active through sports and exercise by creating and offering sports programs and healthy opportunities.

Recreation & Sports
5
Aberdeen Amateur Hockey Association

Youth skating and hockey

Recreation & Sports
6
Argyle Youth Sports Association

The mission is to implant the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and courage through supervised sports programs that are inclusive. the goal is for every child to find success through athletic participation.

Recreation & Sports
7
Aiken County Commission On Alcohol

The aiken commission provides alcohol and drug abuse counseling to individuals and families within the community.

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8
Carolina Youth Soccer Association

To provide all families a positive, healthy, progressive environment for youth development through soccer in our community.

Youth Development
9
Aurora Usa Soccer Academy

Community youth activity

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10
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States Inc

empowers players with the opportunity to develop their skills in a strong, competitive environment. We strive to build a sturdy foundation of knowledge and fundamentals for our athletes in a fun, positive atmosphere. Our coaches train and…

Recreation & Sports
11
Orangeburg Area Boys and Girls Club

Orangeburg Area Boys & Girls Club serves youth at eight (8) sites throughout Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties, South Carolina with afterschool and summer programs.

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12
Aiken Area Council On Aging Inc

To provide health, wellness, nutrition, transportation, social and other services that enhance the quality of life, independence, dignity and aid in the prevention of critical acute care needs of our community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Great Oak Equine Assisted Programs. 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION INC: $3,557,315 · OtherAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION INCCHILDREN'S PLACE INC: $542,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S PLACE INC+17 more: $280,923 · Other+17 moreFERST READERS INC: $211,195 · Human ServicesGREAT OAK EQUINE ASSISTED PROGRAMS: $32,100 · Human Services+1 more: $8,000 · Human ServicesAUGUSTA HERITAGE ACADEMY INC: $75,000 · EducationUniversity Health Care Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationSOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS INC: $6,495 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $80,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYSAFE: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsAIKEN FUTBOL CLUB: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsAiken Junior Golf Foundation DBA FIRST TEE OF AIKEN SC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAIKEN-AUGUSTA SWIM LEAGUE INC: $6,250 · Recreation & SportsFamily Promise of Aiken County: $23,300 · Housing & ShelterNORTH AUGUSTA CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,380,738Human Services$251,295Education$91,495Philanthropy$80,000Recreation & Sports$64,250Housing & Shelter$23,300Arts & Culture$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION INC: $3,557,315 over 6y, 54% of budgetCHILDREN'S PLACE INC: $542,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetFERST READERS INC: $211,195 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAUGUSTA HERITAGE ACADEMY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGREAT OAK EQUINE ASSISTED PROGRAMS: $32,100 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetPLAYSAFE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNORTH AUGUSTA CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL: $20,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetAIKEN FUTBOL CLUB: $18,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF AIKEN COUNTY: $16,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF AIKEN COUNTY: $15,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetUniversity Health Care Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUGUSTA ARSENAL SOCCER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAiken Junior Golf Foundation DBA FIRST TEE OF AIKEN SC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAREA CHURCHES TOGETHER SERVING: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS INC: $6,495 over 1y, 91% of budgetAIKEN-AUGUSTA SWIM LEAGUE INC: $6,250 over 1y, 2.0% 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…United Way of Aiken C…Georgia Rehabilitatio…The Knox FoundationGeorgia Power Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area IncGA25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · United Way of Aiken County Inc · Georgia Rehabilitation Institute Inc · The Knox Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Kevin & Brittany Kisner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kevin & Brittany Kisner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s 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 · 0–5%
    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 32 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 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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