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Killam Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$615k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$500k
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 2024.

Education$1.3MHealth$89kHuman Services$77kArts & Culture$54kAnimals$50kPhilanthropy$40kFood & Nutrition$25kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation$500,000
CASA DE MISERICORDIA$50,000
TEXAS STANDARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN KUT$40,000
TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION$15,000
ECOFLIGHT$4,500
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat$2,500
Trust Women Foundation$1,500
Breath of Life Ministries$1,500
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 (FY22–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CASA DE MISERICORDIA: $50k → 21%CASA DE MISERICORDIA: $25k → 21%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 10 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$1.6M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+42%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UO
    University of the Incarnate Word
    2× · 2018–2022 · $200k · revenue +17%
  • MM
    MERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO
    3× · 2018–2022 · $85k · revenue +17%
  • CD
    CASA DE MISERICORDIA
    2× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CK
    CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • LT
    Laredo Theater Guild International Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +42%
  • MA
    MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +7%
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
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
2
Texas Water Foundation

Texas water foundation is a statewide nonprofit that provides educational resources and educational services on water in texas for decision makers, water professionals, and everyday texans. texas water foundation works in the areas of…

Environment
3
Lone Star Flight Museum

Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.

Arts & Culture
4
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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5
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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6
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
7
Laredo Area Community Foundation

To inspire by generosity and empower by a legacy of giving, the Laredo Area Community Foundation provides for the philanthropic needs of Laredo and surrounding communities.

Philanthropy
8
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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9
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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10
Texas Bar Foundation

The Foundation solicits charitable contributions and provides funding to enhance the rule of law and the system of justice in Texas, especially for programs that relate to the administration of justice; ethics in the legal profession;…

Crime & Legal
11
Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Lamar University Foundation Inc

The Foundation supports the development and promotion of Lamar University, its students, faculty and staff. The Lamar University Foundation supports and enhances Lamar University by encouraging the commitment of personal and financial…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Laredo Theater Guild International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ecoflight. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc: $550,000 · EducationTexas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation IncUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $200,000 · EducationUniversity of the Incarnate WordTEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $533,532 · OtherTEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYCAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $50,000 · OtherCAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTETEXAS STANDARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN KUT: $40,000 · OtherTEXAS STANDARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN K…Bethany House of Laredo Inc: $25,100 · Other+8 more: $5,600 · OtherTEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $53,333 · PhilanthropySouth Texas Charity Weekend Inc: $40,000 · PhilanthropyMERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $85,000 · Health+3 more: $4,275 · HealthCASA DE MISERICORDIA: $75,000 · Human ServicesECOFLIGHT: $4,500 · EnvironmentAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Education$750,000Other$654,232Philanthropy$93,333Health$89,275Human Services$75,000Environment$4,500Civil Rights$2,500

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 budgetTexas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc: $550,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY MINISTRIES OF LAREDO: $85,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCASA DE MISERICORDIA: $75,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $53,333 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSouth Texas Charity Weekend Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBethany House of Laredo Inc: $25,100 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetECOFLIGHT: $4,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaredo Theater Guild International Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAREDO PHILHARMONIC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLeadership Institute: $250 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.

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.

Laredo Area Community…The John G and Marie …Greater Houston Commu…The Guadalupe and Lil…Alice Kleberg Reynold…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Laredo Area Community FoundationTX17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Laredo Area Community Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Killam Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Killam Family 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 23 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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