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Kimberly-Clark Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$6.8MArts & Culture$4.2MEducation$4.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.8MYouth Development$1.7MEnvironment$1.2MHuman Services$997kHousing & Shelter$150kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $551k
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.3M
$226,016
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND$1,892,702
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA$987,500
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS$554,000
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$300,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$300,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$250,000
UNITED WAY METRO DALLAS$226,016
FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL$125,000
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE AMERICAN CLIMATE FUTURES$100,000
BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
WAYLAND ACADEMY$50,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$25,000
UNITED WAY AIKEN COUNTY$25,000
UNITED WAY HENDERSON COUNTY$25,000
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 (FY22–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $300k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $800k → 14%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
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 5 repeat orgs$5.8M to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
27

Total granted

$5.0M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-17%
+10%

Still filing today

20%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • SA
    SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.9M
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.5M · revenue -17%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M

Funded once

  • GD
    Good Done Great/YourCause/Blackbaud
    one grant, 2020 · $1.6M
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2022 · $800k · revenue +23%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY GREATER ATLANTA
    one grant, 2023 · $157k
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
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

—
6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Wetlands America Trust Inc

Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…

Environment
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
10
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
11
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Atlas Science Center 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

22 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. 22 of the 44 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
9/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA: $1,881,250 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICAGood Done Great/YourCause/Blackbaud: $1,587,560 · OtherGood Done Great/YourCause/BlackbaudAMERICAN RED CROSS: $1,010,810 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $987,500 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCFOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: $375,000 · OtherDELTARES: $300,000 · Other+22 more: $1,418,643 · Other+22 moreTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $4,587,677 · PhilanthropyTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUNDUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $1,459,969 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $800,200 · Human ServicesAmerican …EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY…CITYSQUARE: $100,000 · Human ServicesCITYSQUAR…The Family Place: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · EnvironmentCIRCULATE INITIATIVE INC: $100,000 · Environment+1 more: $15,000 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentATLAS SCIENCE CENTER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Dallas Opera: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS THEATER CENTER: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $50,000 · Animals
Other$7,560,763Philanthropy$6,047,646Human Services$1,260,200Environment$515,000Youth Development$100,000Arts & Culture$80,000Animals$50,000

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 budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $4,587,677 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $1,459,969 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $800,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Women's Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCIRCULATE INITIATIVE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDALLAS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWAYLAND ACADEMY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetATLAS SCIENCE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetThe Family Place: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF AIKEN COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dallas Opera: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS THEATER CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,000 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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Ibm International Fou…United Way WorldwideHarry S Moss Foundati…Theodore and Beulah B…Charities Aid Foundat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationVanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …
Texas Instruments FoundationTX16× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Harry S Moss Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Kimberly-Clark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kimberly-Clark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kimberly-Clark Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kimberly-Clark 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 44 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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