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Kinder Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$60kHealth$37kReligion$28kArts & Culture$19kInternational$11kAnimals$6kCivil Rights$5kCommunity Improvement$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$394k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE EMANUEL NEWTON$4,000
YOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION$1,500
AGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATION$1,000
2 LIFE OPUS NEWTON$1,000
PAN MASS CHALLENGE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CONGREGATION ETZ HAYIM$500
TEMPLE EL EMETH$500
AMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM$500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$500
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$500
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$500
UNITED HATZALAH$500
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $750 → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $500 → 6%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 19%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $500 → 6%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 19%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $500 → 6%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 19%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $500 → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $500 → 6%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 19%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $250 → 6%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 19%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 19%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: $250 → 19%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: $250 → 19%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Kinder Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Kinder Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154k · 39 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
8

Total granted

$154k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
-7%

Still filing today

36%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +206%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +383%
  • PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $6k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • BN
    B NAI B RITH
    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
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Friends of Ir David Inc

To provide assistance to organizations in the old city of jerusalem and the ancient city of david.

International
4
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
5
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
8
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
9
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
10
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
11
Jewish Federation of St Louis

Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
12
Institute for Protein Innovation Inc

The institute for protein innovation is advancing protein science to accelerate research and improve human health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youngstown Area Jewish Federation; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 50 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATION: $9,000 · OtherAGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATIONCHURCH HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $7,750 · OtherCHURCH HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHNEOMED FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherNEOMED FOUNDATIONPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $5,500 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITY JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM: $5,000 · OtherTEMPLE EMANUEL OF NEWTON: $5,000 · OtherETZ HAYIM: $4,540 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherAKRON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL BEEGHLY CAMPUS: $4,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $4,000 · OtherRICH CENTER FOR AUTISM: $4,000 · Other+24 more: $31,500 · Other+24 moreYOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION: $36,250 · PhilanthropyYOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATIO…YOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL: $20,250 · PhilanthropyYOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERALTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOU…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $6,750 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM: $4,500 · Arts & CultureOH WOW THE ROGER & GLORIA JONES CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR SCIENCE & TECH: $2,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,500 · InternationalISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $4,500 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley Inc: $4,000 · Human ServicesPOTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $500 · Human Services2LIFE OPUS NEWTON INC: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE YOUNGSTOWN EDISON BUSINESS INCUBATOR: $3,500 · Community Improvement
Other$115,290Philanthropy$61,500Arts & Culture$13,250International$10,500Human Services$9,000Housing & Shelter$3,500Community Improvement$3,500

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 budgetYOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION: $36,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL: $20,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $6,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM: $4,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budget2LIFE OPUS NEWTON INC: $3,500 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTHE YOUNGSTOWN EDISON BUSINESS INCUBATOR: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOH WOW THE ROGER & GLORIA JONES CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR SCIENCE & TECH: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPOTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds 2LIFE OPUS NEWTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNGSTOWN EDISON BUSINESS INCUBATOR ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds OH WOW THE ROGER & GLORIA JONES CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR SCIENCE & TECH ↗

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.

Premier Bank FoundationOH19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Premier Bank Foundation · Youngstown Fdn General · Zita M and Joseph Diyorio Foundation · Frances Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46496008 · Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn · Youngstown Area Jewish Federation · Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley · The Schwebel Family Foundation · James & Coralie Centofanti Charitable Foundation · Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation · Fibushendricks Family Foundation · The William Swanston Charitable 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 Kinder Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kinder Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of 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

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How do I get to Kinder Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kinder Charitable 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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