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Kindred Foundation Inc

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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2022
50
Grants FY2022
16
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

57% of Kindred Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Middle Tennessee Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 17 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Kindred Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 40 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

21
’20
90
’21
40
’22
4
’23
7
’24
17
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.7MHealth$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.1MCivil Rights$812kArts & Culture$285kYouth Development$125kHuman Services$96kHousing & Shelter$77kOther$0
02FY2022 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k34 grants · $122k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $914k
$5,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC$200,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$163,698
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION$161,100
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC$152,500
KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC$86,050
CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$51,000
METRO UNITED WAY$50,000
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$50,000
THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA$25,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$25,000
LINCOLN HERITAGE COUNCIL BSA$25,000
THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$10,150
THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC$10,000
HABITAT HUMANITY OF METRO LOUISVILLE$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PALESTINE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 19%WAYMAKER OFF ROAD WHEELCHAIRS: $10k → 21%THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $3k → 9%THE ARC OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $1k → 21%GLACIAL COMMUNITY YMCA: $5k → 5%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $155 → 4%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PALESTINE TEXAS: $5k → 19%KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $250k → 15%KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $188k → 15%KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $123k → 15%KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $112k → 15%KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $86k → 15%KINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $67k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $1k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $10k → 15%FATHER MALONEYS BOYS HAVEN INC: $1k → 15%ELDERSERVE INC: $10k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $212k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $200k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $200k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $200k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN FIRST INC: $5k → 15%LITTLE WAY PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3k → 15%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

ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
MS
AL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 35 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2022, 9 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
90

Total granted

$4.3M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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 LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $952k · revenue +13%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $747k · revenue +53%
  • TL
    THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $115k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR CRITICAL CARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $350k · revenue 0% · 27% of their budget
  • LH
    LOUISVILLE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $211k · revenue +61%
  • SA
    SPEED ART MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $51k · revenue +67%
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 Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
3
University Medical Center Inc

To provide care to our community and to serve as a major teaching hospital for education and training in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and allied health professions.

Health
4
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc

Broadens the perspectives of current and emerging leaders through experiential education that inspires them to advance kentucky.

Public Benefit
5
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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6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Kentucky Bankers Association

To provide effective advocacy for the financial services industry both in kentucky and on a national level; to serve as a reliable and responsive source of information and education about areas of interest to the industry; and to provide a…

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8
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Inc

Addressing the unmet health needs of kentuckians by developing and influencing policy, improving access to care, reducing health risks and disparities, and promoting health equity. the foundation makes grants, conducts campaigns, supports…

Health
9
The Kentucky Science Center Inc

Our mission is to inspire curiosity and empower individuals to explore and experiment with science in all its forms. we embrace a "do science" philosophy: play, tinker, collaborate, test, experiment, learn from mistakes, and try again.…

Arts & Culture
10
Lafayette General Foundation Inc

The lafayette general foundation was created to support lafayette general health (lgh), acadiana's only community-owned, nonprofit health system. we exist to help fulfill lgh's mission, to restore, maintain, and improve health. our role is…

Health
11
Methodist Health Inc

Methodist health provides quality healthcare services with a compassionate and caring spirit to persons, families and communities of the tri-state. at methodist health, our values are based on our commitment to quality. we define quality…

Health
12
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Institute for Critical Care Foundation. 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

115 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. 115 of the 173 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
111/115
Grantees still filing
71/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $952,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE F…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $500,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY…CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $114,673 · EducationCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDAT…+11 more: $142,948 · Education+11 moreKINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $826,005 · Human ServicesKINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANC…THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $811,655 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGU…+14 more: $69,790 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR CRITICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $350,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR CRITICA…AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $343,931 · OtherAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIA…LINCOLN HERITAGE COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $85,500 · OtherLINCOLN HERITAGE COUN…+99 more: $624,839 · Other+99 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $602,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FO…METRO UNITED WAY INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $15,500 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc: $747,369 · HealthAmerican Heart A…LOUISVILLE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNCIL INC: $210,836 · HealthLOUISVILLE HEALT…+14 more: $90,085 · Health+14 moreTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $115,000 · Arts & CultureSPEED ART MUSEUM: $51,200 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $26,085 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $14,750 · InternationalASSOCIATION OF KERALA MEDICAL: $10,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc: $2,328 · International+1 more: $1,455 · International
Education$1,709,621Human Services$1,707,450Other$1,404,270Philanthropy$1,068,000Health$1,048,290Arts & Culture$274,785International$68,533

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $952,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetKINDRED EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $826,005 over 6y, 100% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $811,655 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $747,369 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $602,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CRITICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetLOUISVILLE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNCIL INC: $210,836 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $115,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $114,673 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLINCOLN HERITAGE COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $85,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJEFFERSON COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetSPEED ART MUSEUM: $51,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 1y, 21% of budgetFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $26,085 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYes4JCPS Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO LOUISVILLE: $20,142 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHELP US GROW FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetSILOAM HEALTH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $14,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $10,698 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEREDITH-DUNN SCHOOL INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $10,410 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF KERALA MEDICAL: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMacedonia Community Development Corp of South Brevard: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetELDERSERVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWAYMAKER OFF-ROAD WHEELCHAIRS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetTHE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHelp Out Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEE DEE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN COLLEGE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $6,000 over 1y, 12% 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.

Republic Bank Foundat…The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Brown-Forman Foundati…Norton Healthcare IncKosair Charities Comm…Snowy Owl Foundation …James Graham Brown Fo…Cralle Foundation Inc
Republic Bank Foundation IncKY77.7× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation · Norton Healthcare Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · Cralle 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 Kindred Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kindred Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Community Action Stops Abuse Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Kindred Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Kindred Foundation Inc 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 173 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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