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Kipp Foundation

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to succeed in college and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

$42M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$5.1M
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 2025.

Education$268MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.4MCommunity Improvement$988kSocial Science$731kArts & Culture$519kYouth Development$48k
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $39,987,265, the rows itemized in this filing. The $41,856,580 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,869,315 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k4 grants · $627k
  • $250k+24 grants · $39M
$1,108,304
Median grant
22
States reached
$182M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$5,138,908
KIPP INDY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$3,638,726
KIPP NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS$3,476,942
KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS$3,350,619
KIPP PUBLIC SCHOOLS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA$2,719,394
KIPP NASHVILLE$2,500,662
KIPP CAPITAL REGION PUBLIC SCHOOLS (FKA ALBANY)$2,144,496
KIPP WHOLE CHILD CENTER - KIPP DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,919,239
KIPP COLUMBUS$1,737,321
KIPP MIAMI INC$1,649,716
KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,238,914
KIPP PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,231,890
KIPP NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC$1,123,314
KIPP JACKSONVILLE SCHOOLS$1,108,304
KIPP DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,086,067
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%KIPP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.2M → 10%KIPP SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $4.7M → 14%KIPP CAPITAL REGION PUBLIC SCHOOLS (FKA ALBANY): $2.6M → 14%KIPP NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6.8M → 17%KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10.8M → 16%KIPP DC: $2.0M → 14%KIPP JACKSONVILLE SCHOOLS: $2.1M → 14%KIPP WHOLE CHILD CENTER - KIPP DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.9M → 21%KIPP NASHVILLE: $3.2M → 14%KIPP METRO ATLANTA: $1.9M → 13%KIPP INDY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.6M → 16%KIPP COLUMBUS: $1.7M → 15%KIPP NEW JERSEY: $3.9M → 16%KIPP CAPITAL REGION PUBLIC SCHOOLS (FKA ALBANY): $2.4M → 19%KIPP NORCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.8M → 10%KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2.3M → 14%KIPP CAPITAL REGION PUBLIC SCHOOLS (FKA ALBANY): $2.1M → 14%KIPP NYC: $3.4M → 17%KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6.9M → 16%KIPP DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.9M → 14%KIPP NASHVILLE: $3.2M → 14%KIPP NEW JERSEY: $3.4M → 16%KIPP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.8M → 10%KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2.1M → 14%KIPP NYC: $2.9M → 17%KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $5.1M → 16%KIPP NASHVILLE: $2.5M → 14%KIPP MIAMI INC: $2.4M → 16%KIPP NEW ORLEANS: $2.2M → 23%KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $1.8M → 10%KIPP LA SCHOOLS: $1.8M → 14%KIPP NYC: $1.9M → 17%KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $4.6M → 16%KIPP NASHVILLE: $2.1M → 14%TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - KIPP NEW JERSEY: $2.3M → 16%KIPP NEW ORLEANS: $1.8M → 23%KIPP NORCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.7M → 10%KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.8M → 16%KIPP NEW JERSEY: $2.3M → 16%KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.0M → 16%TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - KIPP NEW JERSEY: $1.8M → 16%KIPP PUBLIC SCHOOLS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2.7M → 10%KIPP HOUSTON: $2.1M → 16%KIPP NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.6M → 17%KIPP HOUSTON: $2.0M → 16%KIPP SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $4.5M → 14%KIPP NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.5M → 17%KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3.4M → 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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$272M · 37 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +71% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
2

Total granted

$272M
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+71%

Still filing today

81%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • KN
    KIPP NEW YORK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $24M · revenue +254%
  • KS
    KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $24M · revenue +171%
  • TA
    TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $17M · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • AF
    ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC
    one grant, 2021 · $17k · revenue -15%
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +71%
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
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
2
Kipp Academy Charter School

Kipp academy's mission is to operate schools that will help students develop their academic and character skills they need to be successful in high school and college, to be self-sufficient in the competitive world beyond, and to build a…

Education
3
Kipp Bay Area Schools

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose college, career, and beyond so they can lead fulfilling lives and…

Education
4
Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives…

Education
5
Kipp West Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose-college, career, and beyond-so they can lead fulfilling…

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6
Kipp North Philadelphia Charter School

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose college, career, and beyond so they can lead fulfilling…

Environment
7
Kipp West Philadelphia Charter School

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead…

Education
8
Kipp Dubois Charter School

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose college, career, and beyond so they can lead fulfilling…

Education
9
Kipp Foundation

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to succeed in college and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Education
10
Kipp Massachusetts Inc

To promote the financial well-being of kipp academy lynn public charter schools and kipp academy boston public charter schools (the schools) by soliciting, receiving and administering funds for construction, operation and maintenance of…

Education
11
Kipp Nyc Public Charter Schools

Kipp nyc public charter school's mission is to operate charter schools that will help students develop their academic and character skills they need to be successful in high school and college, to be self-sufficient in the competitive…

Education
12
Kipp Administrative Services Corporation

Providing business, facility, administrative, and development support to kipp schools in the philadelphia area and awarding of scholarship grants, including educational improvement grants as defined under pennsylvania law to public…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kipp Memphis; the most unlike its peers is Towns - the One World Network of Schools co Uka Ventures. 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

37 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. 37 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/37
Grantees still filing
32/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIPP NEW YORK INC: $24,399,572 · EducationKIPP NEW YORK INCKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $23,664,927 · EducationKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLSTEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $17,327,469 · EducationTEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INCKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $16,382,981 · EducationKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLSKIPP NASHVILLE: $15,300,498 · EducationKIPP NASHVILLEKIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $9,985,539 · EducationKIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC: $8,974,093 · EducationKIPP MIAMI INC: $8,442,177 · EducationKIPP BALTIMORE INC: $7,986,594 · EducationKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $7,781,741 · EducationKIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL: $7,541,609 · EducationKIPP JACKSONVILLE INC: $6,943,633 · Education+18 more: $52,626,951 · Education+18 moreKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc: $40,198,776 · OtherKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is…KIPP CHICAGO: $9,076,482 · OtherKIPP CHICAGOKIPP ST LOUIS: $6,549,137 · OtherKIPP ST LOUISKIPP DALLAS-FORT WORTH INC: $3,002,658 · Other+4 more: $2,461,765 · OtherKIPP LYNN FUND INC: $3,085,609 · Philanthropy
Education$207,357,784Other$61,288,818Philanthropy$3,085,609

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 budgetKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc: $40,198,776 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetKIPP NEW YORK INC: $24,399,572 over 9y, 11% of budgetKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $23,664,927 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $17,327,469 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $16,382,981 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetKIPP NASHVILLE: $15,300,498 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetKIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $9,985,539 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetKIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC: $8,974,093 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetKIPP MIAMI INC: $8,442,177 over 9y, 17% of budgetKIPP BALTIMORE INC: $7,986,594 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $7,781,741 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetKIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL: $7,541,609 over 9y, 6.1% of budgetKIPP JACKSONVILLE INC: $6,943,633 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetKIPP ST LOUIS: $6,549,137 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetKipp Indianapolis Inc: $6,380,044 over 9y, 12% of budgetKIPP WHOLE CHILD CENTER: $5,131,620 over 4y, 99% of budgetKIPP COLUMBUS: $4,863,429 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetKIPP Colorado Schools: $4,671,349 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetKIPP CAPITAL REGION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $4,421,409 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetKIPP KANSAS CITY: $3,933,313 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetKIPP NORTH CAROLINA: $3,870,799 over 4y, 19% of budgetKIPP OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $3,614,223 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetKIPP Minnesota: $3,320,276 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetKIPP LYNN FUND INC: $3,085,609 over 9y, 54% of budgetKIPP DALLAS-FORT WORTH INC: $3,002,658 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetKIPP MEMPHIS: $2,880,709 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetKIPP ENC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,800,677 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetKIPP TULSA ACADEMY COLLEGE PREP INC: $2,307,450 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetKIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,878,482 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetKIPP SAN ANTONIO INC: $1,286,271 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKIPP CHARLOTTE INC: $1,152,306 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $827,315 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetKIPP COOPER NORCROSS INC A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $549,170 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTOWNS - The One World Network of Schools co UKA Ventures: $328,408 over 2y, 13% of budgetKIPP SAN DIEGO: $115,934 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $17,380 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS: $7,000 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.

  • Who funds KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIPP NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds KIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KIPP JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds Kipp Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIPP WHOLE CHILD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KIPP COLUMBUS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Colorado Schools ↗
  • Who funds KIPP CAPITAL REGION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds KIPP NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds KIPP OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Minnesota ↗
  • Who funds KIPP LYNN FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP DALLAS-FORT WORTH INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP MEMPHIS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP ENC PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP TULSA ACADEMY COLLEGE PREP INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP SAN ANTONIO INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP CHARLOTTE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIPP COOPER NORCROSS INC A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TOWNS - The One World Network of Schools co UKA Ventures ↗
  • Who funds KIPP SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS ↗

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 Broad CenterCharter Fund Inc D/B/…Dollar General Litera…For Inspiration and R…Project Lead the Way …Louis Calder Foundati…50can IncThe Karsh Family Foun…City FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…The Blackbaud Giving …
The Broad CenterCA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Broad Center · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Project Lead the Way Inc · Louis Calder Foundation · 50can Inc · The Karsh Family Foundation · City Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community 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 Kipp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kipp Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Team Academy Charter School Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Kipp Jacksonville Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
23report 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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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