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Kirchdorfer 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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$96k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$715kRecreation & Sports$487kPhilanthropy$93kReligion$78kHealth$71kCommunity Improvement$17kYouth Development$16kHuman Services$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $96k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL$96,000
KENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION$25,000
WALT END SCHOOL$25,000
BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY$5,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$2,500
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,500
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH$1,000
ALS ASSOCIATION$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNBOUND: $432 → 16%REFUGE FOR WOMEN EMERGENCY HOUSING: $1k → 15%UNBOUND (FORMERLY CFCA): $360 → 16%FAMILY RENEWAL PROJECT: $1k → 15%LA CASITA CENTER: $250 → 15%HOSPARUS HEALTH: $200 → 15%HOSPARUS: $100 → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
KS
OK
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 26 repeat orgs$301k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
39

Total granted

$1.3M
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+14%

Still filing today

50%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • KG
    KENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $273k · revenue +71%
  • CC
    CANOPY CERTIFIED INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $16k · revenue +15%
  • BU
    BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF LOUISVILLE
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue +106%
  • TC
    THE COMPASSION FUND INC
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +10%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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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2
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
3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

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

Health
5
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
6
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
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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10
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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11
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
12
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

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

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mickelson Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr15%9%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr14%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr17%50%20–35yr13%9%35–55yr14%30%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/48
the rest of the field
15%
7,697/51,039

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
24/41
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL — $251,500 · OtherST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOLSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INC — $155,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INCTHE FIRST TEE — $134,300 · OtherTHE FIRST TEEPROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL — $93,800 · OtherPROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOLTHE FIRST TEE OF LOUISVILLE — $50,000 · OtherST LEONARD CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CHURCH — $49,500 · OtherFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INC — $47,500 · OtherKENTUCKY JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION — $46,500 · OtherDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES — $46,000 · Other+40 more — $193,667 · Other+40 moreKENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION INC — $273,100 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY GOLF FOUN…MICKELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION — $73,000 · PhilanthropyMICKELSON…TIGER WOODS CHARITY EVENT CORP — $45,300 · PhilanthropyTIGER WOO…METRO UNITED WAY INC — $20,000 · PhilanthropyMETRO UNI…+1 more — $1,000 · PhilanthropyFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $40,000 · EducationWest End School Inc — $25,000 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $22,800 · EducationBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED — $15,000 · EducationNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE — $6,000 · EducationImmaculata Classical Academy Inc — $5,000 · Education+3 more — $3,550 · EducationDUPONT MANUAL FIELD HOCKEY BOOSTER CLUB — $25,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $500 · Recreation & SportsCANOPY CERTIFIED INC — $15,500 · Community ImprovementSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC — $8,450 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,067,767Arts & Culture$273,100Philanthropy$139,300Education$117,350Recreation & Sports$25,500Community Improvement$15,500Housing & Shelter$8,450

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKENTUCKY GOLF FOUNDATION INC — $273,100 over 3y, 18% of budgetFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INC — $47,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKENTUCKY JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION — $46,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES — $46,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTIGER WOODS CHARITY EVENT CORP — $45,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMPASSION FUND INC — $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetDIAMOND DERBY INC BARNSTABLE BROWN PARTY — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWest End School Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDUPONT MANUAL FIELD HOCKEY BOOSTER CLUB — $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $22,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANOPY CERTIFIED INC — $15,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN HERITAGE COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC — $8,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE — $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetImmaculata Classical Academy Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE SCARVES INC — $3,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMARYHURST INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RENEWAL PROJECT — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTwisted Pink Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGE FOR WOMEN EMERG HOUSING LLC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Community Clinic Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnbound — $792 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALING PLACE INC — $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPARUS INC HOSPARUS HEALTH — $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA CASITA CENTER INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSPIRITUS INC (BELLEWOOD & BROOKLAWN) — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome of Louisville Inc — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Republic Bank Foundat…Norton Healthcare IncKosair Charities Comm…Cralle Foundation IncThe Gheens Foundation…Nicklies Foundation I…Baird Foundation IncLG&E and Ku Foundatio…Barbara and Albert Ho…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY55.1× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Nicklies Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Barbara and Albert Horton Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kirchdorfer Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kirchdorfer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kirchdorfer 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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