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Kirchdorfer Opportunities Foundation Inc at a glance

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Kirchdorfer Opportunities Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$330k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$274kHuman Services$57kPhilanthropy$55kInternational$35kYouth Development$32kHealth$25kCommunity Improvement$17kReligion$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY$100,000
SACRED HEART SCHOOLS$50,000
WATERSTEP$25,000
FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE$25,000
METRO UNITED WAY$20,000
HOSUE OF THE INNOCENTS$20,000
NATIVITY ACADEMY AT ST BONIFACE$20,000
LOUISVILLE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL$20,000
HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$10,000
CANOPY CERTIFIED INC$5,000
HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
WENDY NOVAK DIABETES INSTITUTE - NORTON CHILDREN HOSPITAL$5,000
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH$3,000
BEACON HOUSE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HOSUE OF THE INNOCENTS: $20k → 15%THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $1k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$452k · 13 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$452k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+13%

Still filing today

77%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesFood & 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

  • BU
    BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    2× · 2023–2024 · $110k · revenue +6%
  • NA
    NATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +4%
  • TH
    THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $21k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • GL
    GREATER LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -65%
  • DD
    DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +13%
  • TH
    TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
2
The Louisville Urban League Inc

As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.

Human Services
3
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…

—
4
Endeavor Louisville Inc

Endeavor Louisville is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region.…

International
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
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc

Drive equitable investment in our public parks to improve the health and wellbeing of the entire community.

Environment
8
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
9
Greater Louisville Sports Commission Inc

To attract, create, and host quality sporting events in the louisville area that increase economic vitality, enhance the quality of life, promote healthy lifestyles, and brand louisville as a great place to live, work, and play.

Recreation & Sports
10
Impacthealth-Tn

To foster a sustainable network of community health workers and to train frontline public health professionals who possess a deep understanding of and strong ties to the local community.

Human Services
11
Central Louisville Community Ministries Inc

Central louisville community ministries provides emergency assistance for rent, utilities and medication. also provide in-kind assistances for food, clothing, personal care items,school supplies and haircut vouchers.

—
12
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Louisville Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Beacon House Aftercare Program 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

18 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. 18 of the 32 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $110,000 · EducationBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATEDNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE: $45,000 · EducationNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE+1 more: $1,000 · EducationSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INC: $105,500 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INCJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $10,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTHOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherWENDY NOVAK DIABETES INSTITUTE - NORTON CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $5,000 · Other+13 more: $24,000 · Other+13 moreWATERSTEP INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentWATERSTEP IN…LOUISVILLE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOUISVILLE Y…+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $55,000 · PhilanthropyMETRO UNITED…FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $35,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesGREATER LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCANOPY CERTIFIED INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,000 · Community ImprovementTREESLOUISVILLE INC: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Education$156,000Other$149,500Youth Development$56,500Philanthropy$55,000Housing & Shelter$36,000Human Services$36,000Community Improvement$18,000

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 budgetBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWATERSTEP INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL INC: $21,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCANOPY CERTIFIED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFeed Louisville Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEACON HOUSE AFTERCARE PROGRAM INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREESLOUISVILLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLIGHT CLUB 502: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Baird Foundation IncKirchdorfer FoundationGardner Foundation In…Republic Bank Foundat…The Gheens Foundation…Margaret E & Stephen …Kindred Foundation IncNorton Healthcare IncCralle Foundation Inc
The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository IncKY31.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Kirchdorfer Foundation · Gardner Foundation Incorporated · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Margaret E & Stephen E Diebold Charitabl · Kindred Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare 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 Kirchdorfer Opportunities Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kirchdorfer Opportunities Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Kirchdorfer Opportunities Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Kirchdorfer Opportunities 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 32 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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