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Kirkeby Foundation at a glance

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Kirkeby 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
83
Grants FY2025still arriving
24
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$65kEducation$62kHuman Services$62kReligion$59kAnimals$45kArts & Culture$33kHealth$25kCommunity Improvement$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 83 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k82 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$250
Median grant
24
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE$5,000
ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD$5,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$4,050
LANGE FOUNDATION$2,000
SALVATION ARMY$1,700
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM FOUNDATION$1,500
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,500
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$1,500
ST JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL$1,100
LES AMIES$1,000
BEL AIR CHURCH$1,000
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY$1,000
BOYS TOWN$900
BABY RHINO RESCUE$850
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, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $900 → 12%ORPHAN ACRES: $350 → 16%BANDINI FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $150 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%BOYS TOWN: $200 → 12%ORPHAN ACRES INC: $300 → 16%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $150 → 9%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $650 → 14%ORPHAN ACRES: $200 → 16%THE COLLEAGUES: $3k → 14%THE PEACE HOUSE: $1k → 5%THE COLLEAGUES: $2k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $500 → 14%CONVENANT HOUSE: $400 → 17%THE COLLEAGUES: $500 → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $300 → 17%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $5k → 14%TRUE SIOUX HOPE FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $5k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $5k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDREN CENTER: $3k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $3k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDREN CENTER: $3k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $3k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDREN CENTER: $2k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $2k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $1k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $3k → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 14%LES AMIES: $3k → 14%LES AMIES: $2k → 14%LES AMIES: $1k → 14%LES AMIES: $1k → 14%LES AMIES: $250 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $150 → 14%VETS WHOLE IN ONE: $1k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $450 → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $200 → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $150 → 14%CHILDRENS INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 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

NH
WA
ID
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
KS
DC
GA
TX
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$339k · 60 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 47 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
84

Total granted

$339k
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+5%

Still filing today

73%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • VC
    VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +930%
  • AF
    Allies for Every Child Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $29k · revenue +85%
  • CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • MI
    MIDCITYCATSLA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
  • INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -2%
  • T
    TIME4ART
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
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
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
4
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
5
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
6
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
7
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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8
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
9
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
10
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
11
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
12
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless; the most unlike its peers is Balboa Island Museum. 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

109 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 109 of the 195 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/109
Grantees still filing
62/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS: $41,600 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTSIndividual grant recipient: $18,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $9,750 · OtherMIDCITYCATSLA INC: $8,000 · OtherVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION+109 more: $110,554 · Other+109 moreAllies for Every Child Inc: $29,100 · Human ServicesAllies for Every Ch…CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $20,100 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S INSTITUT…LES AMIES INC: $6,250 · Human ServicesLES AMIES INCTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $5,850 · Human ServicesTHE COLLEAGUES INCLANGE FOUNDATION: $5,700 · Human ServicesLANGE FOUNDATIONGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,700 · Human Services+13 more: $10,450 · Human Services+13 moreVENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $59,500 · Housing & ShelterVENICE COMMUNI…+1 more: $600 · Housing & ShelterUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDAT…MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $7,500 · EducationMARLBOROUGH …NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationNORTH PARK U…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,500 · EducationPRAGER UNIVE…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $6,500 · EducationHILLSDALE CO…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILL…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $3,650 · EducationTHE ROCKEFEL…WEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY: $3,300 · EducationWEILENMANN S…THE LEAP FOUNDATION INC: $2,900 · EducationTHE LEAP FOU…+5 more: $1,650 · EducationPACIFIC COAST DOG RESCUE INC: $13,000 · AnimalsWags and Walks: $4,300 · AnimalsSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $3,500 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,250 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 · Animals+26 more: $9,550 · AnimalsChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,350 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $5,300 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,900 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,150 · Health+5 more: $1,100 · HealthICA LA: $6,200 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $3,800 · Arts & CultureBALLET WEST: $3,000 · Arts & CultureBALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$200,904Human Services$80,150Housing & Shelter$60,100Education$52,500Animals$36,600Health$20,800Arts & Culture$20,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $59,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $29,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $20,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC COAST DOG RESCUE INC: $13,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLES AMIES INC: $6,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetICA LA: $6,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $5,850 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLANGE FOUNDATION: $5,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $5,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWags and Walks: $4,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $3,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $3,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET WEST: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEAP FOUNDATION INC: $2,900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeace House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BANDINI FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOME DOG LA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEl Segundo Bobby Sox dba El Segundo Girls Softball: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE GUILD OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetORPHAN ACRES INC: $850 over 3y, 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 VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Allies for Every Child Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC COAST DOG RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LES AMIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ICA LA ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEAGUES INC ↗
  • Who funds LANGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wags and Walks ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds WEILENMANN SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗

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.

Surendra and Karen Gu…Bradford Family Found…Seckinger Foundation …Farrell Family Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…Gat Family FoundationJewish Community Foun…California Community …Butchkie Foundation I…Paula Knickerbocker F…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Amg Charitable Gift F…
Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc FoundationMO17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Farrell Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Gat Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Butchkie Foundation Inc · Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation

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 Kirkeby Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kirkeby 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report 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
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 195 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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