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Kismet 805 Foundation at a glance

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Kismet 805 Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.3M
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$5.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$5.3MHealth$596kEducation$535kHuman Services$194kRecreation & Sports$147kReligion$32kEnvironment$24kSocial Science$20kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,304,277
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND - SILVERBERG DAF$5,304,277
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 (FY17–21, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $40k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $36k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $36k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $36k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $30k → 9%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

WA
ID
MN
NY
OR
WY
PA
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 40 repeat orgs$5.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 40 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
8

Total granted

$1.4M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+29%

Still filing today

60%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $178k · revenue +107%
  • UC
    USA CYCLING INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $95k · revenue +46%
  • SC
    Seattle Children's Foundation
    5× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +190%

Funded once

  • CS
    College Success Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -30%
  • OW
    OPEN WINDOW SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +68%
  • SH
    Seattle Hebrew Academygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +29%
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
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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2
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Seattle Chapter

Arcs foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

—
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
7
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
11
Washington State Academy of Sciences

WSAS provides expert scientific and engineering assessments to inform public policy making and works to increase the impact of research in Washington State.

Science & Tech
12
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Seattle Science 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

32 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. 32 of the 51 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND - SILVERBERG DAF: $5,304,277 · OtherGOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND - SILVERBERG DAFSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER: $295,000 · Other+35 more: $704,304 · Other+35 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $177,600 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesBROWN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · Community ImprovementUSA CYCLING INC: $95,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsSeattle Science Foundation: $45,000 · HealthPREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION INC: $23,500 · HealthNAMI National: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $2,000 · HealthWORLDREADERORG: $62,000 · InternationalEMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $5,000 · InternationalEvergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: $16,000 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $9,500 · EnvironmentSKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $5,000 · Environment
Other$6,303,581Human Services$179,600Community Improvement$150,000Recreation & Sports$95,500Health$90,500International$67,000Environment$30,500

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 budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $177,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUSA CYCLING INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDREADERORG: $62,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $47,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Science Foundation: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWashington Women in Need: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNAMI National: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEvergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShadhika Project: $10,800 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetOPEN WINDOW SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Hebrew Academy: $7,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN IN SPORTS TECH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $500 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds USA CYCLING INC ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WORLDREADERORG ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Science Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Washington Women in Need ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Shadhika Project ↗
  • Who funds OPEN WINDOW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Hebrew Academy ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWERS AFRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Claremont McKenna College ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INC ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Seattle FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN15.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Seattle Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Kismet 805 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kismet 805 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Preeclampsia Foundation Inc: 9% of 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
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 51 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home