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Kiwi Foundation

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.

$937k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2024
47
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 63
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Kiwi Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving58$937k43%
FY202347$546k21%
FY202263$365k27%
FY202143$134k60%
FY202040$132k35%
FY201936$130k33%
FY201832$148k47%
FY201731$287kn/a
87% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.2MInternational$390kEducation$252kFood & Nutrition$67kHealth$63kEnvironment$48kPublic Benefit$47kPhilanthropy$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 71 grantees
All grantees of Kiwi Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Global Child Inc$330,000485%
Russell Sage College$158,05050%
Arts Letters and Numbers$137,00035%
The Arts Center of the Capital Region$111,28083%
Albany Pro Musica Inc$78,50055%
Albany Symphony Orchestra Inc$58,50031%
Capital Roots Inc$50,31270%
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc$42,50020%
Park Playhouse Inc$41,27571%
Caffe Lena Inc$40,47561%
Lake George Opera Festival Association Inc$30,00023%
Americares Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Old Songs Inc$29,50072%
Albany Institute of History and Art$28,20070%
Wmht Educational Telecommunications Inc$27,00030%
Albany Barn Inc$26,00024%
Center for Economic Growth Inc$25,00012%
Rensselaer County Historical Society Inc$23,90052%
Hudson Taconic Lands Inc$21,50061%
Saratoga Foundation$20,00028%
Empire State Youth Orchestra Inc$20,00011%
518 Elevated Inc$17,05061%
Musicians of Ma'Alwyck Inc$15,100710%
Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch Inc$15,00010%
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy$14,00032%
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Corporation$12,00030%
Unity House$11,5004n/a
Rensselaer Land Trust Inc$11,00044%
Noahs Kingdom Humane Society$10,0001n/a
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Inc$10,00010%
American Liver Foundation$10,00010%
The Artist Book Foundation$7,5001n/a
Albany Fund for Education Inc$7,00042%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$5,00040%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,00010%
Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society$4,50030%
Unity House of Troy Inc$4,50020%
Adirondack Explorer Inc$4,00040%
Safe Passage Project Corporation$3,03620%
Radio Diaries Inc$3,00030%
The Albany Waterway Inc$3,00017%
The Palace Performing Arts Center Inc$2,50010%
Albany Center Galleries Inc$2,00030%
Historic Albany Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Electronic Body Arts Inc$2,00024%
Living Resources Corporation$2,00020%
Nysarc Inc Rensselaer County Chapter$2,00020%
Museum of Innovation and Science$1,50020%
Survival Centers Inc$1,00010%
The Warren and Denyse Mackey Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Adirondack Experience Inc$1,0001n/a
Joseph's House and Shelter Inc$1,00010%
Nf2 Biosolutions$1,00020%
Capital Repertory Company$1,00010%
Walter Elwood Museum$1,00020%
Agricultural Stewardship Assn Inc$1,00010%
STRIDE Inc$1,00010%
Someone Elses Child Inc$1,00010%
Siena University$1,00010%
Amen Place Soup Kitchen$5001n/a
The Freddie Institute Inc$5001100%
The Erie Canal Museum$50010%
Homeless and Travelers Aid Society of the Capital District Inc$50010%
La Salle School Foundation$35010%
South End Childrens Cafe Inc$25010%
Capital District Women's Bar Association$25010%
Lamplighter Foundation Inc$20010%
The Friends of Dyke Marsh Inc$2001n/a
Poestenkill Library$20010%
Sand Lake Town Library$1001n/a
Albany County Historical Association$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kiwi Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Global Child Inc: $330,000 over 4y, 85% of budgetRussell Sage College: $158,050 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArts Letters and Numbers: $137,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetThe Arts Center of the Capital Region: $111,280 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $78,500 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetAlbany Symphony Orchestra Inc: $58,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCapital Roots Inc: $50,312 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSaratoga Performing Arts Center Inc: $42,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPark Playhouse Inc: $41,275 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCaffe Lena Inc: $40,475 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetLake George Opera Festival Association Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Songs Inc: $29,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetAlbany Institute of History and Art: $28,200 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWmht Educational Telecommunications Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlbany Barn Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCenter for Economic Growth Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRensselaer County Historical Society Inc: $23,900 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetHudson Taconic Lands Inc: $21,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSaratoga Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetEmpire State Youth Orchestra Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget518 Elevated Inc: $17,050 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMusicians of Ma'Alwyck Inc: $15,100 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetDouble H Hole in the Woods Ranch Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMohawk Hudson Land Conservancy: $14,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTroy Savings Bank Music Hall Corporation: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRensselaer Land Trust Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetUpper Hudson Planned Parenthood Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlbany Fund for Education Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMohawk & Hudson River Humane Society: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnity House of Troy Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdirondack Explorer Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Passage Project Corporation: $3,036 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRadio Diaries Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Albany Waterway Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetThe Palace Performing Arts Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlbany Center Galleries Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHistoric Albany Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetElectronic Body Arts Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetLiving Resources Corporation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNysarc Inc Rensselaer County Chapter: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Innovation and Science: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSurvival Centers Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Warren and Denyse Mackey Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJoseph's House and Shelter Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.

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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 Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY85.4× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Review Foundation · The Bender Family Foundation · The McCarthy Charities Inc · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Fo · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · David & Candace Weir Foundation · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · John D Picotte Family Foundation (Formerly Equinox 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.

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How do I get to Kiwi Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kiwi 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.

About Kiwi Foundation

How much does Kiwi Foundation give?
Kiwi Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $937,051 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kiwi Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), International (14%), Education (9%).
Who are Kiwi Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Global Child Inc ($330k), Russell Sage College ($158k), Arts Letters and Numbers ($137k).
Does Kiwi Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kiwi Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kiwi Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, Review Foundation.
Where is Kiwi Foundation based?
Kiwi Foundation is based in NY.

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 153 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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