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Kjs Family 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2.6M
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.7MHealth$1.6MInternational$400kAnimals$238kReligion$200kPhilanthropy$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$117kFood & Nutrition$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $243k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.6M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNLV FOUNDATION$2,575,000
FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOLS$1,000,000
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE OF SOUTHERN$125,000
FAITH COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH$67,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
PASADENA HUMANE$20,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$10,000
VCA CHARITIES$2,000
FAITH LUTHERAN ACADEMY$504
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 (FY21–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%BABY'S BOUNTY: $3k → 13%PROJECT 150: $3k → 13%PROJECT 150: $3k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $3k → 13%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

NY
NV
PA
CA
UT
MD
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 14 repeat orgs$189k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
18

Total granted

$7.1M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+31%

Still filing today

64%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 ServicesInternationalEducationFood & NutritionSocial ScienceOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +67%
  • LU
    LEG UP FARM INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +19% · 25% of their budget
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -40%
  • TS
    THREE SQUARE
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue -60%
  • ME
    MOJAVE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $19k · revenue +26%
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
Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Nevada spca saves the lives of southern nevada's most vulnerable pets, inspires human companions to uphold the best possible care and increases the human-animal bond through adoption, foster and preventative care.

Animals
2
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
3
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
4
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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5
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Animal Foundation

To promote humane treatment of animals by operating an open-admission regional shelter and providing lost and found services, rabies observation, foster and adoption services, affordable vaccination clinic, low cost spay and neuter,…

Animals
8
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
9
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
10
Denver Dumb Friends League

Working with our compassionate community, we will end pet homelessness and animal suffering.

Animals
11
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clearwater for Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis 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

24 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. 24 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $2,580,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATI…+1 more: $18,500 · EducationFAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOLS: $2,000,000 · OtherFAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOLSFAITH COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $200,129 · OtherFAITH COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCHGOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE OF SOUTHERN: $161,750 · OtherGOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE OF SOUTHERN+15 more: $174,469 · Other+15 moreLEG UP FARM INC: $1,548,000 · AnimalsLEG UP FARM INC+4 more: $28,000 · AnimalsUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 · InternationalUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $120,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT 150: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesBABY'S BOUNTY: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHREE SQUARE: $35,000 · Food & NutritionSUMMIT COMMUNITY GARDENS AND EATS: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$2,598,500Other$2,536,348Animals$1,576,000International$450,000Philanthropy$120,000Human Services$75,000Food & Nutrition$40,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $2,580,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetLEG UP FARM INC: $1,548,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $120,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $59,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOJAVE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject REAL: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGolden Retreiver Rescue Southern Nevada: $5,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPROJECT 150: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMIT COMMUNITY GARDENS AND EATS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVCA CHARITIES: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBABY'S BOUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEARWATER FOR YOUTH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEAVEN CAN WAIT ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 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.

Mgm Resorts FoundationCanarelli Family Foun…United Way of Souther…Ufc FoundationThe Boyd Family Found…Nevada Community Foun…NV Energy Charitable …The Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…
Mgm Resorts FoundationNV19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Ufc Foundation · The Boyd Family Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Kjs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kjs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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 Kjs Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kjs Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 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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