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Kla Samaritan Foundation Inc Co First

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.

$333k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$509kYouth Development$436kCrime & Legal$411kInternational$203kHealth$167kHousing & Shelter$119kReligion$70kHuman Services$10k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $170k
$30,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUVENILE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION$70,000
THE HOPE CENTER INC$50,000
ABCCM$50,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$43,104
Chalmers Center$30,000
CALVIN UNIVERSITY$25,000
CHICAGO LIGHTS$25,000
OMAHA STREET SCHOOL$20,000
TUTORING CHICAGO$15,000
MATH CIRCLES OF CHICAGO$5,000
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 (FY20–23, $129k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $33k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $31k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $30k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $25k → 12%Austin Child Care Providers Network: $5k → 14%Austin Child Care Providers Network: $5k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 12 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
1

Total granted

$1.9M
$20k

Still filing today

75%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CU
    CALVIN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $296k · revenue +6%
  • Compassion International Incorporated
    6× · 2020–2025 · $203k · revenue +16%
  • OS
    OMAHA STREET SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • BB
    BILTMORE BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Cambridge Classical Academy

We consider ourselves a miracle institution full of inspiration and absolute faith in Gods hands. We do so daily in teaching our students, interacting with our diverse parent body and our location in Chicago which makes us ever more…

Education
2
Arise Chicago

Arise chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes.

Employment
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Central Christian College of Kansas

Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.

Education
5
Crawford Christian Academy

Christian day school with pre-k thru 12

Education
6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
Concordia University Chicago

Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…

Education
8
Calvary University

Calvary university is an independent non-denominational institution providing undergraduate and graduate education which prepares christians to live and serve in the church and the world according to a biblical worldview. this is…

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9
Central Christian College of the Bible

Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.

Education
10
Unity Christian Academy

Empowering a diverse community, united by christ, to achieve excellence in education for the flourishing of all creation.

Education
11
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
12
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chalmers Center for Economic Development; the most unlike its peers is Austin Childcare Providers Network. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
9/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUVENILE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION: $411,165 · OtherJUVENILE PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONABCCM: $166,512 · OtherABCCM+2 more: $30,000 · OtherCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $296,166 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITYOMAHA STREET SCHOOL: $120,000 · EducationOMAHA STREET SCHOOLCompassion International Incorporated: $203,479 · InternationalCompassion Int…CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 · InternationalCHALMERS CENTE…HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $246,165 · Youth DevelopmentHOPE CENTER FO…CHICAGO LIGHTS: $190,000 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO LIG…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $118,781 · Human ServicesAustin Childcare Providers Network: $10,000 · Human ServicesTUTORING CHICAGO: $83,270 · Arts & Culture
Other$607,677Education$416,166International$253,479Youth Development$246,165Philanthropy$190,000Human Services$128,781Arts & Culture$83,270

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 budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $296,166 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $246,165 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCHICAGO LIGHTS: $190,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetOMAHA STREET SCHOOL: $120,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $118,781 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTUTORING CHICAGO: $83,270 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMATH CIRCLES OF CHICAGO: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAustin Childcare Providers Network: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% 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 CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO LIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA STREET SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds TUTORING CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds MATH CIRCLES OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Austin Childcare Providers Network ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationIL12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Kla Samaritan Foundation Inc Co First funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kla Samaritan Foundation Inc Co First. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 13 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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