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Kleist Family Foundation Formerly the Peter D Kleist Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0161% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172025.

Education$75kHuman Services$72kCommunity Improvement$35kHealth$25kFood & Nutrition$12kYouth Development$10kPhilanthropy$5kOther$151k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$64k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANTERBURY SCHOOL$10,000
FORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION$1,500
PILOT CLUB OF FORT MYERS$200
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH: $37k → 7%VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH: $20k → 7%VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH: $11k → 7%VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH: $5k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$354k · 10 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$354k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+51%

Still filing today

60%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 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
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • VV
    VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH
    4× · 2018–2022 · $72k · revenue +20%
  • CS
    CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +82%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $25k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • PC
    PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +51%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CO-OP MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +5%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Academy Prep Center of Lakeland Inc

To inspire and empower students qualifying for need-based scholarships to become future community leaders through a rigorous middle school program coupled with ongoing graduate support.

Education
4
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
5
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

6
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc

To enhance the quality of life for all residents now and for future generations; to build permanent endowments, to provide community leadership on relevant issues, and to address needs through grantmaking. as part of our strategic plan,…

Philanthropy
7
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

8
New World Symphony Inc

Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.

Education
9
Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida's Graduates Inc

The organization's mission is to bring academic, work, life and economic opportunities to students whose potential to contribute to a robust florida is largely untapped.

Education
10
Lynn University Inc

Founded in 1962 and located in boca raton, florida, lynn university is an independent, coeducational institution accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges (sacscoc). (continued in sch o)the…

Education
11
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
12
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Blue Ridge Preservation Inc. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY — $75,000 · OtherUNITED WAYST COLUMBA SCHOOL — $36,000 · OtherST COLUMBA SCHOOLSANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC — $13,650 · OtherSANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INCFORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC — $12,000 · OtherFORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC+7 more — $14,400 · Other+7 moreCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC — $70,000 · EducationCANTERBURY SCHOOL INCFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · EducationFLORIDA GULF COAST UNI…VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH — $72,000 · Human ServicesVED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAP…QUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $35,000 · Community ImprovementQUALITY LI…BLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION INC — $25,000 · HealthHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $11,500 · Food & NutritionPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$151,050Education$75,000Human Services$72,000Community Improvement$35,000Health$25,000Food & Nutrition$11,500Youth Development$10,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetVED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH — $72,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC — $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetQUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $35,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC — $13,650 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC — $12,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART OF LIVING FOUNDATION — $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH
  • Who funds CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds QUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION INC
  • Who funds SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds FORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
  • Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC
  • Who funds FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Southwest Florida Community Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kleist Family Foundation Formerly the Peter D Kleist Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 69%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc69% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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