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Kontoor Brands 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.

$174k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$120kHuman Services$110kFood & Nutrition$75kInternational$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kYouth Development$42kEducation$25kHealth$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $125k
$7,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT$25,000
A SIMPLE GESTURE GREENSBORO INC$25,000
PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS$25,000
THE SERVANT CENTER INC$25,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$25,000
ONE STEP FURTHER INCORPORATED$7,000
NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC$7,000
OAK RIDGE METHODIST CHURCH$7,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLI$7,000
A SPECIAL BLEND INC$7,000
BACKPACK BEGINNINGS$7,000
HORSEPOWER INC$7,000
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 (FY23–25, $229k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER CAROLINAS CHAPTER: $25k → 10%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $10k → 16%INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 16%PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $25k → 16%PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $10k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $8k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $7k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $50k → 16%KELLIN FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $8k → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $8k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $7k → 16%THE SERVANT CENTER INC: $25k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $10k → 16%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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$212k · 7 repeat orgs$337k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$212k
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • BB
    BACKPACK BEGINNINGS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +66%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • PE
    PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS
    2× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • United States Association for UNHCR
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -59%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF GUILFORD INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -23%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +12%
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
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
2
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc

Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…

Employment
3
Harvest Hope Food Bank

Harvest hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in south carolina. we rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens. we operate programs that…

Food & Nutrition
4
Greensboro Housing Coalition Inc

Greensboro housing coalition is the advocate for fair, safe, and affordable housing. we help homeowners keep their homes by preventing foreclosure and promoting home maintenance. we help tenants resolve problems with their landlords to…

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5
Goodwill Industries of Central North Car

Goodwill industries of central north carolina, inc.'s mission is improving lives and enriching communities through the power of work

Employment
6
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
7
United Way of Greenville County Inc

We mobilize people and resources to improve lives, strengthen the community and advance equity for the benefit of all.

—
8
Feed Your Neighbor Community Food Pantry Inc

To distribute emergency food assistance to individuals and families in the greenville area, and to cooperate with partnering agencies so that recipients have access to the greatest number of nutritional resources.

Food & Nutrition
9
Carolina Human Reinvestment

Carolina Human Reinvestment mission is to "Identify and serve the need of the youth and their families in our community "

Crime & Legal
10
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

Food & Nutrition
11
Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce Inc

To serve as greensboro, north carolina's principal economic and community development organization. our goal is to strategically develop a vibrant community that creates, expands, and attracts business while advancing the quality of life…

—
12
Cares of Farmington Hills Inc

To provide comprehensive support services for individuals and families that are in need of everyday necessities due to insufficient financial resources or family instabilty. c.a.r.e.s. will offer food, clothing, job education and training…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greensboro Urban Ministry; the most unlike its peers is Get in the Game. 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 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $65,300 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BEGINNINGSAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapte…PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $35,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESSTHE SERVANT CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE SERVANT CENTER INCKELLIN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesKELLIN FOUNDATIONHORSEPOWER INC: $15,300 · Human ServicesHORSEPOWER INCFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $8,300 · Human ServicesUnited States Association for UNHCR: $50,000 · InternationalUnited States A…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRIAD INC: $25,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEM…OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $25,000 · Food & NutritionOUT OF THE GA…A SIMPLE GESTURE - GREENSBORO INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionA SIMPLE GEST…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $15,300 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVES…COMMUNITY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF GUILFORD INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY …NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $25,000 · EducationBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT INC: $8,300 · Youth DevelopmentGET IN THE GAME: $8,300 · Youth DevelopmentTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $15,300 · Arts & CultureA SPECIAL BLEND INC: $15,300 · OtherA SPECIAL…Positive Direction for Youth and Families Inc: $10,000 · OtherPositive …SIT IN MOVEMENT INC: $8,300 · OtherSIT IN MO…ONE STEP FURTHER INC: $7,000 · OtherONE STEP …OAK RIDGE METHODIST CHURCH: $7,000 · OtherOAK RIDGE…
Human Services$253,900International$75,000Food & Nutrition$65,300Housing & Shelter$50,000Education$25,000Youth Development$16,600Arts & Culture$15,300Other$47,600

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 budgetBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $65,300 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF GUILFORD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $35,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SERVANT CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRIAD INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetKELLIN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $15,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA SPECIAL BLEND INC: $15,300 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHORSEPOWER INC: $15,300 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $15,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPositive Direction for Youth and Families Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT INC: $8,300 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSIT IN MOVEMENT INC: $8,300 over 1y, 73% of budgetAUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $8,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGET IN THE GAME: $8,300 over 1y, 11% of budgetONE STEP FURTHER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Lincoln Financial Fou…Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Community Foundation …The Cannon Foundation…David and Claudia Bab…Weaver Foundation IncMoses Cone - Wesley L…Amg Charitable Gift F…United Way of Greater…Duke Energy FoundationThe Foundation for a …The Cemala Foundation…
Lincoln Financial Foundation IncPA33.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · David and Claudia Babb Reich Family Foundation · Weaver Foundation Inc · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Foundation for a Healthy High Point · The Cemala 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 Kontoor Brands Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kontoor Brands Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–90%
    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 25 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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