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Kos 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.

$108k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Health$93kEducation$88kHuman Services$82kReligion$34kYouth Development$20kRecreation & Sports$13kPhilanthropy$10kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TGR FOUNDATION$78,500
THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC$10,000
GOT CHAOS$10,000
YOUTH ON COURSE$5,000
DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO$1,000
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $10k → 12%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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$217k · 8 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$217k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-11%
+0%

Still filing today

63%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionReligionRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • PB
    Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $46k · revenue -16%
  • GC
    GOT CHAOS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k
  • JM
    JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue -27%

Funded once

  • RO
    RENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • SAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +0%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k

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
John Muir Physician Network

To establish, operate and maintain multi-specialty medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services. engage in, sponsor and promote charitable healthcare, educational and medical research activities and provide health plan services…

Health
2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

3
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
4
National Sporting Goods Association

Nsga supports its members' efforts to grow their business and advocates on their behalf by offering the following: 1) resources for recruiting, training, and development; 2) valuable publications & communications; 3) education and…

5
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
6
Kfhpw Holdings

Supporting kaiser permanente organizations which provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.

7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
National Foundation for Cancer Research

To support cancer research and public education relating to prevention, earlier diagnosis, better treatments and ultimately, a cure for cancer.

Health
9
Public Health Institute

Public health institute generates and promotes research, leadership and partnerships to build capacity for strong public health policy, programs, systems and practices.

Health
10
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
11
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
12
Kaiser Foundation for the Advancement of Integrated Health Care

Kaiser foundation for the advancement of integrated health care is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) advocacy organization to engage in proactive advocacy to promote understanding of the benefits of integrated care and coverage, and support of the…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH — $34,000 · OtherWATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCHST ISIDORE CHURCH — $21,500 · OtherST ISIDORE CHURCHNCGA FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherNCGA FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY — $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAYBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY — $10,000 · OtherBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERYDE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL OF CONCORD INC — $9,500 · OtherDE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL OF CONCORD I…WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION+1 more — $1,000 · OtherPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc — $46,320 · HealthPediatric Brain Tumor Foundat…JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION — $35,000 · HealthJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATIONMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $11,000 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION+1 more — $1,000 · HealthTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $78,500 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION I…GOT CHAOS INC — $40,000 · ReligionGOT CHAOS IN…RENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION — $12,500 · Recreation & SportsSAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC DBA B STREET THEATRE — $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$116,000Health$93,320Education$78,500Religion$40,000Recreation & Sports$12,500Human Services$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc — $46,320 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGOT CHAOS INC — $40,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association — $1,000 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.

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.

Shell USA Company FoundationTX13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Kos Family 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 17 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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