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Kroenke Family Foundation at a glance

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Kroenke Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$4.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$13MRecreation & Sports$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.5MInternational$892kAnimals$680kEducation$400kYouth Development$300kCrime & Legal$254kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
  • $250k+3 grants · $5.0M
$500,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$32M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 100% of reported assets are held in Walmart Stock.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$4,000,000
SUMMIT IMPACT$500,000
PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION$500,000
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS$200,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUMMIT IMPACT: $500k → 11%PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $4.0M → 8%NEW VENTURE FUND SUMMIT LABS: $254k → 14%GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $100k → 15%CENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $500k → 17%AIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%KROENKE SPORTS CHARITIES: $500k → 12%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS: $200k → 9%SUMMIT IMPACT: $500k → 11%PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $3.0M → 8%GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $100k → 15%CENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $25k → 17%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS: $100k → 9%SUMMIT IMPACT: $500k → 11%PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $3.0M → 8%CENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 17%PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM: $50k → 8%PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%THE SCGA FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 14%THE BERNARD AND SHIRLEY KINSEY FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION: $700k → 14%HOLLYWOOD PARK FOUNDATION: $300k → 14%ROAD DOGS & RESCUE: $75k → 14%ROAD DOGS & RESCUE: $30k → 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 8 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +116% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$14M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+116%
+25%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsCommunity ImprovementInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • CB
    Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $10M · revenue +116%
  • PF
    PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +142%
  • CM
    CENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $540k · revenue +283% · 25% of their budget

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SCGA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -4% · 26% of their budget
  • TB
    THE BERNARD AND SHIRLEY KINSEY FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $700k · revenue -81% · 47% of their budget
  • TA
    THE ARSENAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $692k
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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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5
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
6
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
7
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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8
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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9
Southern California Grantmakers

Southern california grantmakers (scg) is the regional association for philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. we are a leadership hub for our members to connect with each other,…

Philanthropy
10
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
11
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
12
California Apartment Association

The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Playing for Change Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Columbia Second Chance. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $10,000,000 · Arts & CultureCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art IncTHE BERNARD AND SHIRLEY KINSEY FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION: $700,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BERNARD AND SHIRLEY KINSEY FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND EDUCATIONPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 · InternationalPLAYING FO…SUMMIT IMPACT: $1,500,000 · Community ImprovementSUMMIT IM…KROENKE SPORTS CHARITIES INC: $500,000 · EducationHOLLYWOOD PARK FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $300,000 · EducationTHE SCGA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE ARSENAL FOUNDATION: $691,918 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUND SUMMIT LABS: $254,150 · OtherCRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM: $50,000 · OtherGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $200,000 · OtherAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE CENTER: $100,000 · Other+1 more: $35,000 · OtherCENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $540,000 · AnimalsROAD DOGS & RESCUE: $105,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$10,700,000International$1,750,000Community Improvement$1,500,000Education$1,100,000Recreation & Sports$1,000,000Other$1,431,068Animals$645,000

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 budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $10,000,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetSUMMIT IMPACT: $1,500,000 over 3y, 89% of budgetTHE SCGA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetTHE BERNARD AND SHIRLEY KINSEY FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION: $700,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetCENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $540,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetKROENKE SPORTS CHARITIES INC: $500,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetHOLLYWOOD PARK FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROAD DOGS & RESCUE: $105,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetCOLUMBIA SECOND CHANCE: $35,000 over 2y, 4.1% 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC8.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 Kroenke Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kroenke Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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

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How do I get to Kroenke Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kroenke 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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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