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Kruger Family Foundation Inc

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.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
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 FY20172024.

Animals$62kHealth$30kYouth Development$22kHuman Services$20kEducation$14kEnvironment$11kFood & Nutrition$10kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FARMINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$5,000
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$5,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC$5,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA$5,000
UC DAVIS$5,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE$5,000
DELTA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA$5,000
PETSMART CHARITIES$5,000
CALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION$2,500
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 (FY17–17, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE HOSPICE: $6k → 10%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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
NV
CA
AZ
TN
DC
FL

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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$130k · 8 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +35% for the ones you funded once.

8 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$130k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+35%

Still filing today

75%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationOther

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

  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America
    5× · 2020–2024 · $22k · revenue +134%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Global
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +49%
  • WI
    WILDAID INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $17k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • HH
    HOPE HOSPICE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +14%
  • FF
    FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +78%

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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Cancer Research and Biostatistics

To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.

Health
5
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
8
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
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
11
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Petsmart Charities Inc and the most unlike its peers is Farmington Volunteer Fire Dept 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America — $22,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters Of AmericaPET NETWORK HUMANE SOCIETY — $10,000 · OtherPET NETWORK HUMANE SOCIETYCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSIT…DELTA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA — $5,000 · OtherDELTA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCAFARMINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC — $5,000 · OtherFARMINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INCFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - CALIFORNIA — $5,000 · OtherFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - CALIFORNIAUC DAVIS — $5,000 · OtherUC DAVIS+2 more — $4,000 · Other+2 moreWILDAID INC — $17,000 · AnimalsWILDAID INCPet Network Humane Society — $14,500 · AnimalsPet Network Humane SocietyPETSMART CHARITIES INC — $13,000 · AnimalsPETSMART CHARITIES INCANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $2,000 · AnimalsCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC — $22,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE I…Ronald McDonald House Global — $20,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Globa…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $2,000 · HealthWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $11,000 · EnvironmentCALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION — $2,500 · EnvironmentCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation — $8,000 · PhilanthropyHOPE HOSPICE INC — $5,882 · Human ServicesTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — $2,000 · Education
Other$61,000Animals$46,500Health$44,000Environment$13,500Philanthropy$8,000Human Services$5,882Education$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC — $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America — $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILDAID INC — $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPet Network Humane Society — $14,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPETSMART CHARITIES INC — $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE INC — $5,882 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARMINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC — $5,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCALIFORNIA BOUNTIFUL FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — $2,000 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kruger Family Foundation Inc 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%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 21%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Kruger Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Kruger Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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