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Kuhle 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.

$244k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$1.6MEducation$1.6MPhilanthropy$506kReligion$360kHuman Services$130kHousing & Shelter$85kRecreation & Sports$69kAnimals$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $88k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$22,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$100,000
CROWNS OF COURAGE$50,000
GENTLY HUGGED$25,000
FOSTER YOUR FUTURE$22,500
Individual grant recipient$20,000
SUN DEVIL CLUB$10,034
LIVE LIKE SAM FOUNDATION$10,000
FOR THE KIDS$6,000
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 (FY17–24, $240k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $75k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $500 → 11%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%GENTLY HUGGED: $25k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CROWNS OF COURAGE: $50k → 11%CROWNS OF COURAGE: $15k → 11%CROWNS OF COURAGE: $10k → 11%NOTMYKID: $1k → 11%FOSTER YOUR FUTURE: $23k → 11%NOTMYKID: $1k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $100 → 11%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 13 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +66% since the first grant, against +39% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$2.0M
$337k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+39%

Still filing today

85%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyFood & NutritionReligionOther

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

  • BH
    Banner Health Foundation
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +108%
  • DC
    DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX
    5× · 2020–2024 · $360k · revenue +41%
  • BN
    BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $250k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • HF
    HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -20%
  • XC
    XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -10%

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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
4
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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5
Vitalyst Health Foundation

To connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in arizona.

Health
6
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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7
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.

Health
8
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
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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11
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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12
Valle Del Sol Inc

Valle del sol inspires positive change by investing in health and human services to strengthen families with tools and skills for self-sufficiency and by building the next generation of latino and diverse leaders.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley and the most unlike its peers is Crowns of Courage. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Senior HousingDisease Research and Patien…Charter SchoolsDog Rescue and AdoptionYouth Sports ProgramsCommunity Health CentersOrchestral and Choral Music…Higher Education Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%12%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr10%24%35–55yr12%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr10%23%35–55yr12%46%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
15%
13,613/88,019

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

34 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Banner Health Foundation — $1,000,000 · HealthBanner Health FoundationBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $250,000 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION — $250,000 · HealthHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION+4 more — $26,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $1,455,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA+1 more — $1,500 · EducationARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $505,623 · PhilanthropyARIZONA COMMU…+3 more — $9,000 · PhilanthropyDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $360,000 · ReligionDIOCESAN …+1 more — $500 · ReligionICSC FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherSUN DEVIL CLUB — $66,904 · OtherTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST — $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $20,000 · OtherXAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX — $15,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE — $10,000 · OtherLIVE LIKE SAM FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Other+7 more — $27,100 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA — $85,000 · Human ServicesCROWNS OF COURAGE — $75,000 · Human ServicesFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Human ServicesGENTLY HUGGED — $25,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER YOUR FUTURE — $22,500 · Human Services+3 more — $2,600 · Human ServicesBunnys Buddies — $6,500 · AnimalsTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE — $5,000 · AnimalsArizona Humane Society — $5,000 · Animals
Health$1,526,000Education$1,456,500Philanthropy$514,623Religion$360,500Other$289,004Human Services$240,100Animals$16,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $1,455,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBanner Health Foundation — $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $505,623 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $360,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA — $85,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCROWNS OF COURAGE — $75,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST — $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGENTLY HUGGED — $25,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetFOSTER YOUR FUTURE — $22,500 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIVE LIKE SAM FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTrends Charitable Fund — $7,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBunnys Buddies — $6,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOR THE KIDS ORG — $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF VISITORS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDEL MAR FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArizona Humane Society — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT VIEW LEARNING CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNOTMYKID — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoreGiving Co — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMentorKids USA — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley — $100 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.

Arizona Community Fou…Moreno Family Foundat…Virginia G Piper Char…American Express Foun…Larcher Family Founda…Bbr FoundationGlobe FoundationGarcia Family Foundat…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ21.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Moreno Family Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · Larcher Family Foundation · Bbr Foundation · Globe Foundation · Garcia Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment 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 Kuhle 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 40 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.

    Source object · view filing

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