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Kukla Family Foundation Inc

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.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$85kArts & Culture$50kAnimals$45kReligion$31kScience & Tech$15kYouth Development$8kEducation$8kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $125k
$1,036
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LORD'S PLACE$42,950
CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION$34,300
BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY$30,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$17,500
ST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE$5,000
LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER$2,900
THE WESTMORE ASSOC$2,500
ANDREW RED HARRIS FOUNDATION$2,500
THE PET COTTAGE$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,036
BUILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL$1,030
NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,024
CONNECTING POINT INTERNATIONAL$1,000
CATHEDRAL OF THE BELOVED$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPEAK UP FOR KIDS: $1k → 11%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$226k · 9 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$226k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHousing & ShelterScience & TechYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TL
    THE LORD'S PLACE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $85k · revenue -8%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $49k · revenue +64%
  • THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $44k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k
  • JT
    Jack The Bike Man Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue 0%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGION EZRA BARROWS POST 46
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc

The clinic for the rehabilitation of wildlife is a teaching hospital and visitor center dedicated to the saving of wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education, and conservation medicine.

Animals
3
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
4
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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5
American College of the Building Arts

The American College of the Building Arts educates and trains artisans in the traditional building arts to foster exceptional craftsmanship and encourage the preservation, enrichment, and understanding of the world's architectural heritage…

Education
6
Coral Conservancy
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7
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
8
Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Environment
9
Hallandale Beach Aventura Rotary Foundation Inc
Human Services
10
Boca Raton Humane Society Foundation Inc
Animals
11
Ocean First Institute

The mission of Ocean First Institute is ocean conservation through research and education. We work to deepen the natural connection between people and the ocean. We educate and empower people to understand the ocean is our life support…

Education
12
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Speak Up for Kids of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Build Health International 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

12 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. 12 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
2/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LORD'S PLACE INC: $84,950 · Housing & ShelterTHE LORD'S PLACE INCUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $25,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSIONIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCHBOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE: $5,000 · OtherBOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLE…WESTMORE ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 · Other+13 more: $15,241 · Other+13 moreCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $49,300 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR CREATIVE E…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $43,500 · AnimalsTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE…Pet Cottage Inc: $1,500 · AnimalsLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $15,400 · Science & TechJack The Bike Man Inc: $8,334 · Youth DevelopmentANDREW RED HARRIS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Education
Housing & Shelter$84,950Other$62,741Arts & Culture$49,800Animals$45,000Science & Tech$15,400Youth Development$8,334Education$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $84,950 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $49,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $43,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $15,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJack The Bike Man Inc: $8,334 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION EZRA BARROWS POST 46: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPet Cottage Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR KIDS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Split Rock Charitable…The Batchelor Foundat…Community Foundation …Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Split Rock Charitable Foundation IncFL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Split Rock Charitable Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties 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 Kukla Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kukla Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Architectural College: 1% of income from government
  • Jack the Bike Man Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to Kukla Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Kukla 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 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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