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Kuznik Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Kuznik Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
52
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$587kHuman Services$395kFood & Nutrition$265kHousing & Shelter$250kEducation$164kYouth Development$130kArts & Culture$85kReligion$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $965k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$57M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Landmark for Families$25,000
Dee Norton Childrens Center$25,000
East Cooper Meals on Wheels$25,000
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the$25,000
Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic$25,000
AMOR Healing Kitchen Inc$25,000
Lowcountry Food Bank$25,000
Star Gospel Mission$25,000
Roper St Francis Foundation$25,000
Dorchester Habitat for Humanity$25,000
Charleston Habitat for Humanity$25,000
Lets Walk$25,000
Medical University of SC$25,000
One Eighty Place$25,000
American College of Building Arts$25,000
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 (FY18–25, $193k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Boys Town: $3k → 12%Guide Dog for the Blind: $200 → 8%Wounded Warrior Project: $800 → 14%Christian Appalacian: $200 → 26%Boys Town: $1k → 12%Wounded Warrior Project: $500 → 14%Changed Lives Ministry: $8k → 9%Changed Lives Ministry: $5k → 9%Changed Lives Ministry: $5k → 9%American Red Cross: $3k → 14%Changed Lives Ministry: $3k → 9%East Cooper Community Outreach: $25k → 12%East Cooper Community Outreach: $5k → 12%Teachers Supply Closet: $3k → 12%Landmark for Families: $25k → 12%Neighbors Together Inc: $20k → 12%Operation Home: $15k → 12%Operation Home: $10k → 12%Carolina Youth Development Center: $10k → 12%Carolina Youth Development Center: $10k → 12%Carolina Youth Development Center: $10k → 12%Landmark for Families: $10k → 12%Carolina Youth Development Center: $10k → 12%Lowcountry Orphan Relief: $4k → 12%Carolina Youth Development Center: $4k → 12%Lowcountry Orphan Relief: $3k → 12%Carolina Youth Development Center: $2k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
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TN
NC
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DC
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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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 66 repeat orgs$543k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
50

Total granted

$1.5M
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+36%

Still filing today

52%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $470k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • WF
    Windwood Farm Home For Children Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $90k · revenue +51%
  • LF
    LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $84k · revenue +51%
  • AC
    AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THE BUILDING ARTS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $82k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • BS
    BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • FO
    Fellowship of Christian Atheletes
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
  • GS
    Good Samaritan Clinic Edisto Island
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
2
Mcleod Physician Associates Ii

Mcleod physician associates ii operates as a part of the mcleod health system. the mission of mcleod health is to improve the overall health and well being of people living within south carolina and eastern north carolina by providing…

Health
3
Mcleod Health

To operate a health care system providing medical excellence to the eastern region of south carolina and the extreme southeastern region of north carolina.

Health
4
Mirasol Health Inc

Mirasol health is a nonprofit, community-focused healthcare organization dedicated to honoring life through compassionate care and support for individuals facing chronic conditions, end-of-life, or grief. proudly serving beaufort, jasper,…

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5
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
6
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
7
The Presbyterian Hospital

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
8
Harvest Hope Food Bank

Harvest hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in south carolina. we rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens. we operate programs that…

Food & Nutrition
9
Charleston Animal Society

Since its founding, our mission has always stayed the same: the prevention of cruelty to animals. in 1874, charleston animal society became the first animal organization in south carolina and one of the first in the nation and has never…

Animals
10
Charleston Legal Access

To expand access to legal representation and rights in South Carolina.

Crime & Legal
11
Community Alternatives Inc

To provide responsive, person-centered services to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities.

Employment
12
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star Gospel Mission; the most unlike its peers is American College of the Building Arts. 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

80 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. 80 of the 147 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/80
Grantees still filing
48/80
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $83,500 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INCDee Norton Childrens Center: $67,500 · OtherDee Norton Childrens CenterRonald McDonald House: $66,500 · OtherRonald McDonald HouseSocial Emotional learing Alliance: $65,000 · OtherSocial Emotional learing AllianceCAMP HAPPY DAYS INC: $61,000 · OtherCAMP HAPPY DAYS INCBarrier Islands Free Medical Clinic: $51,000 · OtherCharleston Fisher House: $48,500 · OtherCommunities in Schools: $45,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $40,000 · Other+86 more: $512,610 · Other+86 moreWindwood Farm Home For Children Inc: $90,000 · HealthWindwood Farm Home…Roper St Francis Foundation: $52,000 · HealthRoper St Francis F…HARVEST FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $41,000 · HealthHARVEST FREE MEDIC…LETS WALK: $25,000 · HealthLETS WALKEdisto Island Community Clinic: $25,000 · HealthEdisto Island Comm…A STEADY HAND FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 · HealthA STEADY HAND FOUN…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $17,500 · HealthWARRIOR WOD FOUNDATION: $16,000 · HealthWAKE UP CAROLINA: $15,000 · Health+10 more: $33,250 · Health+10 moreLandmarks for Families Inc: $81,000 · Human ServicesLandmarks fo…My Sister's House Inc: $37,000 · Human ServicesMy Sister's …East Cooper Community Outreach: $30,000 · Human ServicesEast Cooper …OPERATION HOME INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION HO…Neighbors Together Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesNeighbors To…CHANGED LIVES MINISTRY INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHANGED LIVE…+8 more: $24,700 · Human Services+8 moreAMERICAN COLLEGE OF THE BUILDING ARTS: $82,000 · EducationAMERICAN COL…GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $44,300 · EducationGERMAN FRIEN…CHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY: $25,000 · EducationCHARLESTON D…THE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationTHE CITADEL …The Charleston Promise Neighborhood: $15,000 · EducationThe Charlest…CHARLESTON HOPE: $10,000 · EducationHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $10,000 · EducationEvery 1 Voice Matters Inc: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $7,000 · EducationJAMES ISLAND OUTREACH: $72,000 · Housing & ShelterOne-Eighty Place: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $5,800 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $500 · Housing & ShelterEAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $44,500 · Food & NutritionAMOR HEALING KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF SUMMERVILLE INC: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionGreen Heart Project Inc: $57,500 · Environment
Other$1,040,610Health$336,250Human Services$237,700Education$223,300Housing & Shelter$103,300Food & Nutrition$92,000Environment$57,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWindwood Farm Home For Children Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $83,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF THE BUILDING ARTS: $82,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLandmarks for Families Inc: $81,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetJAMES ISLAND OUTREACH: $72,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP HAPPY DAYS INC: $61,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetGreen Heart Project Inc: $57,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation: $52,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $44,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $44,300 over 3y, 60% of budgetHARVEST FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $41,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetMy Sister's House Inc: $37,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEast Cooper Community Outreach: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSTAR GOSPEL MISSION: $27,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLETS WALK: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetEdisto Island Community Clinic: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetMETANOIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEast Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCharleston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOPERATION HOME INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDORCHESTER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA STEADY HAND FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SUMMERVILLE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCHANGED LIVES MINISTRY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR WOD FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetOPERATION PATRIOTS FOB INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWAKE UP CAROLINA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Charleston Promise Neighborhood: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHARLESTON HOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBeyond Our Walls Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $5,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $5,800 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetREMNANT HOUSE OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPRIESTS FOR LIFE: $4,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPET HELPERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLandon Strong Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetHANDS OF CHRIST: $2,500 over 1y, 3.3% 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.

  • Who funds Windwood Farm Home For Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THE BUILDING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Landmarks for Families Inc ↗
  • Who funds JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HAPPY DAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds Green Heart Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds Roper St Francis Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST FREE MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds My Sister's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds East Cooper Community Outreach ↗
  • Who funds STAR GOSPEL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds LETS WALK ↗
  • Who funds Edisto Island Community Clinic ↗
  • Who funds METANOIA ↗
  • Who funds CHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds DORCHESTER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMOR HEALING KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds One-Eighty Place ↗
  • Who funds A STEADY HAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF CHARLESTON ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF SUMMERVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Neighbors Together Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHANGED LIVES MINISTRY INC ↗

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.

Coastal Community Fou…The Joanna FoundationHenry & Sylvia Yaschi…Dominion Energy Chari…Trident United WayAdvanced Technology I…Employees Community F…Central Carolina Comm…Roper St Francis Heal…The Mark Elliott Motl…Daniel Island Communi…Elhapa Foundation Inc
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC61.2× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Trident United Way · Advanced Technology International · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Roper St Francis Healthcare · The Mark Elliott Motley Foundation Inc · Daniel Island Community Fund Inc · Elhapa Foundation Inc

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 Kuznik Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kuznik Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
24report 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, 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 Kuznik Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kuznik Charitable 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 147 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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