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Kyad Foundation

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.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$200
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Philanthropy$150kAnimals$8kHealth$6kArts & Culture$1kEnvironment$500Education$300Public Benefit$200Religion$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LINCOLN PARK ZOO$200
IRVINE ANIMA CARE$150
NASHVILLE ZOO$100
NASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION$100
MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$100
DANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$100
LA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTS$100
YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY$100
UNIVERSITY OF MN FOUNDATION$100
UC IRVINE LANGSON ORANGE COUNTY MUS$100
BLACK HILLS WILD HOURSE SANCTUARY$100
FAMSF$100
PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY$100
BURMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART$50
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 (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORIC SOCIETY: $100 → 6%PERSERVE SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE: $100 → 8%PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 → 9%WEISMAN ART MUSEUM GENERAL PROGRAM: $100 → 11%CATHEDRAL OF ST PAUL: $100 → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MN FOUNDATION: $100 → 15%UC IRVINE LANGSON ORANGE COUNTY MUS: $100 → 10%FAMSF: $100 → 10%PALMS SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER: $100 → 11%SAN BERNADINO COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDAT: $100 → 14%PANAMA CITY PUBLISHING CO MUSEUM: $100 → 12%ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN: $100 → 8%MICHIGAN HUMANE: $100 → 10%HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $100 → 14%FRIENDS OF METRO DETROIT: $100 → 21%ALABAMA WILDLIFE CENTER: $1k → 7%MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $100 → 18%DANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 → 10%NASHVILLE ZOO: $100 → 14%HIGH MUSEUM OF ATT: $100 → 13%HUMANE SOCIETY FOR HAMILTON COUNTY: $100 → 5%INDY HUMANE: $100 → 16%SPCA: $100 → 16%PAWS AND WHISKERS CAT SHELTER: $100 → 18%LINCOLN PARK ZOO: $200 → 14%ST FRANCIS CARE: $5k → 23%BLACK HILLS WILD HOURSE SANCTUARY: $100 → 15%THE POPPY FOUNDATION: $300 → 13%LEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 15%ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 → 6%PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 → 9%HISTORIC FORT SNELLING: $100 → 11%MN TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM: $100 → 14%U OF MN DULUTH: $100 → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICE IRVINE ANIMAL: $500 → 10%YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY: $100 → 10%JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATI: $100 → 11%PRICELES PETS: $211 → 14%WOODHAVEN AND TRENTON ANIMAL SHELTE: $200 → 21%IRVINE ANIMA CARE: $150 → 10%LA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $250 → 14%TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $150k → 18%WETLANDS & WILDLIFE CARE: $200 → 10%PASADENA HUMANE: $300 → 14%TOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 → 18%SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 → 14%UCLA MEDICAL SCHOOL: $500 → 14%TOLEDO ANIMAL RESCUE: $200 → 18%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NV
SD
IN
OH
CA
MO
KY
TN
AL
GA
FL
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.

1%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1k · 7 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
55

Total granted

$1k
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+5%

Still filing today

71%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200 · revenue +2%
  • PA
    PAWS AND CLAWS INC DBA PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $200 · revenue +4%
  • PA
    PAWS AND WHISKERS CAT SHELTER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150 · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TF
    TOLEDO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS CARE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • LH
    LEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +16%
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
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
2
Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan

Humane society of southwestern michigan exists to provide shelter and care for sick, homeless and unwanted animals. in addition, the organization provides adoption services for the animals in its care.

Animals
3
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
4
Humane Society of Central Illinois

HSCIs mission is to find loving, forever homes for abused and unwanted pets.

Animals
5
Animal Humane Society Veterinary Centers Pc

Provide wellness and spay/neuter services at reduced cost for people in need.

Community Improvement
6
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
7
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
8
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
9
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
10
Humane Society of Clinton County Inc

To provide for the humane treatment of animals in clinton county, indiana

Animals
11
Hinsdale Humane Society

To prevent animal suffering and neglect throughout our community and beyond, and to ensure that all animals in shelters and homes are well cared for and treated with compassion.

Animals
12
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lexington Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association. 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

38 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. 38 of the 75 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
21/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherTOLEDO FOUNDATION+37 more: $9,911 · Other+37 moreLEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsALABAMA WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE POPPY FOUNDATION: $300 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $300 · AnimalsTOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $200 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $200 · AnimalsPAWS AND CLAWS INC DBA PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 · AnimalsAnimal Humane Society: $200 · AnimalsWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $200 · AnimalsTOLEDO ANIMAL SHELTER ASSOCIATION: $200 · Animals+20 more: $1,754 · AnimalsMINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM INC: $100 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $100 · Arts & CultureMONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $100 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100 · EducationYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $100 · Recreation & SportsCITIZENS FOR HUMANE ACTION INC: $50 · Civil Rights
Other$159,911Animals$5,804Arts & Culture$300Education$100Recreation & Sports$100Civil Rights$50

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 budgetLEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POPPY FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS AND CLAWS INC DBA PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO ANIMAL SHELTER ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROSIE'S SOUTHSIDE ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS AND WHISKERS CAT SHELTER INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE FORT WAYNE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARN BUDDIES RESCUE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society for Hamilton County: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $54 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPAIGN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY HUMANE SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS HUMANE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR HUMANE ACTION INC: $50 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.

Petsmart Charities IncBest Friends Animal S…Humane World for Anim…The American Society …Petco LoveThe Duffield Family F…Greater Good CharitiesThe Grey Muzzle Organ…Pedigree FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Assurant FoundationBaird Foundation Inc
Petsmart Charities IncAZ21.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petsmart Charities Inc · Best Friends Animal Society · Humane World for Animals Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Greater Good Charities · The Grey Muzzle Organization · Pedigree Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Assurant Foundation · Baird 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 Kyad Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kyad Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Kyad Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kyad 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 75 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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