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Kyle Pumpkin Foundation at a glance

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Kyle Pumpkin 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.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$18kRecreation & Sports$15kHousing & Shelter$13kFood & Nutrition$8kReligion$7kEducation$6kYouth Development$3kHuman Services$824Other$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,330
Median grant
3
States reached
$166k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOLDS OF HONOR$2,330
WESTONKA FOOD SHELF$2,330
LAKE MINNETONKA SAILING SCHOOL$2,330
HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$2,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%OPERATION WALK LOS ANGELES INC: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $774 → 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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 10 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$56k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • HH
    HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $10k · revenue +75%
  • MV
    My Very Own Bed
    4× · 2020–2023 · $9k · revenue +241%
  • OR
    Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • VI
    VEAP Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +30%
  • BI
    Bridging Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +27%
  • OF
    OASIS FOR YOUTHgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +62%
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
Open Cities Health Center Inc

Open Cities Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose mission is to provide culturally competent primary and preventive healthcare services to a largely underserved population in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Health
2
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
3
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
4
Winona Health Foundation

The mission of the Winona Health Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Winona Health and its affiliates.

Health
5
Connectability of Mn Inc

Connectability of mn, inc. works to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people experiencing physical or invisible barriers.

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6
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
7
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, hfh-mn advances the work of minnesota's habitat for humanity affiliates to create and preserve affordable…

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8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Reach for Resources Inc

Empowering people of all abilities to reach their full potential. we provide individualized services that maximize independence, boosts community engagement and improves physical and emotional well-being.

—
10
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
11
NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc

Our mission is "Partnering to Create a Healthier Community." NorthPoint seeks to reduce health disparities, improve health outcomes, and enhance the overall quality of life for all residents of North Minneapolis

Health
12
Violence Free Minnesota

To represent victim/survivors of relationship abuse and member programs; challenge systems and institutions; promote social change; and support, educate, and connect member programs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Excelen. 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 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. 14 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTONKA FOOD SHELF: $4,830 · OtherWESTONKA FOOD SHELFTRINITY LUTHERAN: $4,637 · OtherTRINITY LUTHERANOREF: $4,000 · OtherOREFASCENSION CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL: $3,651 · OtherASCENSION CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOLWAYZATA COMMUNITY SAILING CENTER: $3,376 · OtherWAYZATA COMMUNITY SAILING CENTERVEAP Inc: $3,334 · OtherVEAP IncBridging Inc: $3,333 · OtherBridging IncOASIS FOR YOUTH: $3,333 · OtherOASIS FOR YOUTHEXCELEN: $3,000 · OtherEXCELENTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $2,333 · OtherTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCHHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,500 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUND…Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $5,000 · HealthOrthopaedic Research …LAKE MINNETONKA SAILING SCHOOL INC: $7,163 · Recreation & SportsLAKE MINNETONKA S…THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC: $4,637 · Recreation & SportsTHE HENDRICKSON F…My Very Own Bed: $9,470 · Housing & ShelterMy Very Own Be…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $2,330 · EducationSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $774 · Human ServicesOPERATION WALK OF LOS ANGELES INC: $500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 · Human ServicesLAKE EFFECT CONSERVANCY: $250 · Environment
Other$35,827Health$14,500Recreation & Sports$11,800Housing & Shelter$9,470Education$2,330Human Services$1,324Environment$250

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 budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMy Very Own Bed: $9,470 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLAKE MINNETONKA SAILING SCHOOL INC: $7,163 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC: $4,637 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVEAP Inc: $3,334 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridging Inc: $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS FOR YOUTH: $3,333 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEXCELEN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $2,330 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $774 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION WALK OF LOS ANGELES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE EFFECT CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT 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.

The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMN12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Kyle Pumpkin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kyle Pumpkin 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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