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M & J Kaiser 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.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Arts & Culture$145kReligion$74kHealth$45kEducation$31kHuman Services$24kFood & Nutrition$10kPhilanthropy$5kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUFFALO BILL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION$20,000
TEXARTS$10,000
AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH$8,000
1010 MINISTRIES$7,500
EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION$7,000
HOPE FOR THE HURTING$3,000
THE NAVIGATORS$3,000
AGAPE HOUSE$3,000
PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN$3,000
ZACHARY SCOTT THEATER CENTER$3,000
CHINO VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,375
NORTH DAKOTA COWBOY HALL OF FAME$2,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN$1,000
STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC$1,000
FRASER$1,000
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 (FY20–24, $11k) 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%STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 14%FRASER: $1k → 12%FRASER: $1k → 12%STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 14%Fraser: $1k → 12%FRASER: $1k → 12%Fraser: $1k → 12%Partnerships for Children: $2k → 10%Partnerships for Children: $2k → 10%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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.
$265k · 33 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +68% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

33 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
9

Total granted

$265k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+1%

Still filing today

45%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHealthOther

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

  • TA
    TexArts Association for Visual & Performing Arts
    5× · 2020–2024 · $34k · revenue +458%
  • 1M
    10-10 MINISTRIES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +71%
  • BB
    Buffalo Bill Memorial Association
    2× · 2023–2024 · $24k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOLLAND FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT RESTORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -15%
  • BB
    Buffalo Bill Historical Center
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • SH
    SHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AZ
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +8%

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
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
2
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
3
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc

The national cowgirl museum and hall of fame honors and celebrates women, past and present, whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience and independence that helped shape the west, and fosters an appreciation of the ideals and spirit of…

Arts & Culture
4
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
5
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
6
University of Arizona Foundation

The university of arizona foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.

Education
7
San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association

To collect and preserve significant historical materials that relate to the early history and culture of Texas and to promote the study of the history of Texas through exhibits, publications, and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
8
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

To build a lasting connection to the pikes peak region by preserving and sharing our cultural history. this mission is accomplished through our support of the colorado springs pioneers museum, owned and operated by the city of colorado…

Arts & Culture
9
Aia Arizona the American Institute of Architects

To advance the knowledge and abilities of organization members in the field of architecture through seminars, networking, and member services.

10
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
11
Opera Southwest

Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.

Arts & Culture
12
Autry Museum of the American West

The autry brings together the stories of all peoples of the american west, connecting the past with the present to inspire our shared future. the autry creates provocative, engaging, and compelling museum experiences that increase people's…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation and the most unlike its peers is North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame in. 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 backsteadySenior Support ServicesSchool District FoundationsPublic Library OperationsLocal History MuseumsCommunity FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…United Way AffiliatesCommunity Arts Centers
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 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%11%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%44%20–35yr13%6%35–55yr16%26%55yr+

The field is 22% 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 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/27
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,538

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

23 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH — $33,500 · OtherAMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH10-10 MINISTRIES INC — $25,750 · Other10-10 MINISTRIES INCSHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $22,500 · OtherSHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETYBuffalo Bill Historical Center — $15,000 · OtherBuffalo Bill Historical CenterAGAPE HOUSE — $6,000 · Other+24 more — $41,224 · Other+24 moreTexArts Association for Visual & Performing Arts — $34,000 · Arts & CultureTexArts Association for Visu…Buffalo Bill Memorial Association — $24,000 · Arts & CultureBuffalo Bill Memorial Associ…ZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER — $16,000 · Arts & CultureZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTERNORTH DAKOTA COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN — $7,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH DAKOTA COWBOY HALL OF …SHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AZ — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCI…+1 more — $1,250 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT RESTORATION — $25,000 · HealthHOLLAND FOUNDA…MAYO CLINIC — $20,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICEanes Education Foundation — $27,000 · EducationEanes Educ…CHINO VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $2,375 · EducationCHINO VALL…+2 more — $2,000 · Education+2 morePARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN — $11,000 · Human ServicesFRASER LTD — $5,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR THE HURTING — $10,000 · Food & NutritionABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC — $3,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY INC — $3,000 · Philanthropy
Other$143,974Arts & Culture$87,250Health$45,000Education$31,375Human Services$18,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Philanthropy$6,000

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 budgetTexArts Association for Visual & Performing Arts — $34,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetEanes Education Foundation — $27,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budget10-10 MINISTRIES INC — $25,750 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetHOLLAND FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT RESTORATION — $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBuffalo Bill Memorial Association — $24,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER — $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN — $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR THE HURTING — $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN — $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRASER LTD — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AZ — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHINO VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $2,375 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation — $1,383 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOUNDATION — $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrescott Area Shelter Services Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PRESCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION — $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon Institute — $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds TexArts Association for Visual & Performing Arts
  • Who funds Eanes Education Foundation
  • Who funds 10-10 MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds HOLLAND FOUNDATION FOR SIGHT RESTORATION
  • Who funds Buffalo Bill Memorial Association
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC
  • Who funds ZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds HOPE FOR THE HURTING
  • Who funds NORTH DAKOTA COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN
  • Who funds FRASER LTD
  • Who funds SHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AZ
  • Who funds ABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY INC
  • Who funds CHINO VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation
  • Who funds FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Prescott Area Shelter Services Inc
  • Who funds THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PRESCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY

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 FoundationAZ19.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Jw Kieckhefer Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · United Way Worldwide · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 M & J Kaiser 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to M & J Kaiser Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to M & J Kaiser 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 47 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.

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