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Mary a & Raymond F Kennedy Family Foundation at a glance

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Mary a & Raymond F Kennedy Family 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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$75kHealth$66kInternational$35kAnimals$33kYouth Development$22kArts & Culture$17kEnvironment$14kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,916
Median grant
7
States reached
$928k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OAKS ACADEMY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
AMANI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$4,411
CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION$4,000
HOLY FAMILY SHELTER$3,661
JUEGA COMO CAMPEON$3,250
HEAR INDIANA$2,916
BIDEAWEE$2,915
INDY CONCERTS FOR A CAUSE$2,915
BCAN$2,915
ACCESS FUND$2,000
CILTI$2,000
MILE HIGH 360$2,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 12%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $3k → 16%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $3k → 16%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $3k → 16%FRIENDS OF HONDURAN CHILDREN INC: $7k → 16%FRIENDS OF HONDURAN CHILDREN: $5k → 16%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
MD
NC
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$285k · 21 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$285k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+11%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • TO
    The Oaks Academy Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +53%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • HEAR INDIANA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • IC
    INDIANAPOLIS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CI
    CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
  • BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +57%
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
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
3
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
4
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
5
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
6
Handicap International

Handicap international dba humanity & inclusion (hi) works with people with disabilities and people living in situations of vulnerability, including poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster.

International
7
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
10
Connections for Life

Empowering people with disabilities by providing services that promote independence, equality and intergration, enhancing their quality of life.

Health
11
Children and Youth Justice Center

The center for children & youth justice was founded in 2006 with one mission: reform the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to improve the lives of generations of children and youth in washington state. our focus is large-scale,…

Crime & Legal
12
Trivium Life Services

Behavioral health, long-term support services, mental health therapy, substance, alcohol and drug abuse treatment as well as domestic violence offender intervention services

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Theraplay Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Virtu. 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

24 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. 24 of the 37 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $30,223 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHEAR INDIANA INC: $19,912 · OtherHEAR INDIANA INCINDY CONCERTS FOR A CAUSE: $11,709 · OtherINDY CONCERTS FOR A CAUSEHOLY FAMILY SHELTER: $7,893 · OtherHOLY FAMILY SHELTERTHE ACCESS FUND: $7,750 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,412 · Other+17 more: $33,830 · Other+17 moreThe Oaks Academy Inc: $70,000 · EducationThe Oaks Academy Inc+1 more: $2,000 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC: $24,646 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S TH…AMANI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $18,559 · HealthAMANI CHILDRENS F…COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $2,850 · HealthCOLORECTAL CANCER…BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $2,000 · HealthJuega Como Campeon: $18,750 · Youth DevelopmentTRUSTED MENTORS INC: $1,648 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF HONDURAN CHILDREN INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $8,206 · Human ServicesFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 · Human ServicesVIRTU: $5,000 · InternationalTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,750 · Civil Rights
Other$146,729Education$72,000Health$48,055Youth Development$20,398Human Services$20,206International$5,000Civil Rights$3,750

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 budgetThe Oaks Academy Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC: $24,646 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHEAR INDIANA INC: $19,912 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJuega Como Campeon: $18,750 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetAMANI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $18,559 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF HONDURAN CHILDREN INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $8,206 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACCESS FUND: $7,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVIRTU: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL OF PHILADE OF PHILADELPHIA: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $2,915 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $2,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN BOOKS LTD: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH 360: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARAQUAD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTED MENTORS INC: $1,648 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHICAGO LIGHTS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PATRICK CENTER: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds The Oaks Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAR INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Juega Como Campeon ↗
  • Who funds AMANI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HONDURAN CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
  • Who funds THE ACCESS FUND ↗
  • Who funds VIRTU ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL OF PHILADE OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds BIDEAWEE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds OPEN BOOKS LTD ↗
  • Who funds BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH 360 ↗
  • Who funds PARAQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTED MENTORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO LIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ST PATRICK CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Lilly Endowment IncNicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Brave Heart Found…Hoover Family Foundat…United Way of Central…The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…The Blackbaud Giving …Baird Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…
Lilly Endowment IncIN16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Hoover Family Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Mary a & Raymond F Kennedy Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary a & Raymond F Kennedy Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Mary a & Raymond F Kennedy Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mary a & Raymond F Kennedy Family 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 37 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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