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· Public charity

National Kidney Foundation Inc

The national kidney foundation is revolutionizing the fight to save lives by eliminating preventable kidney disease, accelerating innovation for the dignity of the patient experience, and dismantling structural inequities in kidney care, dialysis, and transplantation.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$246k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$3.5MScience & Tech$582kEducation$178k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $677,876, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,071,600 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $393,724 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $126k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $542k
$26,250
Median grant
7
States reached
$52M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$246,150
NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$239,976
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$56,250
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$35,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$26,250
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$26,250
BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$26,250
NIHNIDDK$12,500
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$9,250
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 (FY23–24, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CARIDAD CENTER INC: $75k → 11%CARIDAD CENTER INC: $75k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 11 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
18

Total granted

$2.8M
$866k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+8%

Still filing today

27%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $422k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +42%
  • CC
    Caridad Center Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +35%
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    3× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TM
    Tufts Medical Center Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $334k
  • MH
    METHODIST HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • VH
    VCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUS
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
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
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
2
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
5
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
6
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
7
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
8
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
9
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the brown university health system, rih is committed to its mission: delivering health with care.

Health
10
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
11
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
12
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai; the most unlike its peers is Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. 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

16 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. 16 of the 38 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER PARENT INC: $676,000 · OtherTUFTS MEDICAL CENTER PARENT INCTufts Medical Center Inc: $334,000 · OtherTufts Medical Center IncUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $158,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHMETHODIST HOSPITAL: $75,000 · OtherVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUS: $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $70,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $70,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES: $70,000 · OtherTUFTS MEDICAL CENTER PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION INC: $67,500 · Other+13 more: $374,950 · Other+13 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,377,847 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNew York University: $239,976 · EducationNew York UniversityThe George Washington University: $75,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $70,000 · Education+7 more: $203,340 · Education+7 moreCaridad Center Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $35,000 · HealthCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $35,000 · Health
Other$1,970,450Education$1,966,163Human Services$150,000Health$140,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,377,847 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe George Washington University: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $56,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlbert Einstein College of Medicine: $14,840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $9,250 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 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds Caridad Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Albert Einstein College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES ↗

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 Trustees of Colum…Washington UniversityYale UniversityAmerican Cancer Socie…American Heart Associ…Alzheimer's Disease &…Cystic Fibrosis Found…Muscular Dystrophy As…Vanderbilt University…Mayo ClinicAmerican Lung Associa…National Alliance for…
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Washington University · Yale University · American Cancer Society Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · American Lung Association · National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

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 National Kidney Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Kidney Foundation Inc. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 38 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 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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