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Pk Johnstone & He Kimball Foundation at a glance

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Pk Johnstone & He Kimball 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.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$96kEducation$69kHuman Services$52kHealth$41kRecreation & Sports$36kAnimals$31kReligion$28kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$3,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URBAN COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT$15,000
RISE$12,000
BUTLER HOSPITAL$6,500
COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL$6,000
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND$6,000
THE WILDLIFE CLINIC OF RI$5,000
THE SAMARITANS RI$5,000
CAMP RUGGLES$3,500
NARRAGANSETT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$3,500
EAST BAY FOOD BANK$3,000
PETPALS$3,000
COMMUNITY STRING PROJECT$3,000
134 COLLABORATIVE$3,000
CAMP JORI$2,500
WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%CAMP JORI: $3k → 7%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $1k → 14%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$446k · 29 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
18

Total granted

$446k
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
-6%

Still filing today

59%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • RI
    Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education
    7× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +10%
  • CAMP RUGGLES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +29%
  • OH
    OLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +209%

Funded once

  • OS
    OLD SLATER MILL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -64%
  • CC
    CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • NC
    NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue 0%
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.

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Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
2
Ocean State Research Institute Inc

The purpose of osri is to advance the research mission of the department of veterans affairs through the support of research and educational related activities at the providence va medical center. collaborative research and educational…

Health
3
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
4
Rhode Island Natural History Survey

The Rhode Island Natural History Survey is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to gather and disseminate information on Rhode Islands animals and plants geology and ecosystems to facilitate communication among the diverse…

Science & Tech
5
Nami Rhode Island

The mission of NAMI Rhode Island is to educate the public about mental illness; to offer resources and support to all whose lives are touched by mental illness; to advocate at every level to ensure the rights and dignity of those with…

Health
6
Roger Williams University School of Law

The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…

Education
7
Ocean State Animal Coalition

The ocean state animal coalition (osac) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the status and well-being of animals in rhode island.

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8
Srba Historic Building and Environmental Preservation Foundation

The preservation & maintenance of historic buildings and conservation of environmentally sensitive land surrounding historic buildings.

Arts & Culture
9
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

Trinity academy for the performing arts utilizes an interdisciplinary arts-integrated program to prepare our artist-scholars for collegiate and professional success.

Education
10
Rhode Island Public Radio

To provide quality journalism and compelling storytelling that informs, educates, and inspirescommunity.

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11
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
12
East Providence Historical Society

The mission of the East Providence Historical Society is to enrich and educate the citizens of East Providence and surrounding communities about its history through excellent museum experiences and qualify educational programs that are…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pet Pals Northeast. 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

26 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. 26 of the 51 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAMARITANS OF RHODE ISLAND: $24,000 · OtherSAMARITANS OF RHODE ISLANDIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientURBAN COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15,000 · OtherWOMEN'S AND INFANTS HOSPITAL: $15,000 · OtherTHE UCAP SCHOOL: $13,000 · OtherNARRAGANSETT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $11,500 · OtherSEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEWPORT: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherCOGGESHALL FARM: $10,000 · OtherGOODWILL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND: $10,000 · OtherCENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSLATER MILL MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherAUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND: $13,500 · OtherPET PALS NORTHEAST: $10,500 · OtherDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $12,000 · Other+17 more: $76,900 · Other+17 moreOLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureOLIVER HAZARD PERR…THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE INC: $17,200 · Arts & CultureTHE CUMBERLAND COU…Trinity Repertory Company: $17,000 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory …OLD SLATER MILL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOLD SLATER MILL AS…NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET: $7,000 · Arts & CultureNEWPORT CONTEMPORA…COMMUNITY STRING PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY STRING P…BATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $44,000 · PhilanthropyCAMP RUGGLES INC: $35,500 · Recreation & SportsSAIL NEWPORT: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $22,000 · EducationREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $10,000 · EducationSCHOOL ONE: $4,000 · EducationJewish Childrens Home of RI Inc: $17,500 · Human Services134 Collaborative: $15,000 · Human ServicesBUTLER HOSPITAL: $22,200 · HealthThe Samaritans Inc: $5,000 · HealthWOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RI: $5,000 · Health
Other$282,400Arts & Culture$89,200Philanthropy$44,000Recreation & Sports$38,000Education$36,000Human Services$32,500Health$32,200

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 budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $44,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCAMP RUGGLES INC: $35,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetOLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBUTLER HOSPITAL: $22,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Childrens Home of RI Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE INC: $17,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget134 Collaborative: $15,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND: $13,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNARRAGANSETT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEWPORT: $11,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPET PALS NORTHEAST: $10,500 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetOLD SLATER MILL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY STRING PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Samaritans Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RI: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL ONE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetSAIL NEWPORT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE RHODY RESCUE AND QUARANTINE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RUGGLES INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds BUTLER HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Childrens Home of RI Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Trinity Repertory Company ↗
  • Who funds 134 Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds NARRAGANSETT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEWPORT ↗
  • Who funds PET PALS NORTHEAST ↗
  • Who funds OLD SLATER MILL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds READ TO SUCCEED INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY STRING PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Samaritans Inc ↗

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 Rhode Island Comm…The Champlin Foundati…Amica Companies Found…Ida Ballou Littlefiel…Frederick C Tanner Me…United Way of Rhode I…Mary D Chafee Fund Co…Billy Andrade-Brad Fa…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Van Beuren Charitable…Citizens Charitable F…Textron Charitable Tr…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI40.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Mary D Chafee Fund Co Mark Chafee · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353

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 Pk Johnstone & He Kimball Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pk Johnstone & He Kimball Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Pk Johnstone & He Kimball 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 51 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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