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Ron D Kline 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.

$340k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$297kHealth$218kFood & Nutrition$212kInternational$160kPhilanthropy$109kEducation$107kYouth Development$98kArts & Culture$76kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $310k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
CLEAN OCEAN INTERNATIONAL$10,000
BAYKEEPER$10,000
FOOD ED$10,000
SUSTAINABLE FARMING ASSOC OF MN$10,000
RANCHO CIELO$10,000
WILDERNESS INQUIRY$10,000
LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION$10,000
CHARITY UNITED$10,000
MAULI OLA FOUNDATION$10,000
COMPASSION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL$10,000
MICROBIOME RESEARCH INC$10,000
SMART$10,000
FOOD FORWARD$10,000
ACCESSURF HAWAII$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GOOD TIDINGS FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%Veterans Yoga Project: $18k → 10%Child Liberation Foundation: $20k → 8%The Good Tidings Foundation: $10k → 7%VETERANS YOGA PROJECT: $5k → 10%Lymelight Foundation: $10k → 7%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%Lymelight Foundation: $5k → 7%Lymelight Foundation: $5k → 7%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
AZ
AR
DC
HI
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 42 repeat orgs$313k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 33 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

42
22

Total granted

$1.1M
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+12%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
HealthEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • FF
    FOOD FORWARD INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $45k · revenue +52%
  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +7%
  • RC
    RANCHO CIELO INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • II
    ICAN - Informed Consent Action Network
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • CL
    Child Liberation Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue ×13
  • BI
    BKS Iyengar Yoga Assoc
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
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
California Certified Organic Farmers Inc

Ccof advances organic agriculture for a healthy world. we accomplish our purpose through organic certification, education, advocacy and promotion. we envision a world where organic is the norm.

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2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
4
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
5
Ccof Certification Services Llc

Ccof certification services, llc, a wholly owned subsidiary of california certified organic farmers inc., provides a wide array of cost-effective, organic certification programs. ccof certifies farm and livestock operations, processors,…

Food & Nutrition
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
8
Zero Foodprint

Zero foodprint is mobilizing the food world around agricultural climate solutions. our work aims to create a circular economy that incentivizes practices that actively draw down carbon dioxide and offer our best hope of addressing the…

Food & Nutrition
9
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
10
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
11
California Farmland Trust

The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.

Environment
12
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms Usa

Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, USA (WWOOF-USA) is part of a worldwide effort to link visitors with organic farmers, promote an educational exchange, and build a global community conscious of ecological farming practices.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Defense Fund; the most unlike its peers is Mentor Tutor Connection. 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

50 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. 50 of the 69 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
32/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Truth for Health Foundation: $35,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherFLCCC Alliance: $33,000 · OtherORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $28,000 · OtherFood Ed: $28,000 · OtherRANCHO CIELO INC: $40,000 · OtherWilderness Youth Project Inc: $28,000 · OtherPRO PUBLICA INC: $33,000 · OtherONE ACRE FUND: $35,000 · OtherKINGS RANSOM FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherCLEAN OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · OtherJAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $28,000 · OtherHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $28,000 · Other+23 more: $334,000 · Other+23 moreTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER…PLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET US: $35,000 · EnvironmentPLANT-FOR-THE…CLEAN WATER FUND: $30,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER F…WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS GIVING SOMETHING BACK: $28,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS VO…WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $28,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS IN…Baykeeper: $10,000 · EnvironmentBaykeeperINOURHANDS-DOT-LOVE INCORPORATED: $10,000 · EnvironmentINOURHANDS-DO…FOOD FORWARD INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FORW…THE WESTON A PRICE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Food & NutritionTHE WESTO…VILLAGE HARVEST CORPORATION: $20,000 · Food & NutritionVILLAGE H…SUSTAINABLE FARMING ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA: $18,000 · Food & NutritionSUSTAINAB…FOOD STRONG: $18,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD STRO…ACCESSURF HAWAII INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesACCESSURF…LymeLight Foundation: $30,000 · Human ServicesLymeLight…VETERANS YOGA PROJECT INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS …GOOD TIDINGS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOOD TIDI…Child Liberation Foundation Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesChild Lib…INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOGA THERAPISTS INC: $23,000 · HealthPhysicians for Informed Consent: $20,000 · HealthMicrobiome Research Inc: $20,000 · HealthINFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $15,000 · HealthCANCER CAREPOINT INC: $10,000 · HealthChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $10,000 · HealthTHE MAULI OLA FOUNDATION DBA BREATH OF LIFE: $10,000 · HealthOPERATION SURF: $5,000 · HealthDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $75,642 · PhilanthropyCharity United: $30,000 · PhilanthropySCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART): $30,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $28,000 · EducationSTEWARD AG FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCHEF ANN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMENTOR TUTOR CONNECTION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Other$750,000Environment$181,000Food & Nutrition$131,000Human Services$123,000Health$113,000Philanthropy$105,642Education$99,000

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $75,642 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO CIELO INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET US: $35,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetKINGS RANSOM FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACCESSURF HAWAII INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLymeLight Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART): $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCLEAN OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE WESTON A PRICE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCharity United: $30,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS GIVING SOMETHING BACK: $28,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $28,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS YOGA PROJECT INC: $23,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $23,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOGA THERAPISTS INC: $23,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCompassion Services International: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPhysicians for Informed Consent: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMicrobiome Research Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGOOD TIDINGS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSTEWARD AG FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetVILLAGE HARVEST CORPORATION: $20,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FARMING ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA: $18,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFOOD STRONG: $18,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetINFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFruit Tree Planting Foundation: $14,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCANCER CAREPOINT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaykeeper: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MAULI OLA FOUNDATION DBA BREATH OF LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCHEF ANN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENTOR TUTOR CONNECTION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetINOURHANDS-DOT-LOVE INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMAIN-BEGG FARMHOUSE: $9,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetOPERATION SURF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Los Altos Mountain Vi…PatagoniaorgSilicon Valley Commun…The Yelp FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…California Community …ImpactassetsincTides FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The US Charitable Gif…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
Los Altos Mountain View Community FoundationCA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · California Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Ron D Kline Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ron D Kline Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 69 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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