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Skees Family 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.

$68k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$199kFood & Nutrition$87kCommunity Improvement$80kEducation$71kPhilanthropy$60kHealth$15kScience & Tech$13kRecreation & Sports$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pollination Project Foundation$20,000
Myriad USA$15,000
Preserve International$15,000
Myriad USA$5,000
Harvest Fund$2,500
Pollination Project Foundation$2,500
Myriad USA$2,500
Asembo Skills for Hope$2,500
Global Development Advisors Corpora$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 (FY17–24, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE WATSON INSTITUTE: $3k → 11%Pollination Project Foundation: $20k → 13%Pollination Project Foundation: $8k → 13%WOMEN LEAD: $3k → 7%POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $6k → 13%WOMEN LEAD: $3k → 7%WOMEN LEAD: $3k → 14%Pollination Project Foundation: $5k → 13%Pollination Project Foundation: $3k → 13%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
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$375k · 27 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
32

Total granted

$375k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+21%

Still filing today

78%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $57k · revenue +342%
  • TP
    THE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $41k · revenue +14%
  • EL
    EDUCATE LANKA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $33k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • MC
    Medha Corpgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +884%
  • MU
    Myriad USA
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
Ja Africa

The mission of ja africa is to inspire and prepare young people in africa to succeed in a global economy.

Education
2
Zoe Empowers

Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become…

International
3
She-Can Global Inc

The world is grappling with complex problems, including climate change, war, poverty, and ongoing human rights violations. These issues disproportionately impact women, particularly in developing countries. In nations recovering from…

Education
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
6
Women in Progress Inc

Women in Progress dba Global Mamas works to achieve economic independence of African women and alleviate poverty at a grassroots level by creating jobs and income generation opportunities that generate a sustainable, living wage and at the…

Community Improvement
7
Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
8
Maia

MAIA is creating a generation of empowered leaders who have the knowledge and resources they need to lead choice-filled lives, break cycles of poverty, and ignite transformational change in their communities.

International
9
Changing Narratives Africa

We accelerate African entrepreneurs to start and scale resilient and sustainable agribusinesses that feed Africa and the world by providing training, funding opportunities, trade linkages, and fostering a vibrant community of changemakers.…

Food & Nutrition
10
Her Next Steps
Human Services
11
World Pulse Voices

World Pulse is a global social impact network connecting women from 227 countries to accelerate social change. We provide a safe and supportive online space where women can speak for themselves, make powerful connections, and access the…

Human Services
12
Kula Project Inc

Kula exists to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs in Rwanda's coffee communities. We operate at the intersection of economic development, environmental sustainability, and gender equality, providing a poverty…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Myriad Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Medha Corp. 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

53 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. 53 of the 67 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/53
Grantees still filing
38/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESONATE WORKSHOPS: $32,500 · InternationalRESONATE WORKSHOPSPRESERVE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · InternationalPRESERVE INTERNATIONALMYRIAD USA INC: $25,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCAGORA PARTNERSHIPS: $12,500 · InternationalAGORA PARTNERSHIPSSCHOOL FUND: $5,000 · InternationalADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC: $5,000 · International+9 more: $19,150 · International+9 moreKADAFRICA AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherKADAFRICA AGRIBUSINESS D…Individual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATI: $8,515 · OtherCHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH …Myriad USA: $7,500 · OtherMyriad USAPRECIOUS BLOOD MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION NFP: $6,000 · OtherKing Baudouin Foundation United Sta: $5,000 · OtherJolkona Foundation: $5,000 · OtherPROJECT HAWAII INC: $5,000 · Other+24 more: $34,025 · Other+24 moreIMPACTASSETSINC: $52,500 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINCOMPRAKASH INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyOMPRAKASH INCCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FO…UNITED CHARITABLE: $3,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyEDUCATE LANKA FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · EducationEDUCATE LANKA F…Medha Corp: $15,000 · EducationMedha CorpTOMORROW'S YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $15,000 · EducationTOMORROW'S YOUT…Education Bridge: $6,000 · EducationEducation Bridg…NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 · EducationNICARAGUAN EDUC…TUJENGE AFRICA FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationECHOING GREEN INC: $3,000 · Education+3 more: $3,500 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE: $56,500 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN F…IDEA FOR AFRICA: $55,000 · Community ImprovementIDEA FOR A…THE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $40,500 · Human ServicesTHE POLLI…WOMEN LEAD INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN LEA…THE WATSON INSTITUTE: $2,500 · Human Services
International$129,150Other$126,040Philanthropy$88,000Education$83,000Food & Nutrition$56,500Community Improvement$55,000Human Services$50,500

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE: $56,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetIDEA FOR AFRICA: $55,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $40,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetEDUCATE LANKA FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetRESONATE WORKSHOPS: $32,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetPRESERVE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOMPRAKASH INC: $25,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMedha Corp: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTOMORROW'S YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $15,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetAGORA PARTNERSHIPS: $12,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWOMEN LEAD INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPRECIOUS BLOOD MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION NFP: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEducation Bridge: $6,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSCHOOL FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJolkona Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetPROJECT HAWAII INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSTRONGMINDS INC: $4,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CHARITABLE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsembo Skills for Hope Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE WATSON INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARVEST FUND LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne World Childrens Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVENTURES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEEDLE & FRAME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCenter for Immigrant Protection: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLADEO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Action Board: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOR YOUTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUPAYA SOCIAL VENTURES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROSPERITY CATALYST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING CAPITAL FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $500 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincTides FoundationDovetail Impact Found…Conrad N Hilton Found…Globalgiving Foundati…Mightycause Charitabl…American Online Givin…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA17.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Dovetail Impact Foundation (Fka David Weekley Family Foundation) · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable 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 Skees Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Skees Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%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
    5get no government money at all
    11report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Skees Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Skees 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 67 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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