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Steven D Kienitz Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Steven D Kienitz Family Charitable 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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Human Services$43kHealth$20kAnimals$12kHousing & Shelter$8kReligion$8kFood & Nutrition$7kRecreation & Sports$6kEducation$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GINNIES HOUSE$3,000
FAMILY PROMISE$2,500
SAINT JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,250
SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL$2,250
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$2,250
PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY$2,250
SPARTA COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$2,000
WHEELERS FOR THE WOUNDED$1,000
FATHER JOHN ANIMAL HOUSE$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 (FY20–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%FATHER JOHN ANIMAL HOUSE: $4k → 6%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $2k → 4%FATHER JOHN ANIMAL HOUSE: $2k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $1k → 4%ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION: $3k → 4%FATHER JOHN ANIMAL HOUSE: $1k → 6%FATHER JOHN ANIMAL HOUSE: $500 → 6%SCARC FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%SCARC FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $3k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $2k → 6%KAREN ANN QUINLAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%KAREN ANN QUINLAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%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
NY
OR
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$76k · 15 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$76k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+1%

Still filing today

53%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • PS
    PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +63%
  • FJ
    FATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +34%
  • SC
    SPARTA COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue ×88

Funded once

  • SC
    SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +31%
  • TA
    THE ASHER HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +221%
  • RW
    ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +48%
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
Family Promise of Sussex County Inc

To secure housing stability and sustainability for those in crisis, because everyone deserves a home.

Human Services
2
Sussex County Childrens Advocacy

The mission of ginnie's house children's advocacy center is to create a refuge of comfort, healing, hope, and justice for abused children, while providing community education and advocacy to prevent child abuse.

Unclassified
3
Scarc Guardianship Services Inc

To serve as lifelong guardians and advocates for people with developmental disabilities who cannot acquire needed services independently. (continued on schedule o)we will work with persons with developmental disabilities, their families,…

Recreation & Sports
4
Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute

To fund cystic fibrosis research, provide educational and personal support, and to spread awareness of cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disease.

Health
5
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
6
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
7
The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc

Public and medical education and research

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8
Search for Change Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…

Human Services
9
Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Jersey Inc

Promoting, assisting and supporting the sustainability and growth of casa programs in new jersey. casa programs promote the protection of abused and neglected children by using trained volunteers to advocate for these children in courts…

Crime & Legal
10
Advocates for Children of New Jersey

To identify children's needs through research, policy and legal analysis, to raise awareness of those needs through strategic communications, and to work with elected officials and other decision-makers to enact effective responses.

Human Services
11
Nj State Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Assoc Inc

It is the mission of the new jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association to represent, protect, and educate the firefighters, emts, and dispatchers throughout the state of new jersey through representation at the local, state, and…

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12
Furniture Assist Inc

From those who have, to those who need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House. 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

19 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. 19 of the 35 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $8,250 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONGINNIES HOUSE: $7,000 · OtherGINNIES HOUSEFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SPARTA: $6,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SPARTASUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL: $4,250 · OtherSUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALLSUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · OtherSUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONSUSSEX COUNTY ARC FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherSUSSEX COUNTY ARC FOUNDATION INCNJ SHARING NETWORK: $3,000 · OtherNJ SHARING NETWORKWHEELERS FOR THE WOUNDED OF NJ -WFTWNJ: $2,500 · OtherSAINT JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $2,250 · OtherBRIAN AHERN CHILDRENS FUND: $2,000 · OtherSUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL: $2,000 · OtherPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $2,000 · OtherALS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Other+5 more: $5,000 · Other+5 morePROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $7,750 · Human ServicesPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUS…FATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE: $7,500 · Human ServicesFATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSEWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCSCARC FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSCARC FOUNDATION INCKAREN ANN QUINLAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human ServicesKAREN ANN QUINLAN MEMORIAL FOUN…ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human ServicesROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATIONCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSEBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,000 · HealthCURE DUCHENNE: $1,000 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $221 · HealthSPARTA COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $7,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY PROMISE INC: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE ASHER HOUSE: $3,000 · AnimalsPASS IT ALONG INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropySIGMA PI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$53,250Human Services$30,250Health$7,221Food & Nutrition$7,000Housing & Shelter$6,000Animals$3,000Philanthropy$1,000Education$1,000

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 budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $7,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER JOHNS ANIMAL HOUSE: $7,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSPARTA COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSCARC FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKAREN ANN QUINLAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASHER HOUSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASS IT ALONG INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSIGMA PI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $221 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.

Perona Farms Foundati…Atlantic Health Syste…Community Foundation …Provident Charities I…Deacon Family Foundat…German Christmas Mark…Firstenergy FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Perona Farms FoundationNJ15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Perona Farms Foundation · Atlantic Health System Inc Group Return · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Provident Charities Inc · Deacon Family Foundation Inc · German Christmas Market of New Jersey Foundation Inc · Firstenergy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Steven D Kienitz Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven D Kienitz Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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
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 Steven D Kienitz Family Charitable 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 35 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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