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Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Inc

The Foundation strives to encourage and nurture artistic creativity by providing grants for art education, and by offering art exhibitions, events, and educational programs that raise public awareness and appreciation for the arts.

$22k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% 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$237kEducation$23kEnvironment$10kAnimals$10kYouth Development$5k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $8,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $21,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $13,500 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.
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARC CREATIVE GROUP INC$5,000
WILD VISIONS INC$3,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BELL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTOR Y: $10k → 14%HOCKADAY MUSEUM OF ART: $650 → 11%PETALUMA ARTS CENTER: $5k → 8%BRYAN MUSEUM: $20k → 14%ARTSMART NEW MEXICA: $5k → 12%WILD VISIONS INC: $3k → 9%RICHMOND ART MUSEUM: $3k → 18%ARC CREATIVE GROUP INC: $5k → 6%COUNCIL ON RURAL SERVICE PROGRAMS: $3k → 10%FRIENDS OF AULLWOOD INC: $10k → 14%CINCINNITA MUSEUM CENTER: $10k → 16%DERON SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DUBOIS: $5k → 17%WARD MUSEUM OF WATERFOWL ART: $6k → 13%BRYAN MUSEUM: $10k → 14%TESQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $12k → 12%RICHMOND ART MUSEUM: $2k → 18%ARC CREATIVE GROUP INC: $5k → 6%AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER AND FARM: $10k → 14%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $5k → 16%WARD MUSEUM OF WATERFOWL ART: $5k → 13%BRYAN MUSEUM: $10k → 14%ARTSMART NEW MEXICA: $5k → 12%AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER AND FARM: $5k → 14%GREAT PARKS FOREVER: $10k → 16%WARD MUSEUM OF WATERFOWL ART: $5k → 13%FRIENDS OF AULLWOOD INC: $5k → 14%WARD FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%FRIENDS OF AULLWOOD INC: $5k → 14%WARD MUSEUM OF WATERFOWL ART: $3k → 13%FRIENDS OF ALLWOOD INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
WY
IN
OH
NJ
CA
MD
DE
NM
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$216k · 11 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$216k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+16%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • BE
    BRYAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
    3× · 2018–2023 · $40k · revenue +67%
  • HILLTOP ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $31k · revenue +105%
  • FO
    Friends of Aullwood Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $25k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TE
    TESQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +57%
  • CM
    CINCINNITA MUSEUM CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Art Explorium
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2
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
3
Dubuque Museum of Art

To excite, engage & educate constituents through the presentation of collections, exhibitions, and programming; to form mutually beneficial partnerships that will enhance the role of the arts within the community.

Arts & Culture
4
Arnot Art Museum

The arnot art museum is an exhibiting and collecting fine arts museum, accredited by the american association of museums. the museum exhibits its permanent collection of 17th-19th century european paintings and sculpture; 19th century…

Arts & Culture
5
Lake Geneva Art Museum

art education

Arts & Culture
6
Worcester Art Museum

To connect people, communities, and cultures through experience of art. collect the most significant works of art available in an effort to shape the quality/scope of the permanent collection while adhering to the institution's…

Arts & Culture
7
Los Gatos Museum Association

Engaging community at the intersection of art, history and education through innovative, locally connected and globally relevant exhibits, programs and experiences.

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8
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
9
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum

The Cameron Art Museum provides a cultural gathering place that enriches the lives of museum visitors and the community through high-quality exhibitions, lifelong learning in the arts, dynamic public programs, and stewardship and…

Arts & Culture
10
Santa Paula Art Museum

The organization's mission is to preserve and share santa paula's artistic heritage, including the famous santa paula collection; and to educate and engage the community through collection, exhibition, interpretation, programming, and…

Arts & Culture
11
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Inc

The fort wayne museum of art will collect, preserve and present american and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region and add value to their lives.

Arts & Culture
12
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc

The tucson museum of art and historic block connects art to life through meaningful and engaging experiences that inspire discovery, spark creativity, and promote cultural understanding.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sewell C Biggs Trust the Biggs Museum of American Art; the most unlike its peers is National Audubon Society Inc. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 22 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRYAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Arts & CultureBRYAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTESEWELL C BIGGS TRUST THE BIGGS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $23,750 · Arts & CultureSEWELL C BIGGS TRUST THE BIGGS MUSEUM…ArtSMART: $15,000 · Arts & CultureArtSMARTRICHMOND ART MUSEUM: $5,050 · Arts & CultureRICHMOND ART MUSEUMCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePetaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $650 · Arts & CultureTHE WARD FOUNDATION INC: $23,938 · OtherTHE WARD FOUNDATION INCTESQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $12,241 · OtherTESQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANTE FE ARTHS COMMISSION: $10,000 · OtherSANTE FE ARTHS COMMISSIONCINCINNITA MUSEUM CENTER: $10,000 · OtherCINCINNITA MUSEUM CENTERARC CREATIVE GROUP INC: $10,000 · OtherARC CREATIVE GROUP INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DUBOIS: $4,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DUBOISCOUNCIL ON RURAL SERVICE PROGRAMS INC: $3,100 · OtherWILD VISIONS INC: $3,000 · OtherHILLTOP ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: $30,500 · EducationHILLTOP ARTISTS IN RESIDE…PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $17,500 · EducationPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA F…DERON SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationDERON SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFriends of Aullwood Inc: $25,000 · EnvironmentFriends of Aullwood…NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SO…GREAT PARKS FOREVER: $10,000 · EnvironmentGREAT PARKS FOREVER
Arts & Culture$94,450Other$76,779Education$63,000Environment$50,000

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 budgetBRYAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHILLTOP ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: $30,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of Aullwood Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE WARD FOUNDATION INC: $23,938 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSEWELL C BIGGS TRUST THE BIGGS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $23,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $17,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetArtSMART: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT PARKS FOREVER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRICHMOND ART MUSEUM: $5,050 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDERON SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPetaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DUBOIS: $4,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCOUNCIL ON RURAL SERVICE PROGRAMS INC: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOCKADAY MUSEUM OF ART: $650 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA5.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get 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 Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Inc 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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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