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The Bonnie Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bonnie Family 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.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$142kArts & Culture$91kEducation$68kPhilanthropy$60kHuman Services$53kReligion$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$24kCivil Rights$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $130k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bitterroot Land Trust$30,000
Oldham County Historical Society$20,000
The Community Foundation of Louisville$20,000
Louisville Fund For The Arts$15,000
Fons Vitae of Kentucky$15,000
Coastal Community Foundation$10,000
Stock Farm Greater Ravalli Foundation$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund$10,000
The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky$5,000
The Center for Women and Families$5,000
Lincoln Foundation$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$2,500
Volunteers of America$2,500
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust$2,000
Danny and Rons Rescue$250
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Bitterroot Land Trust: $30k → 11%Environmental Defense Fund: $10k → 17%Coastal Community Foundation: $10k → 12%Duke University: $5k → 11%Southern Center for Human Rights: $3k → 13%Oldham County Historical Society: $20k → 4%KY Natural Lands Trust: $2k → 13%The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky: $5k → 15%The Community Foundation of Louisville: $20k → 15%Louisville Fund For The Arts: $15k → 16%Bitterroot Land Trust: $30k → 11%Environmental Defense Fund: $10k → 17%Coastal Community Foundation: $10k → 12%Duke University: $5k → 11%Southern Center for Human Rights: $3k → 13%Oldham County Historical Society: $20k → 4%Kentucky Natural Lands Trust: $2k → 13%The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky: $5k → 15%The Community Foundation of Louisville: $20k → 15%Louisville Fund For The Arts: $14k → 16%Stock Farm Greater Ravalli Foundation: $10k → 11%Duke University: $5k → 11%Southern Center for Human Rights: $2k → 13%Kentucky Natural Lands Trust: $2k → 13%Bluegrass Land Conservancy: $25k → 15%Actors Theatre: $10k → 15%Stock Farm Greater Ravalli Foundation: $10k → 11%Actors Theater: $10k → 15%Bitterroot Water Forum: $5k → 11%Lincoln Foundation: $5k → 15%Bitterroot Water Forum: $5k → 11%The Lincoln Foundation: $5k → 15%Bitterroot Water Forum: $5k → 11%The Lincoln Foundation: $5k → 15%The Lincoln Foundation: $5k → 15%Volunteers of America: $3k → 15%Volunteers of America: $3k → 15%Volunteers of America: $3k → 15%Volunteers of American: $3k → 15%Volunteers of America: $3k → 15%Volunteers of America: $3k → 15%Fons Vitae: $13k → 15%Fons Vitae: $12k → 15%Fons Vitae: $10k → 15%Fons Vitae: $10k → 15%American Red Cross: $5k → 15%Lincoln Foundation: $5k → 15%Lincoln Foundation: $5k → 15%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

MT
NY
MA
KY
VA
NM
NC
SC
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$408k · 21 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$408k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+610%

Still filing today

67%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureReligionHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • OC
    OLDHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • LF
    LINCOLN FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +13%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • BL
    BLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +610%
  • AT
    Actors Theatre
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • AT
    Actors Theater
    one grant, 2021 · $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
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
4
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
5
Conservation Legacy

Conservation legacy engages future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service.in 2024, conservation legacy engaged 2,524 participants who completed over 1.5 million service hours on public…

Youth Development
6
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
7
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc

The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…

Environment
8
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
9
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
10
Kansas Land Trust Inc

To protect and preserve lands of natural, ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in kansas.

Environment
11
Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated

The central indiana land trust, inc. preserves the best of central indiana's natural areas, protecting plants and animals, so hoosiers can experience the wonder of the state's natural heritage.

Environment
12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oldham County Historical 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

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 34 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)
4
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

Individual grant recipient: $44,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLouisville Fund For The Arts: $29,000 · OtherLouisville Fund For The ArtsSalvation Army: $23,000 · OtherSalvation ArmyVolunteers of America: $14,000 · OtherVolunteers of AmericaAmerican Red Cross: $10,000 · OtherAmerican Red CrossActors Theatre: $10,000 · OtherActors TheatreActors Theater: $10,000 · OtherActors TheaterTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYSouthern Center for Human Rights: $9,000 · Other+11 more: $16,500 · Other+11 moreBITTER ROOT LAND TRUST: $60,000 · EnvironmentBITTER ROOT LAND TRUSTBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY …ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $20,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND …BITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 · EnvironmentBITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHI…KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentKENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUS…LINCOLN FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationLINCOLN FOUND…STOCK FARM GREATER RAVALLI FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTOCK FARM GR…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSI…+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNIT…COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCOASTAL COMM…OLDHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureFONS VITAE OF KENTUCKY INC: $30,000 · ReligionTHE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $30,000 · Human Services
Other$176,000Environment$130,000Education$65,500Philanthropy$60,000Arts & Culture$40,000Religion$30,000Human Services$30,000

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 budgetBITTER ROOT LAND TRUST: $60,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLDHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetLINCOLN FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFONS VITAE OF KENTUCKY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSTOCK FARM GREATER RAVALLI FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetKENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE TO BE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $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.

  • Who funds BITTER ROOT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds OLDHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FONS VITAE OF KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds STOCK FARM GREATER RAVALLI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Southern Center for Human Rights ↗
  • Who funds THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE TO BE ↗
  • Who funds DANNY & RONS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY ↗

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 Community Foundat…Owsley Brown II Famil…The Community Foundat…Clifton Foundation IncSociable Weaver Found…W L Lyons Brown Found…The Community Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…Baird Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…
The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository IncKY17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Clifton Foundation Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

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 The Bonnie Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bonnie Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 The Bonnie Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bonnie 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 34 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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