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The Boswell-Kennett Foundation at a glance

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The Boswell-Kennett Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$156k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$400kReligion$66kArts & Culture$57kEnvironment$30kHealth$27kInternational$15kEmployment$7kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$345k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERISTY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$75,000
MARIN ART & GARDEN CENTER$36,638
WESTIMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,500
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$10,088
LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE$10,000
SUMMER SEARCH$5,000
MANDOS MISSION$5,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION$1,000
K9REUNITE$500
MARIN ACADEMY$500
MARK DAY SCHOOL$500
MARTIS CAMP FOUNDATION$500
ADOPT A FAMILY$250
THE WEST POINT INN ASSOCIATION$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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%ADOPT A FAMILY: $250 → 8%Naral Pro-Choice America: $1k → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%REMAKE: $100 → 10%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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$600k · 20 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
9

Total granted

$600k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+6%

Still filing today

50%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthEmploymentEnvironmentOther
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

  • MA
    MARIN ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $298k · revenue +67%
  • MA
    Marin Art and Garden Center
    5× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +245%
  • LT
    LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • SJ
    ST JOHNS COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • TD
    The Diocese of California
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

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2
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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3
Marine Corps Association

The mission of the marine corps association (mca) is to support the marine corps by disseminating knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit…

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4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
California Apartment Association

The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…

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6
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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7
Monterra Credit Union

Passionately deliver relevant products, services, and education tailored to help our members, employees, and communities achieve their financial goals.

Public Benefit
8
Marin General Hospital

To be the destination for health and healing in the north bay.

Health
9
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
10
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
11
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
12
Boy Scouts of America 35 Marin Council

The marin council of the boy scouts of america, a california nonprofit public benefit corporation, is chartered by the boy scouts of america to promote the scouting program in marin county.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is League to Save Lake Tahoe. 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

21 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. 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN ACADEMY: $298,150 · EducationMARIN ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION+1 more: $2,800 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JOHNS COMMUNITY CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherST JOHNS COMMUNITY CHURCHWESTIMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $20,500 · OtherWESTIMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURC…University of Missouri: $11,000 · OtherUniversity of MissouriPlanned Parenthood: $10,000 · Other+17 more: $23,985 · Other+17 moreMarin Art and Garden Center: $53,038 · EnvironmentLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $30,000 · ReligionKanakuk Ministries: $10,000 · ReligionMANDOS MISSION: $5,000 · ReligionALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,088 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,250 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $1,000 · HealthSUMMER SEARCH: $7,000 · EmploymentSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $4,200 · Arts & Culture
Education$380,950Other$200,485Environment$53,038Religion$45,000Health$17,338Employment$7,000Arts & Culture$4,200

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 budgetMARIN ACADEMY: $298,150 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMarin Art and Garden Center: $53,038 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,088 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKanakuk Ministries: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANDOS MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $4,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARK DAY SCHOOL: $3,375 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ACROSS AMERICA FOUNDATION: $1,210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTIS CAMP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA MARTIS CAMP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt A Family: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRemake: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 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.

Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Marin Community FoundationCA14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Boswell-Kennett Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Boswell-Kennett 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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