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The Carl R Kuehner III Foundation at a glance

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The Carl R Kuehner III 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$561kInternational$475kEnvironment$465kCommunity Improvement$205kArts & Culture$149kEducation$120kEmployment$100kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $78k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $780k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$622k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITE PLAINS MEDICAL CENTER$500,000
GREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC$200,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$150,000
PREA FOUNDATION INC$100,000
AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC$100,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET$80,000
NATURE IS NONPARTISAN$50,000
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC$50,000
HOPE FOR HAITI INC$50,000
SPARK YOUTH NYC INC$25,000
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM COMPANY INC$12,500
FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF CT CORP$10,000
THE JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD CNTY$10,000
AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC$10,000
PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 13%ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $65k → 13%WHITE PLAINS MEDICAL CENTER: $500k → 9%UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100k → 17%PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $10k → 20%CARDINAL AND GOLD FUND INC: $5k → 28%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY INC: $10k → 10%AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 11%THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 15%DAVID LYNCH FDN FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION: $50k → 14%NATURE IS NONPARTISAN: $50k → 16%THE JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD CNTY: $10k → 9%PREA FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 11%DUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $150k → 17%UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100k → 17%HOPE FOR HAITI INC: $50k → 10%AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 11%THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 15%DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDU: $50k → 14%NEAR & FAR AID ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 9%FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF CT CORP: $10k → 11%DUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $50k → 17%UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100k → 17%GREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC: $200k → 9%UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100k → 17%MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECT: $5k → 9%UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $25k → 17%Hebrew Congregation of Agudath Sholom: $10k → 9%SPARK YOUTH NYC INC: $25k → 17%POLISH NATIONAL YOUTH BASEBALL FOUNDATION: $250 → 9%NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM COMPANY INC: $13k → 17%THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $1k → 9%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET: $80k → 17%POLISH NATIONAL YOUTH BASEBALL FOUNDATION: $250 → 9%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET: $35k → 17%AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $1k → 9%BILLION OYSTER PROJECT: $20k → 17%MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10k → 17%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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$816k · 5 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$816k
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+17%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
EnvironmentHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    5× · 2020–2024 · $425k · revenue +46%
  • DU
    DUCKS UNLIMITED INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue -14%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET
    2× · 2024–2025 · $115k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
    one grant, 2019 · $65k · revenue +17%
  • DL
    DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDU
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -48%
  • DL
    DAVID LYNCH FDN FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
8
African Parks Foundation of America

To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment…

Recreation & Sports
9
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for Haiti Inc; the most unlike its peers is David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace. 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

27 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. 27 of the 31 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)
27/27
Grantees still filing
10/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHITE PLAINS MEDICAL CENTER: $500,000 · HealthWHITE PLAINS MEDICAL CENTER+3 more: $16,000 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $425,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UN…HOPE FOR HAITI INC: $50,000 · InternationalHOPE FOR HAITI INCDUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $200,000 · EnvironmentDUCKS UNLIMITED INCAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND C…THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATI…NATURE IS NONPARTISAN: $50,000 · EnvironmentNATURE IS NONPARTISAN+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentGREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementGREENWICH …+1 more: $5,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET: $115,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM COMPANY INC: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePREA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EmploymentUNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $65,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTER PROJECT: $20,000 · EducationCARDINAL AND GOLD FUND INC: $5,000 · EducationDAVID LYNCH FDN FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION: $50,000 · OtherHebrew Congregation of Agudath Sholom: $10,000 · OtherFRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF CT CORP: $10,000 · OtherDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDU: $50,000 · OtherSPARK YOUTH NYC INC: $25,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $11,500 · Other
Health$516,000International$475,000Environment$445,000Community Improvement$205,000Arts & Culture$138,500Employment$100,000Education$90,000Other$166,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $425,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA & BALLET: $115,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPREA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDU: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM COMPANY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD CNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEAR & FAR AID ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropi…Fairfield County's Co…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA13.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 The Carl R Kuehner III Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carl R Kuehner III Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 The Carl R Kuehner III 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 31 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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