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The Dennis Kennedy 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.

$85k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$96kFood & Nutrition$78kHealth$67kEducation$27kAnimals$11kEnvironment$4kHuman Services$3kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $66k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$620k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$33,760
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION$32,237
LUCKY 13 RESCUE INC$7,873
GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND$2,060
SANTA BARBARA AG FARM EDUC FOUNDATI$2,041
BELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION$2,000
PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK$1,030
ANSWERING THE CALL$1,021
WICHITA'S LITTLEST HEROES$1,000
GREAT PLAINS SPCA$1,000
SLOW FOOD DENVER$816
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $5k → 13%WICHITA'S LITTLEST HEROES: $1k → 16%UNBOUND: $500 → 16%PARADOX SPORTS: $2k → 12%THE TREEHOUSE: $1k → 16%ANSWERING THE CALL: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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WI
NY
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CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 38% of The Dennis Kennedy Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

The Dennis Kennedy Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.4% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Animal Cancer Foundation

Animal cancer foundation is dedicated to finding new treatments and eventual cures for cancer by funding research in and increasing public awareness of comparative oncology, the study of naturally occurring, similar cancers in people and…

Health
2
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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3
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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4
Cancer Research and Biostatistics

To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.

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
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
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Rainforest Trust

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

International
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Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
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
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Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Guatemala United for Animals Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCancer Support OrganizationsFood Pantries & AssistanceAnimal Rescue and AdoptionCommunity Arts OrganizationsFallen First Responder Supp…Land Conservation Organizat…Christian Missionary Organi…Homeless Services & ShelterPregnancy Support ServicesYouth Sports Booster Organi…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%3%<5yr15%3%5–10yr21%30%10–20yr17%37%20–35yr12%17%35–55yr13%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%1%<5yr15%1%5–10yr21%11%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr12%40%35–55yr13%14%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
13%
4,367/33,383

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
19/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION — $95,299 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION+3 more — $3,000 · PhilanthropySLOW FOOD CO-DENVER — $64,260 · Food & NutritionSLOW FOOD CO-DENVERWEDONTWASTE INC — $10,025 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE INC+2 more — $1,255 · Food & NutritionSTANFORD UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT SER — $25,000 · OtherSTANFORD UNIVERSITY…SANOVIV MEDICAL INSTITUTE — $10,000 · OtherSANOVIV MEDICAL INS…FREE TO BREATHE — $5,000 · OtherFREE TO BREATHEGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND — $2,060 · OtherSANTA BARBARA AG FARM EDUC FOUNDATI — $2,041 · Other+9 more — $6,271 · Other+9 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $33,760 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER S…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNIT…LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $3,000 · HealthLUNG CANCER RESEA…+4 more — $3,530 · Health+4 moreLUCKY 13 RESCUE INC — $7,873 · AnimalsGREAT PLAINS SPCA — $1,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $1,000 · AnimalsKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT — $1,000 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO — $500 · Animals+2 more — $358 · AnimalsMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesPARADOX SPORTS — $2,104 · Human ServicesAnswering the Call Inc — $1,021 · Human ServicesTHE TREEHOUSE INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION — $1,000 · Human ServicesWICHITAS LITTLEST HEROES — $1,000 · Human ServicesUnbound — $500 · Human ServicesSEAN RANCH LOUGH FOUNDATION — $2,100 · EducationTREES FOR LIFE INC — $1,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$98,299Food & Nutrition$75,540Other$50,372Health$45,290Animals$11,731Human Services$11,625Education$2,100Environment$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION — $95,299 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSLOW FOOD CO-DENVER — $64,260 over 6y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $33,760 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC — $10,025 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUCKY 13 RESCUE INC — $7,873 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE TO BREATHE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARADOX SPORTS — $2,104 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEAN RANCH LOUGH FOUNDATION — $2,100 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND — $2,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnswering the Call Inc — $1,021 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT PLAINS SPCA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TREEHOUSE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREES FOR LIFE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWICHITAS LITTLEST HEROES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoFarm — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMending Faces — $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIO ANIMAL FOUNDATION — $258 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCare and Share Inc — $255 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Textron Charitable Tr…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353RI12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Dennis Kennedy Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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