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The Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall Foundation at a glance

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The Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall 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.

$405k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$4.1MYouth Development$990kArts & Culture$586kHealth$427kEnvironment$150kPublic Benefit$53kEducation$52kCivil Rights$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $400k
$125,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$175,400
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA$125,000
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC (MS GIFT)$100,000
STUDENT SPONSOR PARTNERS$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Covenant House: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
WY
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 28% of The Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 69% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 54%.

The Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$2.7M · 17 repeat orgs$841k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
31

Total granted

$2.7M
$736k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+5%

Still filing today

53%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 & CultureHealthEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • TB
    THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $985k · revenue +47%
  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $80k · revenue +17%
  • GH
    GREENWICH HOSPITAL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • 4
    4-CT
    one grant, 2020 · $292k
  • 4
    4-CTORG
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +121%
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.

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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
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
4
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
5
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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6
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
7
Northeast Medical Group Inc

To render medical treatment to patients without regard to ability to pay for such treatment, and to promote a high quality of medical care and other services for the benefit of all persons in the communities it serves.

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8
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct Inc

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

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9
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
10
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
11
Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rendezvous Pointe. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,066,400 · PhilanthropyFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCFAIRFILED COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $900,000 · OtherFAIRFILED COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $450,000 · OtherTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA4-CT: $292,000 · Other4-CT4-CTORG: $150,000 · Other4-CTORGMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC (MS GIFT): $100,000 · OtherGREEN RIVER VALLEY PROGRAM: $75,000 · Other+29 more: $269,440 · Other+29 moreTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA: $985,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS & GIRLS…NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $35,000 · HealthTHE MEDERI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $2,000 · HealthCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWNET: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,200 · Arts & CultureHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $50,000 · EducationNURTURING MINDS INC: $15,000 · EducationSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $50,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$3,066,400Other$2,236,440Youth Development$985,000Health$127,000Arts & Culture$75,200Education$71,000Civil Rights$50,000

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 budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,066,400 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA: $985,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMPLIFYCT INC: $28,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWNET: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNURTURING MINDS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRENDEZVOUS POINTE: $10,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MEDERI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $200 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.

Fairfield County's Co…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Simplifyct Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Donald M Kendall Sr and Sigrid Rvc Kendall 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 52 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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