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The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation at a glance

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The Gary & Connie Kunis 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.

$211k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$654kAnimals$352kArts & Culture$169kEnvironment$63kHealth$50kInternational$44kHousing & Shelter$6kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$11,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY$100,000
SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY-SEAS$46,000
WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$20,000
BOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY$12,832
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSIT$11,500
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$6,466
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM$3,000
JASON RITCHIE MEMORIAL HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATI$500
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$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 (FY20–25, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250 → 14%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $500 → 9%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
MT
IL
NY
SD
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 40 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
17

Total granted

$1.3M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+22%

Still filing today

65%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsInternationalHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TS
    THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $223k · revenue +70%
  • WP
    WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $102k · revenue +36%
  • BS
    BOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $98k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS
    one grant, 2021 · $39k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +74%
  • SM
    SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $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
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation

The foundation board is comprised of members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who devote their shared commitment and passion to collectively support protection and restoration of the washington coast region salmon by providing…

Animals
5
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
6
Oregon Symphony Association

The oregon symphony is dedicated to moving music forward. our vision is bold and adventurous: to inspire audiences with exhilarating performances, present the best musicians in a wide range of styles, explore new art forms, shine light on…

Arts & Culture
7
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
10
Fremont Arts Council

The Fremont Arts Council (FAC) is a Seattle-based community arts organization founded in 1979. The FAC cultivates creativity, celebration, and belonging by engaging people of all backgrounds as active participants in the arts. We produce…

Arts & Culture
11
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
Metropolitan Museum of Art

The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Public Library Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Computer Museum Ltd. 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

41 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. 41 of the 61 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
29/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY: $395,000 · OtherBINGHAMTON UNIVERSITYBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $97,889 · OtherBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETYNORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE: $54,250 · OtherNORTH SEATTLE COLLEGESEATTLE ZOO (WOODLAND PARK): $47,800 · OtherSEATTLE ZOO (WOODLAND PARK)SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $46,800 · OtherSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARYSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS: $39,450 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSIT: $35,500 · Other+25 more: $51,500 · Other+25 moreTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $223,310 · AnimalsTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIET…WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $102,100 · AnimalsWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SO…+2 more: $2,100 · AnimalsSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $65,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 · EducationSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+5 more: $3,840 · EducationSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $27,700 · Arts & CultureMONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $21,070 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $6,466 · Arts & CultureBAROQUE MUSIC MONTANA INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $2,700 · Arts & CultureSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthKIN ON HEALTH CARE CENTER: $10,000 · HealthINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $7,000 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $900 · InternationalFeeding America: $3,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$808,189Animals$327,510Education$93,840Arts & Culture$66,936Health$40,000International$9,400Food & Nutrition$3,000

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 budgetTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $223,310 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $102,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $97,889 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $27,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $21,070 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetKIN ON HEALTH CARE CENTER: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAROQUE MUSIC MONTANA INC: $6,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INC: $5,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for the Seattle Colleges: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetFeeding America: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE STATE FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $1,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoots of Music Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKing County Library System Foundation: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOZEMAN LIBRARY FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVINE MAPLE PLACE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JASON RITCHIE MEMORIAL HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Computer Museum LTD: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOZEMAN ART MUSEUM: $450 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE ART MUSEUM: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Montana Community Fou…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Seattle FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Morton H Meyerson Fam…United Way of King Co…Gilhousen Family Foun…Gianforte Family Char…Liberty Mutual Founda…The Norcliffe Foundat…M J Murdock Charitabl…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · United Way of King County · Gilhousen Family Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable 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 Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • International Youth Foundation: 17% of 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 · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Gary & Connie Kunis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Gary & Connie Kunis 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 61 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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