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The James B & Eileen M Kelly Foundation Inc at a glance

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The James B & Eileen M Kelly Foundation Inc

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.

$110k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$282kArts & Culture$74kFood & Nutrition$73kEnvironment$31kPhilanthropy$28kHuman Services$22kCommunity Improvement$15kHealth$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$662k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE DIOCESE OF GAYLORD$40,000
ELIZABETH LANE OLIVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS$25,000
BENZIE AREA CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS$15,000
GROW BENZIE INC$15,000
HOPE HOUSE OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN$15,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $7k → 10%HOPE HOUSE OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $15k → 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$446k · 5 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +79% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
4

Total granted

$446k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+79%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalHealthArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • TD
    THE DIOCESE OF GAYLORD
    5× · 2019–2025 · $240k
  • TE
    THE ELIZABETH LANE OLIVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    4× · 2021–2025 · $74k · revenue +91%
  • BA
    BENZIE AREA CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $73k · revenue -7%

Funded once

  • PF
    PRIESTS FOR LIFE
    one grant, 2020 · $42k · revenue -19%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +79%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +99%
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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Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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2
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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3
St Vincent Catholic Charities

The mission of the St. Vincent Catholic Charities is the work of the Catholic Church to share the love of Christ by performing corporal and spiritual works of Mercy.

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4
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
5
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
6
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc

In response to god's call to love our neighbor, catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha enables the works of mercy to be received and lived.

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7
Benedictine Living Community of St Peter

Benedictine living community - st. peter is a catholic organization entrusted with advancing the health care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. our mission is to witness to god's love by providing compassionate,…

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8
Bethany Community Ministries

Bethany community ministries exists to strengthen, equip, and encourage the homewood community with hope, providing human services, youth ministry, counseling, and education as a tangible expression of love.

Human Services
9
St Bernards Healthcare Inc

To provide christ-like healing to the community through education, treatment and health services. see schedule o for additional information. since 1900, st bernards has served as our community's trusted provider of comprehensive,…

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10
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
11
Benedictine Living Community - Owatonna

We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. we witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we…

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12
Catholic Charities Bloomington Inc

Catholic Charities Bloomington is committed to enhancing the availability of quality mental health services in the communities it serves. We do this through the delivery of professional mental health education and counseling on a sliding…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc; the most unlike its peers is Priests for Life. 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DIOCESE OF GAYLORD: $240,000 · OtherTHE DIOCESE OF GAYLORDCatholic Climate Covenant: $31,000 · OtherCatholic Climate Covenant+2 more: $14,000 · OtherTHE ELIZABETH LANE OLIVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $74,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ELIZABETH L…BENZIE AREA CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC: $73,000 · ReligionBENZIE AREA CHR…PRIESTS FOR LIFE: $42,000 · Youth DevelopmentBENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHEST: $28,000 · PhilanthropyHOPE HOUSE OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $15,000 · Human ServicesFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human ServicesGROW BENZIE INC: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Other$285,000Arts & Culture$74,000Religion$73,000Youth Development$42,000Philanthropy$28,000Human Services$22,000Community Improvement$15,000

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 ELIZABETH LANE OLIVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $74,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetBENZIE AREA CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC: $73,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPRIESTS FOR LIFE: $42,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCatholic Climate Covenant: $31,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHEST: $28,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetGROW BENZIE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Hawthorne Family …Grand Traverse Region…The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Hawthorne Family FoundationFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hawthorne Family Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 James B & Eileen M Kelly Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James B & Eileen M Kelly Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%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
    1report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The James B & Eileen M Kelly Foundation Inc 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 11 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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