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The Jaquish & Kenninger Foundation at a glance

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The Jaquish & Kenninger 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.

$656k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Public Benefit$1.1MArts & Culture$900kReligion$900kCrime & Legal$655kEducation$601kCivil Rights$520kCommunity Improvement$375kHuman Services$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $330k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION$250,000
PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION$180,000
BECKET$150,000
INDIANA STATE MUSEUM$20,000
ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION$20,000
SALEM MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE$20,000
AUSTIN COLONY CHAPTER NSDAR$10,000
PURDUE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION$5,550
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 (FY20–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%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
IL
WI
NY
OR
IN
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 14 repeat orgs$687k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$4.5M
$651k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+46%

Still filing today

79%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
EducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesCrime & LegalCommunity 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

  • TD
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $725k · revenue +185%
  • PI
    PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $655k · revenue +28%
  • TF
    THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $500k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • US
    ULYSSES S GRANT INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $400k
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +222%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCILgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +37%
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
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
2
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
3
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
4
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
5
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
6
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
7
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
8
National Institute for Public Policy Inc

The institute works as a public education organization that focuses on a wide spectrum of rapidly evolving foreign policy and international issues.

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9
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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10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Public Policy Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Providence Trinitycare Hospice. 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBER: $900,000 · OtherTHE BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $500,000 · OtherTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIESULYSSES S GRANT INSTITUTE: $400,000 · OtherULYSSES S GRANT INSTITUTECOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $375,000 · OtherCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTEBECKET: $350,000 · OtherBECKET+7 more: $136,000 · OtherTHE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $725,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DAILY CALLER NE…SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE: $155,000 · Arts & CultureSALEM MULTI INSTITU…+1 more: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $655,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC INTERES…Conservative Partnership Institute: $300,000 · EducationConservat…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationPRAGER UN…REAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationREAL CLEA…+1 more: $5,550 · EducationTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $75,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $50,000 · Public BenefitCITIZENS NEWS GUILD INC: $175,000 · Community ImprovementROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human Services
Other$2,661,000Arts & Culture$900,000Crime & Legal$655,000Education$435,550Public Benefit$250,000Community Improvement$175,000Human Services$90,000

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 DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $725,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $655,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $500,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $375,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $300,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCITIZENS NEWS GUILD INC: $175,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSALEM MULTI INSTITUTE: $155,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTEXAS VALUES: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetINDIANA STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $5,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE TRINITYCARE HOSPICE: $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.

Donors Trust IncNatl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donors Trust IncVA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Jaquish & Kenninger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jaquish & Kenninger 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 26 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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