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The Joe Kalt and Judy Gans Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Joe Kalt and Judy Gans Family 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.

$221k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
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 2025.

Education$603kInternational$279kEnvironment$213kArts & Culture$144kPhilanthropy$125kHuman Services$116kCommunity Improvement$86kHealth$56kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOLARSHIPS A-Z$50,000
KIND BORDER INITIATIVE$40,000
SONORAN INSTITUE$20,000
AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR$14,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$13,000
EVIDENCE ACTION$13,000
BRACKETT SCHOOL PTO$10,000
ARLINGTON EATS$10,000
NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER$10,000
NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY$5,500
CARLETON COLLEGE$5,000
IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL$5,000
HOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON$5,000
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE$5,000
CONCORD ACADEMY$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $10k → 11%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $3k → 14%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $30k → 7%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $5k → 11%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $3k → 14%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $14k → 7%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $5k → 11%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $10k → 7%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $5k → 11%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $10k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $10k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $7k → 15%ARLINGTON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $3k → 8%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $7k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%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

MN
NY
MA
NV
CA
MD
AZ
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 26 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
10

Total granted

$1.8M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+56%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SZ
    SCHOLARSHIPSA Z
    6× · 2020–2025 · $290k · revenue +222% · 32% of their budget
  • TS
    THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $213k · revenue +52%
  • University of Arizona Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $120k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • AF
    ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +56%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • ID
    IMAGO DEI SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Arcadia University

Arcadia university's pioneering, global, integrated, liberal arts, and professional learning experience cultivates leaders who are intellectually fearless and uniquely prepared for life and work. our highly regarded, values-based learning…

Education
5
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
6
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona

The american civil liberties union of arizona is the state's premier guardian of liberty working through the arizona legislature and communities statewide to defend and preserve individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the…

—
7
Vitalyst Health Foundation

To connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in arizona.

Health
8
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
9
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
10
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
11
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

—
12
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar. 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

27 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. 27 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOLARSHIPSA Z: $290,000 · EducationSCHOLARSHIPSA ZTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $212,500 · EducationTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INCUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $120,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona FoundationCARLETON COLLEGE: $55,000 · EducationCARLETON COLLEGEIMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationIMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL+2 more: $37,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF ELIOT SCHOOL: $140,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF ELIOT SCHOOLKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $110,000 · OtherKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INCHARVARD PROJECT ON AMERICAN INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $86,000 · OtherHARVARD PROJECT ON AMERICAN INDIAN …HARVARD PROJECT: $50,000 · OtherHARVARD PROJECTBRACKETT SCHOOL PTO: $40,000 · OtherBRACKETT SCHOOL PTOUA FOUNDATION - NICD: $20,000 · OtherNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $28,000 · OtherHOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON: $23,000 · Other+11 more: $75,750 · Other+11 moreALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $54,000 · Human ServicesALAS AYUD…TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $32,250 · Human ServicesTUCSON CE…NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $30,500 · Human ServicesNATIVE GO…YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $17,250 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON …GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIREC…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesThe Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona: $120,000 · Community ImprovementEVIDENCE ACTION: $85,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · InternationalPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $74,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthARLINGTON EATS INC: $37,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$765,000Other$572,750Human Services$146,500Community Improvement$120,000International$95,000Health$75,000Food & Nutrition$37,000

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 budgetSCHOLARSHIPSA Z: $290,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $212,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF ELIOT SCHOOL: $140,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona: $120,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetEVIDENCE ACTION: $85,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $74,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $55,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $54,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetIMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL: $50,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetARLINGTON EATS INC: $37,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $32,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $30,500 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON: $23,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCONCORD ACADEMY: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArlington Education Foundation: $17,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $17,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Apache Heritage Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS AND HORSES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $250 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.

  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIPSA Z ↗
  • Who funds THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF ELIOT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona ↗
  • Who funds KINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVIDENCE ACTION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CARLETON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR ↗
  • Who funds IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON EATS INC ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CONCORD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Arlington Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ON THEIR OWN ↗
  • Who funds ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON ↗
  • Who funds Fort Apache Heritage Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Arlington HHS Charitable Corp ↗
  • Who funds KIDS AND HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Arizona Community Fou…Don Bennett Moon Foun…Russell Colgate Fund …United Way of Tucson …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Don Bennett Moon Foundation Inc · Russell Colgate Fund Inc · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Joe Kalt and Judy Gans Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joe Kalt and Judy Gans Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Arlington Eats Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Trustees of Eliot School: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 38 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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