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The Kai Family Foundation at a glance

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The Kai Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$193k
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$357kReligion$192kEducation$179kHealth$137kHuman Services$136kYouth Development$54kEnvironment$43kFood & Nutrition$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $120k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tucson Medical Center Health Foundation$25,000
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center$25,000
University of Arizona College of Agriculture$12,500
U of A Foundation AG 100$10,000
Caring Ministries Inc$9,000
Ironwood Ridge High School PTO$7,500
The Marshall Home for Men$6,000
Friends of Hubbell Trading Post$5,500
Campus Community Church SBC$5,000
Center for Neurosciences foundation$5,000
Chistian Properties Inc$5,000
Marana Community Food Bank$5,000
Graceway Fellowship Ministries$5,000
Douglas High School$5,000
Community Foundation of Southern Arizona$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BLINK NOW FOUNDATION: $2k → 4%THE TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 15%PORTABLE PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION INC: $8k → 15%PORTABLE PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION INC: $8k → 15%PORTABLE PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION INC: $8k → 15%The Marshall Home for Men: $6k → 15%The Marshall Home for Men: $6k → 15%THE MARSHALL HOME FOR MEN: $5k → 15%THE MARSHALL HOME FOR MEN: $5k → 15%THE MARSHALL HOME FOR MEN: $4k → 15%THE MARSHALL HOME FOR MEN: $4k → 15%YMCA of Southern Arizona: $3k → 15%Youth on their own: $3k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $3k → 15%Youth on their own: $3k → 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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 55 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
22

Total granted

$1.0M
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+12%

Still filing today

51%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationReligionRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • TC
    TUCSON CHINESE ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $164k · revenue +38%
  • TS
    Tucson Symphony Society
    5× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +44%
  • CM
    CARING MINISTRIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $67k · revenue ×26

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • UA
    UAFARIZONA ARTS LIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • UO
    U of A College of Agriculture Finish Line Fund
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
2
The Dons of Arizona
Education
3
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
—
4
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum
—
5
Arizona Site Steward Program Foundation
Education
6
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
7
Impact of Southern Arizona

Impact of southern arizona is a private non-profit volunteer based organization which empowers southern arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life.

Community Improvement
8
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation
—
9
Arizona's Children Association

The mission of arizona's children association is to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.

Human Services
10
Tucson Values Teachers

To elevate the teaching profession in southern arizona by empowering and celebrating prek-12 teacher excellence through community engagement and investment.

Employment
11
Honorhealth

Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.

Health
12
Phoenix Children's Hospital

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for Southern Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Marshall Home for Men Inc. 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

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 91 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
27/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UAFU OF A PRESENTS: $53,000 · OtherUAFU OF A PRESENTSTMC FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherTMC FOUNDATIONTucson Medical Center Health Foundation: $40,000 · OtherTucson Medical Center Health FoundationPROJECT GRADUATION AMPHITHEATER HIGH SCHOOL: $37,500 · OtherPROJECT GRADUATION AMPHITHEATER HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+61 more: $404,806 · Other+61 moreTUCSON CHINESE ASSOCIATION INC: $163,500 · Arts & CultureTUCSON CHINESE ASSOCIATION…Tucson Symphony Society: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTucson Symphony SocietyUP WITH PEOPLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureUP WITH PEOPLE FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF HUBBELL TRADING POST: $16,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF HUBBELL TRADING…+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureCARING MINISTRIES INC: $67,000 · ReligionCARING MINI…CHRISTIAN PROPERTIES INC: $55,000 · ReligionCHRISTIAN P…+1 more: $3,000 · ReligionMarshall Home for Men INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesPORTABLE PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCasa Esperanza Para Ninos: $11,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $9,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $4,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesMARANA HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $25,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $22,400 · EducationBASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $3,000 · EducationMARANA SCHOOLS 2340 FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationMATTHEW 1914 PROJECT: $2,500 · EducationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: $2,000 · HealthEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $12,260 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $7,500 · Philanthropy
Other$605,306Arts & Culture$276,500Religion$125,000Human Services$80,500Education$55,400Health$37,000Philanthropy$19,760

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTUCSON CHINESE ASSOCIATION INC: $163,500 over 8y, 11% of budgetTucson Symphony Society: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCARING MINISTRIES INC: $67,000 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN PROPERTIES INC: $55,000 over 8y, 80% of budgetMarshall Home for Men INC: $28,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPORTABLE PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARANA HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $25,000 over 7y, 70% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $22,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUP WITH PEOPLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF HUBBELL TRADING POST: $16,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetPROJECT GRADUATION IRONWOOD RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 77% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $13,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $12,260 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCasa Esperanza Para Ninos: $11,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINAL COUNTY JR LIVESTOCK: $4,806 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetArizona Hydrological Society Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTherapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH INDIA CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES USA: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Amerind Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARANA SCHOOLS 2340 FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMATTHEW 1914 PROJECT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN DOORS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Action Team: $2,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA HEROES MEMORIAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORO VALLEY FAST PITCH SOFTBALL: $500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 TUCSON CHINESE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Tucson Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds CARING MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN PROPERTIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Marshall Home for Men INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTABLE PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARANA HIGH SCHOOL PTO ↗
  • Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds UP WITH PEOPLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HUBBELL TRADING POST ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT GRADUATION IRONWOOD RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Pima Animal Care Center ↗
  • Who funds EL RIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds Casa Esperanza Para Ninos ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ON THEIR OWN ↗

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 …The Hs Lopez Family F…Jewish Community Foun…Arizona Community Fou…The Haugh FoundationConnie Hillman Family…United Way of Tucson …Elizabeth Read Taylor…The Carl & Mabel Shur…Frederick Gardner Cot…Tucson Medical CenterSocial Venture Partne…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ40.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · The Haugh Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Elizabeth Read Taylor Foundation · The Carl & Mabel Shurtz Foundation · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · Tucson Medical Center · Social Venture Partners Tucson

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 Kai Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kai Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%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
    10report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Kai Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Kai Family 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 91 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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