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The Kalan Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$136kPhilanthropy$108kHealth$82kCivil Rights$62kEnvironment$48kReligion$29kFood & Nutrition$19kScience & Tech$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAFCO$10,000
THE HUNGER PROJECT$6,000
FINCA$6,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$4,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$4,000
SAYAGYIU U BAKHIN MEMORIAL TRUST$3,000
SPLC$3,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$2,000
PHILABUNDANCE$1,500
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION$1,000
IBIS FRIENDS OF VETERANS$1,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$1,000
KATE SVITEK MEMORIAL FDN$1,000
JEWISH FEDERATION$1,000
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 (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, 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%MITZVAH CIRCLE: $1k → 7%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

VT
MN
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
DC
OK
AL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$527k · 37 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
19

Total granted

$527k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+72%

Still filing today

68%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
InternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TG
    THE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +41%
  • FI
    FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +19%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
  • CA
    CEO AGAINST CANCER-PHILA CHAPTER
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • FP
    FREE PRESSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +186%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
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
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
5
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
6
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
7
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
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc

To protect national forests and to reform the u.s. forest service by advocating for environmental ethics, educating citizens, and defending whistleblowers.

Unclassified
10
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
11
Open Technology Fund

The open technology fund aims to advance internet freedom globally by supporting the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies that provide secure and uncensored access to the internet.

Arts & Culture
12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lower Merion Conservancy. 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

40 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. 40 of the 64 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)
40/40
Grantees still filing
28/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JAFCO: $41,350 · OtherJAFCOPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $41,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $40,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYSAYAGYIU U BAKHIN MEMORIAL TRUST: $27,000 · OtherSAYAGYIU U BAKHIN MEMORIAL TRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · OtherACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $9,000 · Other+36 more: $72,100 · Other+36 moreTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $54,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECTFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $47,000 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $36,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA I…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $19,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTI…AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $9,500 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE U…+2 more: $6,000 · InternationalFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $72,500 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INV…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $16,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $12,000 · EnvironmentThe Pachamama Alliance: $9,000 · Environment350ORG: $6,000 · EnvironmentBRIDLEWILD TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,700 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUND: $2,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · Civil RightsADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND: $6,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $3,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $22,500 · Crime & LegalCOMPASSION PRISON PROJECT: $3,000 · Crime & LegalPhilabundance: $11,600 · Food & NutritionSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $9,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$263,450International$171,500Community Improvement$72,500Environment$49,700Civil Rights$40,000Crime & Legal$25,500Food & Nutrition$20,600

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $72,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $54,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $47,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $36,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $22,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $16,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $11,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDLEWILD TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,700 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetWHYY INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKATE SVITEK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFREE PRESS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll for One Pet Rescue Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION PRISON PROJECT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMoms Across America: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLADWYNE FIRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILES FOR MIGRAINE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 1926 FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Pachamama Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds BRIDLEWILD TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds KATE SVITEK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREE PRESS ↗
  • Who funds TAKEACTION MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds All for One Pet Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION PRISON PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Moms Across America ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN WATER FUND ↗

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 Pfizer Foundation IncNY11.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Kalan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kalan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 64 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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