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The Kck 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.

$665k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$403kHealth$308kPhilanthropy$300kEducation$235kAnimals$150kHuman Services$148kPublic Safety & Disaster$125kReligion$125kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $365k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$150,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY - CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW$150,000
US OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION ATTN USOPC DEVELOPMENT$37,500
EMERSON HEALTH$35,000
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER$35,000
TUFF FUND$30,000
HANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA$27,500
PHILABUNDANCE$25,000
PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY$25,000
METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE (MANNA)$25,000
ST THOMAS OF VILLANOVA$25,000
FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER - TEMPLE HEALTH$25,000
LODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC$25,000
THE DRUEDING CENTER$25,000
NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $198k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $25k → 22%HANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $28k → 10%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $25k → 22%HANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $10k → 10%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $25k → 22%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $25k → 22%FRANKIE'S WORLD FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $25k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $25k → 22%DAVE PALMER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%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

NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CO
VA
DE
GA
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 15 repeat orgs$648k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$1.3M
$240k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+14%

Still filing today

80%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $408k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationAnimalsCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $125k · revenue +8%
  • LM
    LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +50%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • KC
    KIDS CHANCE OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • UO
    US OLYMPICK & PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION ATTN USOPC DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $38k
  • CC
    CB COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +14%
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
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
2
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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3
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia

With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…

Education
4
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
5
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
6
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
8
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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9
Philadelphia Bail Fund Inc

The philadelphia bail fund provides bail assistance to philadelphians who are unable to pay for their freedom, offers post-release supports, and advocates to end wealth based detention in philadelphia.

Crime & Legal
10
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
11
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
12
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philadelphia Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Tuff Fund. 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 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE (MANNA): $150,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITI…ST THOMAS OF VILLANOVA: $100,000 · OtherST THOMAS OF VILLANOVAFOX CHASE CANCER CENTER - TEMPLE HEALTH: $85,000 · OtherFOX CHASE CANCER CENTER - TEMPLE HEALT…US OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION ATTN USOPC DEVELOPMENT: $37,500 · OtherUS OLYMPICK & PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION ATTN USOPC DEVELOPMENT: $37,500 · OtherEMERSON HEALTH: $35,000 · OtherST BERNARD'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $110,000 · OtherLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INCKIDS CHANCE OF AMERICA: $50,000 · OtherKIDS CHANCE OF AMERICALEDWITH LEWIS FREE CLINIC: $25,000 · OtherVILLAGE PROJECT AFRICA INC: $25,000 · OtherLODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 · Other+4 more: $37,500 · OtherTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDA…Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $150,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center …Tuff Fund: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTuff Fund+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPhilabundance: $150,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanc…CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $100,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUN…+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationVILLANOVA U…INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $50,000 · EducationINDEPENDENC…CB COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $25,000 · EducationCB COMMUNIT…DRUEDING CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesDRUEDING C…PROJECT HOME: $50,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HO…HANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $37,500 · Human ServicesHANNAH'S H…+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELP…NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Crime & LegalNEW YORK …PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $125,000 · AnimalsTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $25,000 · Animals
Other$742,500Philanthropy$450,000Food & Nutrition$252,500Education$225,000Human Services$197,500Crime & Legal$185,000Animals$150,000

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 budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $150,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $125,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $100,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS CHANCE OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTuff Fund: $40,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetHANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $37,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCB COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEDWITH LEWIS FREE CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetVILLAGE PROJECT AFRICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Hills Community Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDave Palmer Memorial Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA UNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFRANKIE'S WORLD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $2,500 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.

Connelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Connelly FoundationPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Kck Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kck Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report 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 35 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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