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The KCS Pacific 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.

$721k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 16
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesInternationalSocial ScienceOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$571k31%
FY202413$125k31%
FY202314$124k36%
FY202211$140k36%
FY202115$124k27%
FY202016$117k44%
FY201913$116k54%
FY20187$109k43%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$687kInternational$347kAnimals$341kEducation$163kHuman Services$71kHealth$15kCivil Rights$15kPhilanthropy$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$329,21860%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$209,00070%
Yellowstone to Yukon$175,00030%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$150,00020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$77,00080%
Connecticut College$75,00080%
Solar Electric Light Fund$55,00020%
Earth Law Center$42,50042%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$40,00050%
Panthera Corporation$35,50060%
American Prairie Foundation$30,00040%
Sister Carmen Community Center Inc$28,50040%
Wild Salmon Center$21,00050%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$17,50020%
Southern Plains Land Trust Inc$16,00030%
The Coral Reef Alliance$15,00020%
Defenders of Wildlife$15,00020%
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Service Corporation$15,0001n/a
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$13,00010%
Outreach United Resource Center Inc$12,00010%
Colorado Friendship Inc$10,50032%
The Conversation US Inc$10,00030%
Nonhuman Rights Project Inc$10,00010%
International Planned Parenthood Federation - Worldwide Inc$10,00010%
Givedirectly Inc$10,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc$9,50030%
National Wildlife Refuge Association$7,50020%
Project Griph$5,00014%
Brother's Brother Foundation$5,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,00010%
National Immigration Law Center$5,00010%
Rare$5,00010%
International Snow Leopard Trust$5,00010%
Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center$4,50020%
Southwest Indian Foundation$4,0001n/a
Alliance for the Wild Rockies Inc$3,00012%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,5001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver Inc$2,50010%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,50010%
The Wilderness Society$2,00010%
Longmont Humane Society Inc$2,00010%
Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center$2,0001n/a
Scad Alliance$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $329,218 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $209,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYellowstone to Yukon: $175,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $77,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut College: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSolar Electric Light Fund: $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEarth Law Center: $42,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPanthera Corporation: $35,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSister Carmen Community Center Inc: $28,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWild Salmon Center: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Plains Land Trust Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Coral Reef Alliance: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wild Animal Sanctuary: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOutreach United Resource Center Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Friendship Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Conversation US Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNonhuman Rights Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Planned Parenthood Federation - Worldwide Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe International Dark-Sky Association Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational Wildlife Refuge Association: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProject Griph: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBrother's Brother Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRare: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Snow Leopard Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance for the Wild Rockies Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Denver Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLongmont Humane Society Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO19.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Benedict Family Foundation · The New-Land Foundation Inc · Maki Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Patagoniaorg · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Shell USA Company 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.

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About The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc

How much does The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc give?
The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $720,533 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (41%), International (21%), Animals (20%).
Who are The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($329k), African Wildlife Foundation Inc ($209k), Yellowstone to Yukon ($175k).
Does The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc based?
The KCS Pacific Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 47 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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