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The Keel Foundation at a glance

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The Keel 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.

$88k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$88k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$188kYouth Development$146kEducation$134kFood & Nutrition$49kHousing & Shelter$28kReligion$18kCrime & Legal$6kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$88,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONTRIBUTIONS PAID$88,000
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 (FY18–23, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $6k → 8%CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $6k → 8%CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $6k → 8%CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $6k → 8%CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $6k → 8%CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $5k → 8%CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES: $5k → 8%CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES: $5k → 8%CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES: $3k → 8%CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES: $3k → 8%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$456k · 20 repeat orgs$231k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
66

Total granted

$456k
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+33%

Still filing today

50%
3%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CC
    CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME
    6× · 2018–2023 · $35k · revenue +149%
  • TC
    The Center for Family Resources
    4× · 2019–2022 · $16k · revenue +62%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY TREE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • LB
    LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR FAMILY
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Maryland Baptist Aged Home

Long-term care facility for the elderly

Human Services
2
Fl Templeton Preparatory Academy Inc

The vision is to prepare our youth for the 21st century while giving them the opportunity to learn, love, and live. Moreover, we will accomplish this vision by accelerating the opportunities and outcomes for our children by demanding…

Education
3
Fathers Farm

safe housing, life skill training, and Christian discipleship for those who come from drug treatment or incarceration

Health
4
Catherines Family and Youth Services

To assist with improving the quality of life of the residents in Northwest Baltimore City and Surrounding Areas.

Human Services
5
The Family Place

The family place empowers victims of family violence by providing safe housing, counseling and skills that create independence while building social change to stop the violence.

Human Services
6
Homes for Black Children

To assure that every child has a permanents family.

Human Services
7
Calvary Home for Children

The mission of calvary home for children is to provide help, hope, and home to abused and neglected children in upstate south carolina.

Human Services
8
The Family Center Inc

To provide a safe and nurturing environment where all children and their families can reach their highest potential regardless of race, creed, or financial

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9
Families in Crisis

Families in crisis, inc. houses, supports and empowers individuals affected by family violence, sexual assault, and homelessness.

Human Services
10
Casa of Baltimore County Inc

To support court appointed volunteers who advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in baltimore county.

Youth Development
11
Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc

To provide community services to empower families.

Human Services
12
House of the Good Shepherd of the City of Baltimore

Good Shepherd Services closed its residential treatment facility in March 2017. No new mission has been established at this time.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Family Tree Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Boys' Latin School of Maryland 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

13 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. 13 of the 87 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONTRIBUTIONS PAID: $88,000 · OtherCONTRIBUTIONS PAIDThe Baltimore Station Inc: $70,000 · OtherThe Baltimore Station IncGIRLS INC: $70,000 · OtherGIRLS INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $70,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBHELPING HANDS INC: $42,000 · OtherHELPING HANDS INCDAILY BREAD: $35,000 · OtherDAILY BREAD+72 more: $199,600 · Other+72 moreCALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $35,000 · Human ServicesCALVARY C…The Center for Family Resources: $16,000 · Human ServicesThe Cente…MARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesMARYLAND …MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION TEMPORARY SHELTER: $28,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $10,000 · EducationALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC: $7,000 · EducationTENNESSEE FOOD ON FOOT FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Food & NutritionHOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Health
Other$574,600Human Services$55,000Housing & Shelter$28,000Education$17,000Food & Nutrition$8,000Youth Development$2,000Health$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Baltimore Station Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION TEMPORARY SHELTER: $28,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe Center for Family Resources: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE FOOD ON FOOT FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGB Charities Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCEASE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 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 The Baltimore Station Inc ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION TEMPORARY SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Family Resources ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE FOOD ON FOOT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GB Charities Inc ↗
  • Who funds CEASE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION 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.

T Rowe Price Program …The United Way of Cen…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Keel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Keel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Maryland Casa Association Inc: 60% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Station Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Holistic Life Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 87 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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