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The Kendall Family Foundation at a glance

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The Kendall Family Foundation

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.

$117k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$511kHealth$126kFood & Nutrition$100kArts & Culture$90kScience & Tech$80kReligion$77kRecreation & Sports$21kEducation$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NURTURING MINDS$30,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$25,000
SQUASH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE$20,000
HOMEBRIDGE VENTURES$10,000
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC$10,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
K LOVE RADIO$2,000
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%HOMEBRIDGE VENTURES: $10k → 9%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
NE
DC
LA
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$765k · 10 repeat orgs$292k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +198% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$765k
$227k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+198%
+29%

Still filing today

60%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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
EducationArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • NM
    NURTURING MINDS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $436k · revenue +243%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +218%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    3× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • 4
    4-CT
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • N
    NOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
5
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
Growth Through Learning Inc

Growth through learning (gtl) is a secular organization that supports education and development in east africa by providing full secondary education scholarships for exceptional young women in kenya, uganda, and tanzania who would…

Education
8
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
9
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
10
Brooklyn Law School

To provide students with the knowledge, skills, ethical values needed for a career in law.

Education
11
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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12
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Educators for Excellence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Connecticut Challenge Inc Dba Mission Your Mission Ct Challenge. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NURTURING MINDS INC: $436,375 · EducationNURTURING MINDS INCPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $80,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College+3 more: $10,000 · Education4-CT: $100,000 · Other4-CTNORFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WESTON CT: $76,500 · OtherNORFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WEST…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $25,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODNOLS: $20,000 · OtherNOLSIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: $14,000 · Other+9 more: $49,050 · Other+9 moreFRIENDS OF LACHAT INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS O…Save The Children Federation Inc: $55,000 · InternationalHORN OF AFRICA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $10,000 · InternationalONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureEnriching Lives Through Music: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSQUASH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsBRONX LACROSSE INC CO OTA: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsHOMEBRIDGE VENTURES INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Education$526,375Other$354,550Food & Nutrition$100,000International$65,000Arts & Culture$60,000Recreation & Sports$21,000Human Services$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNURTURING MINDS INC: $436,375 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF LACHAT INC: $100,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSQUASH AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnriching Lives Through Music: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHORN OF AFRICA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4point0 Schools: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROOM TO READ: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATORS FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRONX LACROSSE INC CO OTA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Fairfield County's Co…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Kendall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kendall Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Groundwork Bridgeport Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Community Fund of Darien: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% 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.
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How do I get to The Kendall Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Kendall 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 30 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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