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The Kendeda Fund

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60M
Granted FY2023
208
Grants FY2023
26
States reached
$8.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2023.

Environment$62MInternational$32MEducation$28MCommunity Improvement$26MEmployment$16MArts & Culture$13MHousing & Shelter$13MCivil Rights$13MOther$0
02FY2023 · 208 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k26 grants · $111k
  • $10k–50k59 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k70 grants · $6.5M
  • $250k+53 grants · $52M
$50,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDUSTRIAL COMMONS$8,000,000
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC$4,900,000
NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING C$4,500,000
BOZEMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$3,000,000
GEORGIA INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT$2,300,000
SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC$2,000,000
EARTHJUSTICE$2,000,000
HEART OF THE ROCKIES FOUNDATION$1,537,000
THE SOUTH FORK CONSERVANCY INCORPORATED$1,500,000
ATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC$1,100,000
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC$1,010,000
GEORGIA RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FUND INC$1,000,000
MERCY SHIPS$1,000,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$1,000,000
EVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC$1,000,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $6.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%NEVER ALONE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES: $10k → 18%CENTER POLE: $20k → 23%ATOOT INC: $1k → 12%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA INC: $10k → 14%VETERAN RITES INC: $30k → 9%INICIATIVA GUATEMALA: $5k → 6%NEVER ALONE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES: $10k → 18%VETERAN RITES INC: $26k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG: $20k → 6%INICIATIVA GUATEMALA: $5k → 6%NEVER ALONE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES: $6k → 18%VETERAN RITES INC: $25k → 9%SIMA STUDIOS: $10k → 14%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $10k → 17%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX: $1.0M → 10%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX: $1.0M → 10%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX: $1.0M → 10%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $5k → 9%TIDES Center: $1.5M → 10%VOW FOR GIRLS INC: $150k → 17%VOW FOR GIRLS INC: $150k → 17%VOW FOR GIRLS INC: $100k → 17%GEORGIA RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FUND INC: $1.0M → 14%CHRIS 180 INC: $100k → 14%CHRIS 180 INC: $100k → 14%CHRIS 180 INC: $50k → 14%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX: $55k → 10%CHRIS 180 INC: $25k → 14%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX: $43k → 10%QUEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $100k → 13%QUEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $100k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
NH
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IL
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MI
NY
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OR
SD
IA
OH
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NJ
CA
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CO
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 8% of The Kendeda Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

The Kendeda Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.6% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$189M · 184 repeat orgs$33M to everyone else

184 repeat relationships — 119 still active in FY2023, 65 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

184
130

Total granted

$189M
$23M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+24%

Still filing today

91%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TI
    THE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $9.2M · revenue +150% · 72% of their budget
  • SE
    SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $8.1M · revenue +21% · 40% of their budget
  • MULTIPLIER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $6.5M · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $4.0M · revenue +24%
  • MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $1.7M · revenue -26%
  • PE
    PROJECT EQUITYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.7M · revenue +595%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

—
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
5
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
6
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

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

Environment
8
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
9
Public Land Solutions

Public land solutions is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive recreation planning and stakeholder coordination to support effective and sustainable public land solutions.

Environment
10
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
11
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
12
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc and the most unlike its peers is Beaverhead Trails Coalition. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsPublic Library OperationsJewish Community Organizati…Health Access Advocacy and …Pregnancy Support ServicesAffordable Housing Developm…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Banks and PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsLocal History MuseumsLocal Food System Organizat…Women & Girls Leadership De…Immigrant Worker SupportYouth Development ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity College Foundatio…Addiction Recovery ServicesCancer Support ServicesCommunity Food PantriesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Sports ProgramsSchool District FoundationsCommunity Arts CentersYouth Development CentersUnited Way AffiliatesIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Missionary Organi…Military Veterans SupportEnvironmental Conservation …Domestic Violence ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 22 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%28%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%7%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%4/348
the rest of the field
13%
240,392/1,819,217

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

330 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 330 of the 372 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
83
Early backer (in before they grew)
323/330
Grantees still filing
199/330
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC — $8,086,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE I…MULTIPLIER — $6,537,500 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIERTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $4,000,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONP…Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc — $2,820,000 · EnvironmentURBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK — $2,602,250 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $2,600,000 · Environment350ORG — $2,430,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE — $2,200,000 · Environment+40 more — $31,143,387 · Environment+40 moreAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $19,204,800 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWI…MASS DESIGN GROUP LTD — $2,480,000 · InternationalMASS DESIGN G…GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $2,469,263 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND F…Capital For Good — $2,002,200 · InternationalCapital For G…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $1,265,624 · International+4 more — $2,705,198 · International+4 moreBOZEMAN LIBRARY FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION — $5,584,500 · OtherBOZEMAN LIBRARY FRIENDS AND FOUNDATIO…THE ICA GROUP INC — $4,610,000 · OtherTHE ICA GROUP INCCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE I — $4,282,259 · OtherTHE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS — $9,202,500 · OtherTHE INDUSTRIAL COMMONSHEADWATERS COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST — $5,628,600 · OtherHEADWATERS COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUSTGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC — $5,000,000 · OtherGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INCHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC — $3,127,700 · Other+67 more — $44,130,620 · Other+67 moreGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $3,615,000 · Community ImprovementGROVE PARK …ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC — $3,500,000 · Community ImprovementENTERPRISE …COMMON FUTURE — $2,938,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON FUTU…HOPA MOUNTAIN INC — $2,090,000 · Community ImprovementHOPA MOUNTA…THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR — $1,980,256 · Community ImprovementTHUNDER VAL…MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $1,700,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT ST…PROJECT EQUITY — $1,692,500 · Community ImprovementPROJECT EQU…EVERGREEN COOPERATIVE CORPORATION — $1,287,778 · Community ImprovementTHE WORKING WORLD INC — $1,150,000 · Community ImprovementKINDRED FUTURES INC — $1,149,500 · Community ImprovementCommonwise Education Inc — $1,025,000 · Community Improvement+10 more — $2,802,290 · Community Improvement+10 moreTHE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC — $9,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIO…GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER W…WorkingFilms Inc — $1,588,000 · Arts & CultureWorkingFi…Sundance Institute — $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureSundance …ATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC — $1,375,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA J…TRACE MEDIA INC — $1,200,000 · Arts & CultureTRACE MED…MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $900,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC — $750,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $1,897,200 · Arts & Culture+8 moreEVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC — $4,477,891 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $2,500,000 · EducationMontana State University Foundation Inc — $2,250,000 · EducationTHE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC — $1,500,000 · EducationVILLAGE MICRO FUND — $875,000 · Education+16 more — $4,540,725 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC — $2,547,516 · PhilanthropyNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $2,453,334 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION — $2,430,000 · PhilanthropyGREYSTON FOUNDATION INC — $1,200,000 · PhilanthropyCapital for Good USA — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyDOC SOCIETY INC — $750,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $450,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $807,275 · Philanthropy
Environment$62,419,137International$30,127,085Other$81,566,179Community Improvement$24,930,324Arts & Culture$21,210,200Education$16,143,616Philanthropy$11,638,125

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $19,204,800 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS — $9,202,500 over 4y, 72% of budgetTHE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC — $9,000,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC — $8,086,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetMULTIPLIER — $6,537,500 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetHEADWATERS COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST — $5,628,600 over 3y, 49% of budgetBOZEMAN LIBRARY FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION — $5,584,500 over 4y, 92% of budgetGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC — $5,000,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetTHE ICA GROUP INC — $4,610,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetEVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC — $4,477,891 over 4y, 28% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $4,000,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $3,615,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC — $3,500,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC — $3,127,700 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $3,000,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMON FUTURE — $2,938,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc — $2,820,000 over 4y, 72% of budgetURBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK — $2,602,250 over 4y, 17% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $2,600,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC — $2,547,516 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetATLANTA LAND TRUST INC — $2,506,250 over 4y, 65% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $2,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMASS DESIGN GROUP LTD — $2,480,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $2,469,263 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY — $2,455,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $2,453,334 over 4y, 18% of budget350ORG — $2,430,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $2,430,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEmerald Cities Collaborative Inc — $2,270,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc — $2,250,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $2,200,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHOPA MOUNTAIN INC — $2,090,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetHEART OF THE ROCKIES FOUNDATION — $2,060,850 over 1y, 61% of budgetTHUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR — $1,980,256 over 4y, 10% of budgetTHE FUNDERS NETWORK INC — $1,850,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetCenter for Civic Innovation Inc — $1,730,000 over 4y, 91% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION — $1,710,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $1,700,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE — $1,683,333 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetWorkingFilms Inc — $1,588,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc — $1,550,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetTHE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION INC — $1,500,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSundance Institute — $1,500,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe South Fork Conservancy Incorporated — $1,500,000 over 1y, 86% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC — $1,500,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC — $1,375,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetTHE BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE — $1,331,069 over 4y, 17% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Arthur M Blank Fa…The High Stakes Found…The Community Foundat…Montana Community Fou…Annie E Casey Foundat…Surdna Foundation IncPark County Community…Wilburforce FoundationPatagoniaorgUnited Way of Greater…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Amalgamated Charitabl…
The Arthur M Blank Family FoundationGA114.6× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Surdna Foundation Inc · Park County Community Foundation · Wilburforce Foundation · Patagoniaorg · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Kendeda Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Health Resources in Action Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Presencing Institute Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Forge Foundation Inc — 27% of income from government
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 13% of income from government
  • Root Capital Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Sponsors Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • The Orion Society Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
42report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 372 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines