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The Kensan Trust at a glance

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The Kensan Trust

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.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$79kAnimals$73kCivil Rights$50kInternational$49kHealth$47kArts & Culture$17kPublic Benefit$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
$4,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$459k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF NH$25,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA$15,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$10,000
THE MANADNOCK CONSERVANCY$10,000
MCDOWELL SONORAN CONSERVANCY$5,000
UKRAINE FOCUS$5,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION$5,000
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL$5,000
HISTORIC HARRISVILLE INC$4,000
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN$3,000
PHOENIX ANIMAL CARE COALITION$3,000
FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE$2,000
THE HOLLAND CENTER$2,000
SONORAN ARTS LEAGUE$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 (FY20–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5k → 14%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

NH
NY
CA
UT
VA
AZ
DC
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$269k · 16 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$269k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+18%

Still filing today

94%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +30%
  • CF
    CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $28k · revenue ×23
  • TM
    The Monadnock Conservancy
    5× · 2021–2025 · $26k · revenue +331%

Funded once

  • CH
    Cornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -4%
  • LC
    LAKE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
2
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
3
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
4
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona

The american civil liberties union of arizona is the state's premier guardian of liberty working through the arizona legislature and communities statewide to defend and preserve individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the…

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5
Parks California

As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.

Environment
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
Arizona Center for Nature Conservation

The arizona center for nature conservation advances the stewardship and conservation of animals and their habitats while providing experiences that inspire people and motivate them to care for the natural world.

Animals
8
Prescott Animal Park Association

Giving refuge to non-releasable, rescued wildlife while providing conservation through exhibition and public education.

Animals
9
Protectors of Companion Animals Inc D/B/a Snip-It of Central Florida

To provide central florida residents humane solutions to the pet overpopulation problem through low cost spay/neuter services and community education.

Youth Development
10
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
11
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
12
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mcdowell Sonoran Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

24 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. 24 of the 32 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $28,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION FLORIDA INCThe Monadnock Conservancy: $26,000 · EnvironmentThe Monadnock ConservancyMCDOWELL SONORAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 · EnvironmentMCDOWELL SONORAN CONSERVANC…DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $9,500 · EnvironmentDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INCAUDUBON SOCIETY OF NH: $25,000 · OtherAUDUBON SOCIETY OF NHREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $22,500 · OtherREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL …BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOC: $6,000 · OtherBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCUKRAINE FOCUS: $5,000 · OtherUKRAINE FOCUSLAKE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $3,000 · OtherREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5,000 · OtherREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALLCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $3,000 · OtherDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF CATALINA STATE PARK: $3,000 · Other+6 more: $7,800 · Other+6 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $44,000 · InternationalInternational R…PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $30,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTH…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $14,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTH…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $17,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS …SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $9,500 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANA…Phoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911: $8,000 · AnimalsPhoenix Anima…FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE: $2,000 · Animals+2 more: $1,500 · AnimalsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsHISTORIC HARRISVILLE INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureSonoran Arts League Inc: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & Culture
Environment$78,500Other$85,300International$44,000Health$44,000Animals$38,000Civil Rights$20,000Arts & Culture$17,000

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 budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $44,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $28,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetThe Monadnock Conservancy: $26,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMCDOWELL SONORAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HARRISVILLE INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSonoran Arts League Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CATALINA STATE PARK: $3,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA LITTLE DOG RESCUE GROUP INC: $500 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.

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.

Arizona Community Fou…Ibm International Fou…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Kensan Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kensan Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report 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 32 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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