· Private foundation
The Kessler Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $24k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SETPATH | $300,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,302 |
| CHOICE HUMANITARIAN | $2,413 |
| CORNER CANYON HIGH SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,623 |
| AGOSTINA NOELIA PAGANO ANDRADA | $1,605 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,535 |
| KATHERINE JESUS DEBSIE SERRANO | $1,500 |
| NATALIA YAMILE CARDENAS CARATAR | $1,474 |
| MIRYAM MERCEDES MALDONADO RODRIGUEZ | $1,218 |
| GIOSMARA KATHERINE CANARTE ABAD | $1,200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,109 |
| NORMA CONSTANZA MARTIN VARGAS | $1,100 |
| ANGEE CAROLINA BARBOSA GONZALEZ | $1,029 |
| MARIA CAROLINA TOVAR ANEZ | $929 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 83% of grant dollars ($902k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 17% that went abroad ($185k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 17% of all-years giving ($185k)
3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +586795% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $323k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
RISE AGAINST HUNGER INC5× · 2018–2023 · $66k · revenue +162%- AFACADEMY FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE2× · 2019–2021 · $65k · revenue ×5,869
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2019–2020 · $14k
Funded once
- TITHE INTERPRETER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue -1%
- FSFOUNDATION SERVING PEOPLE SAGone grant, 2021 · $72k
- SSSIXTO STALIN TUSTON TORRESone grant, 2020 · $53k
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.
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.
Ummah relief international is a dedicated grassroots relief organization providing humanitarian services to bring help and hope to thousands of victims of natural and human disasters with quick and targeted action.
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.
Working together to create a just and sustainable world through transformative farmer training that nourishes communities and the Earth.
URF is a 501(c)(30 nonprofit based in California. We receive funds through private donations and spend them on several programs, providing aid, rescue, and relief for Ukrainian war victims in the form of cash donations for food, shelter,…
To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…
To resource, train, and mobilize volunteers, churches,& other organizations to respond to disasters in the united states & world-wide
Unitus Labs provides consulting support loans grants and investments to partner organizations who are implementing innovative market-based approaches to reducing global poverty with potential for very large scale impact.
The quincy institute promotes ideas that move u.s. foreign policy away from endless war and toward vigorous diplomacy in the pursuit of international peace. qi's staff and non-resident experts expose the costs and consequences of…
U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
Rigorous biblical and accessible education, training and resources for churches worldwide.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 75 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SETPATH ↗
- Who funds THE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RISE AGAINST HUNGER INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE ↗
- Who funds Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds INTERWEAVE SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 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.
Open a dossier: University Impact · The Community Foundation of Utah · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kessler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kessler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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