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The Kf Impact Foundation at a glance

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The Kf Impact 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.

$808k
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$330k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of The Kf Impact Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Kf Impact Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $808k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’21
8
’22
8
’23
11
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Philanthropy$711kCrime & Legal$500kArts & Culture$430kEducation$408kYouth Development$228kSocial Science$175kRecreation & Sports$125kInternational$103kOther$0
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $425k
  • $250k+1 grant · $330k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RECIDIVIZ$330,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$175,000
IMENTOR INC$100,000
UNCOMMON SCHOOLS$100,000
ASPEN INSTITUTE$50,000
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MODERNA MUSEET INC$25,000
GOVERNOR'S ISLAND ALLIANCE$25,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR TOMORROW$2,823
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 (FY24–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BROADWAY FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC: $2k → 17%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

IL
NY
OH
PA
UT
DE
NC
DC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 8 repeat orgs$423k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
5

Total granted

$1.6M
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+2%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $273k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalSocial ScienceOther
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

  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    2× · 2023–2024 · $355k · revenue +90%
  • II
    IMENTOR INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $211k · revenue +14%
  • US
    UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF HUDSON RIVER PARK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +42%
  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue -14%
  • NS
    NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +2%
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
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
7
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uncommon Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

23 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $675,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARIT…UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $200,000 · EducationUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INCTARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationTARGET ALS FOUNDATIO…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSIT…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIV…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $28,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIV…NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $12,823 · EducationRECIDIVIZ INC: $500,000 · Crime & LegalRECIDIVIZ INCWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $355,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF…UTAH FILM CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH FILM CENTERThe American Friends of the Moderna Museet Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureThe American Frie…IMENTOR INC: $211,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMENTOR I…CHANGE SUMMER INC: $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $175,000 · Social ScienceGOVERNORS ISLAND ALLIANCE: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF HUDSON RIVER PARK INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 · OtherTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $35,560 · OtherFeeding America: $15,000 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · Other
Community Improvement$675,000Education$510,823Crime & Legal$500,000Arts & Culture$430,000Youth Development$226,000Social Science$175,000Recreation & Sports$125,000Other$152,560

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $675,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECIDIVIZ INC: $500,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $355,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIMENTOR INC: $211,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOVERNORS ISLAND ALLIANCE: $75,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF HUDSON RIVER PARK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $35,560 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $28,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Friends of the Moderna Museet Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFeeding America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGE SUMMER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HEIGHTS YOUTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation for Tomorrow Inc: $2,823 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROADWAY FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC: $2,000 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Kf Impact Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kf Impact Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Kf Impact Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Kf Impact 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 23 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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