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· Public charity
THE KIDS FUND INC
A non-profit, tax-exempt, public grant-making charitable organization focused on assisting disadvantaged children & youth in dane county.
$193k
Granted FY2024
3
Grants
1
Communities
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0179% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2024.
Human Services$29kPublic Benefit$28kYouth Development$24kCommunity Improvement$20kReligion$18kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$35k
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2020
afterschoolprogrammingactivitiesfield tripssummer camp
2021
activities
2022
literacyinclusiveaccessibleexperiencesummer
2023
summer
2024
jumping
Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2024 · 3 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$9,700
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
- JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON INC$10,000
- THREE GAITS INC$9,700
- MADISON PARKS FOUNDATION INC$6,000
02The need
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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.
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Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10% — the area typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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 line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
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, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
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Where the work is directed
The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.
About 5% of THE KIDS FUND INC’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. Read by recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in WI; read by stated purpose it is 95% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.
THE KIDS FUND INClessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient addressRecipient 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.
59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$95k · 5 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +149% since the first grant, against +86% for the ones you funded once.
5 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
5
6
Total granted
$95k
$48k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+149%
+86%
Still filing today
100%
100%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementReligionPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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
- MPMADISON PARKS FOUNDATION INC4× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +303%
- NHNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER4× · 2020–2023 · $24k · revenue +149%
- WYWISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY2× · 2020–2022 · $17k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- CFCENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIPgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +545%
- LCLUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERone grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -7%
- MUMADISON-AREA URBAN MINISTRYgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +108%
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.
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Madison Development Corporation
To coordinate the activities of the public and private sectors so as to constructively use the resources of each to achieve greater madison and dane county wide economic growth, to provide high-quality affordable workforce housing and…
Community Improvement
2
Madison Community Foundation
Madison community foundation stewards local, charitable funds for individuals,nonprofits and businesses. as a trusted philanthropic leader, mcf aims to engage greater madison in philanthropy to advance a more vibrant and equitable…
Philanthropy
3
Madison Community Cooperative
Provide low cost cooperative housing for very low to moderate income people in madison, wi.
Education
4
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc
The milwaukee community service corps (mcsc) is a non-profit vocational training organization providing employment, education and life skills to training youth adults and unemployed and underemployed of milwaukee, wisconsin.
Employment
5
Neighborhood Housing Services
Neighborhood housing services of southeast wisconsin is a private not-for-profit development corporation committed to revitalizing featured neighborhoods in the racine and kenosha areas.
Housing & Shelter
6
Madison Art Gallery
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Milwaukee Development Corporation
Regional economic development
Community Improvement
8
Wisconsin Community Services Inc
Wisconsin community services advocates for justice and community safety, providing innovative opportunities for individuals to overcome adversity.
Crime & Legal
9
United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee
United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee's mission is to strengthen city neighborhoods by combining and enhancing the assets of our partner agencies to improve the quality of life for urban families.
Human Services
10
Madison County Urban League Inc
Madison county urban league, inc. provides direct services in housing, employment, and education, to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged people.
Human Services
11
Jewish Social Services of Madison
Jewish social services of madison empowers families and individuals across generations and cultures to build community and self-sufficiency, with a strong commitment to the jewish community and inspired by jewish values. we offer services…
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12
Milwaukee Christian Center Inc
The milwaukee christian center (mcc) builds strong neighborhoods full of opportunity throughout the city of milwaukee in four core areas: youth development, housing, older adults, and food security.
Housing & Shelter
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Centro Hispano Inc and the most unlike its peers is Neighborhood House Community Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
06the grantee network
13 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$34,500Human Services$29,333Public Benefit$27,850Youth Development$23,500Community Improvement$20,450Religion$17,500Recreation & Sports$9,700
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MADISON PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY ↗
- Who funds CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE MADISON INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON INC ↗
- Who funds THREE GAITS INC ↗
- Who funds LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds MADISON-AREA URBAN MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds RED CABOOSE CHILD CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds KENNEDY HEIGHTS ↗
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 Evjue Foundation IncWI26.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation · Madison Community Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Rotary Foundation · Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi · Community Coordinated Child Care 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 organisation THE KIDS FUND INC 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.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. 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.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~8 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 2.5× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 391930073 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 8 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 2% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to The Kids Fund Inc?
Find your warmest path to The Kids Fund Inc through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines