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The Kindness Coalition at a glance

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The Kindness Coalition

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.

$550k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.1MHousing & Shelter$656kHealth$456kYouth Development$389kEducation$288kFood & Nutrition$235kPublic Safety & Disaster$160kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $249k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $292k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$530k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPPORTUNITY HOUSE$115,000
BERKS ENCORE$70,000
HANNAH'S HOPE MINISTRIES$57,000
OLIVET BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF READING & BERKS COUNTY$50,000
CHILDREN'S ALOPECIA PROJECT$41,000
HARRISBURG AREA YMCA$40,000
IM ABLE FOUNDATION$40,000
DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD$40,000
BETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG INC$38,000
HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PA$20,000
CO-COUNTY WELLNESS SERVICES$10,000
SCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT$10,000
KEYSTONE KIDSPACE$10,000
PAPPUS HOUSE$8,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PAPPUS HOUSE: $9k → 9%PAPPUS HOUSE: $8k → 9%PAPPUS HOUSE: $5k → 9%BERKS ENCORE: $144k → 11%DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $40k → 12%DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $40k → 12%BERKS ENCORE: $70k → 11%DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $40k → 12%DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $35k → 12%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PA: $30k → 12%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PA: $20k → 12%SAFE BERKS CO BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS: $333k → 11%SAFE BERKS CO BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS: $333k → 11%SAFE BERKS CO BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS: $41k → 11%SAFE BERKS CO BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS: $35k → 11%SAFE BERKS CO BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS: $20k → 11%SAFE BERKS CO BERKS WOMEN IN CRISIS: $10k → 11%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 20 repeat orgs$271k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
9

Total granted

$4.6M
$261k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
-1%

Still filing today

90%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $915k · revenue +38%
  • SB
    SAFE BERKS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $773k · revenue +55%
  • OH
    OPPORTUNITY HOUSE
    6× · 2019–2025 · $325k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $75k · revenue +2%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $75k · revenue +13%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARRISBURGINC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -52%
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
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
2
Berks Counseling Center Inc

Berks counseling center (bcc) is a recovery oriented certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. the center provides a holistic approach to a culturally…

Health
3
Reading Hospital

Website: www.towerhealth.org/locations/reading-hospital the mission of reading hospital is to provide compassionate, accessible, high-quality, cost-effective healthcare to the community; to promote health; to education healthcare…

Health
4
Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers

Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers creates and sustains healthy rural communities by providing accessible, high quality medical, dental and behavioral health care for all, while recognizing and addressing other factors that influence…

Health
5
Holy Redeemer Health System

As a catholic health system, rooted in the tradition of the sisters of the holy redeemer, we care, comfort and heal, following the example of jesus, proclaiming the hope god offers in the midst of human struggle.

Health
6
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
7
Sadler Health Center Corporation

To advance the health of our community by providing inclusive, high quality and compassionate care.

Health
8
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System

Provision of charitable healthcare services

Health
9
Mary's Shelter

Mary's shelter is committed to empowering homeless youth by providing housing, education, and social service programs.

Human Services
10
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
11
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
12
Dr Gertrude a Barber Center Inc

We "make dreams come true." we provide children and adults with autism, intellectual/developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges and their families the education, services and resources needed to be self-reliant,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity House; the most unlike its peers is Alvernia University. 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 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAFE BERKS: $772,667 · Human ServicesSAFE BERKSBERKS ENCORE INC: $213,750 · Human ServicesBERKS ENCORE INCDOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $155,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN DAILY BREADBETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG INC: $88,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG…HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 · Human Services+2 more: $31,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $915,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INCIM ABLE FOUNDATION: $201,254 · PhilanthropyIM ABLE FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S ALOPECIA PROJECT: $106,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S ALOPECIA PROJECTTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION: $59,000 · PhilanthropyALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $288,000 · OtherALVERNIA UNIVERSITYHARRISBURG AREA YMCA: $260,000 · OtherHARRISBURG AREA YMCAHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $165,000 · OtherHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD…BETHESA MISSIONS: $160,000 · OtherBETHESA MISSIONSPINE STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CO DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $140,000 · OtherPINE STREET PRESBYTERIAN C…+6 more: $96,200 · Other+6 moreOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $325,085 · Housing & ShelterOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA: $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentCo County Wellness Services DBA Berks Aids Network: $115,000 · HealthSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · HealthSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT: $60,000 · HealthHOMELAND CENTER: $15,000 · HealthHANNAHS HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $236,144 · Religion
Human Services$1,310,417Philanthropy$1,281,254Other$1,109,200Housing & Shelter$325,085Youth Development$300,000Health$265,000Religion$236,144

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $915,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSAFE BERKS: $772,667 over 6y, 12% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $325,085 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $288,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARRISBURG AREA YMCA: $260,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHANNAHS HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $236,144 over 4y, 14% of budgetOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA: $225,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBERKS ENCORE INC: $213,750 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetIM ABLE FOUNDATION: $201,254 over 6y, 27% of budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $165,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $155,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCo County Wellness Services DBA Berks Aids Network: $115,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S ALOPECIA PROJECT: $106,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetBETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG INC: $88,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION: $59,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARRISBURGINC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPAPPUS HOUSE: $21,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHOMELAND CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA 30 DAY FUND INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Breidegam Family …The Wyomissing Founda…Penn Entertainment Fo…Berks County Communit…United Way of the Cap…United Way of Berks C…The Donald B and Doro…The Foundation for En…Firstenergy FoundationBlue Mountain Foundat…Henry Janssen Foundat…Upmc Pinnacle Hospita…
The Breidegam Family FoundationPA26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Breidegam Family Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · Penn Entertainment Foundation · Berks County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Capital Region · United Way of Berks County Inc · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Firstenergy Foundation · Blue Mountain Foundation · Henry Janssen Foundation · Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

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 Kindness Coalition funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kindness Coalition. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Kindness Coalition?

    Find your warmest path to The Kindness Coalition 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 30 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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