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The King Family Foundation

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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Education$2.6MArts & Culture$294kInternational$75kRecreation & Sports$61kHealth$59kHousing & Shelter$31kAnimals$28kEnvironment$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,507,823
Median grant
1
States reached
$879k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENISON UNIVERSITY$1,507,823
DENISON UNIVERSITY$492,177
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–20, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS: $5k → 7%THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $750 → 7%ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $3k → 14%ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
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 linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
FL

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 — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$980k · 14 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
31

Total granted

$980k
$357k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+45%

Still filing today

79%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • MP
    MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $255k · revenue +35%
  • GA
    GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
    2× · 2019–2020 · $100k · revenue +66%
  • BI
    BULAMU INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2019–2020 · $75k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $101k
  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • University of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2019 · $28k · revenue +25%

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.

1
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
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
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
11
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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12
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seven Hills School and the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Elementary Literacy TutoringPublic University Foundatio…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Community Health CentersAnimal Rescue and AdoptionVeteran Support ServicesClassical Music EnsemblesCommunity FoundationsHospice Care ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Cancer Support OrganizationsChristian Missionary Organi…Independent K-8 SchoolsCommunity Arts OrganizationsEducation Equity Leadership
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr21%15%10–20yr14%27%20–35yr16%15%35–55yr20%44%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr21%4%10–20yr14%6%20–35yr16%13%35–55yr20%77%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,265

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
30/41
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DENISON UNIVERSITY — $2,000,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITYMOUNDS PARK ACADEMY — $255,000 · EducationMOUNDS PARK ACADEMYACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP — $150,000 · EducationACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP+5 more — $60,333 · EducationIndividual grant recipient — $101,000 · OtherIndividual gr…GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING — $100,000 · OtherGOLDEN APPLE …FREEDOM GOLF ASSOCIATION — $60,000 · OtherFREEDOM GOLF …EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLAR…YAMPA VALLEY LAND TRUST INC — $25,000 · OtherYAMPA VALLEY …LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL — $20,000 · Other+16 more — $48,000 · Other+16 moreURBAN GATEWAYS — $255,000 · Arts & CultureURBAN GAT…CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCROW CANY…+7 more — $17,250 · Arts & Culture+7 moreBULAMU INTERNATIONAL — $75,000 · InternationalWellness House — $25,000 · HealthRandom Acts of Flowers — $25,000 · HealthBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $5,000 · HealthYAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER — $2,500 · HealthChicago Zoological Society — $21,000 · AnimalsHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY — $5,000 · AnimalsLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA — $1,500 · AnimalsWINGS PROGRAM INC — $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$2,465,333Other$404,000Arts & Culture$292,250International$75,000Health$57,500Animals$27,500Housing & Shelter$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY — $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMOUNDS PARK ACADEMY — $255,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetURBAN GATEWAYS — $255,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP — $150,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING — $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBULAMU INTERNATIONAL — $75,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetFREEDOM GOLF ASSOCIATION — $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $28,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellness House — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRandom Acts of Flowers — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY LAND TRUST INC — $25,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetARRAY EDUCATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Zoological Society — $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOBLOLLY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEAMBOAT ART MUSEUM — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING POWER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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 Chicago Community…James and Catherine D…Lloyd a Fry FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…United Way of Metropo…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charles H and Beverly…The Canning FoundationPatrick G and Shirley…Hobsonlucas Family Fo…Northwestern Memorial…
The Chicago Community TrustIL24.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · James and Catherine Denny Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · The Canning Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

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 organization The King Family Foundation 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The King Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The King Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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