· Private foundation
The Kinzie 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $91k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE | $11,000 |
| GIVE A KID A CHANCE | $10,000 |
| BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | $10,000 |
| MCPHERSON COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| NAVARRO COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| UNT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $6,000 |
| LINDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| TRINITY UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| HELPING HANDS OF ENNIS | $2,000 |
| CITY OF LINDALE CEMETERY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBaylor College of Medicine6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +47%
- NCNAVARRO COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +23%
- MCMCPHERSON COLLEGE6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- ACABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGEone grant, 2024 · $25k
- BSBROWN ST CHURCH OF CHRISTone grant, 2024 · $2k
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.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.
Howard payne university is a christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to god and humanity.
As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
East texas baptist university (etbu) was founded in 1912 as a fully accredited institution of higher education. affiliated with the baptist general convention of texas, etbu educates students by integrating biblical faith and learning to…
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…
The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.
Wayland baptist university exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning focused and distinctively christian environment for professional success and service to god and humankind.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.
Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 19 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.
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- Who funds MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
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- Who funds WHITBY ROAD ALLIANCE INC DBA PROVIDENCE PLACE ↗
- Who funds ENNIS ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas ↗
- Who funds HELPING HANDS OF ENNIS 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kinzie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kinzie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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