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The Kirk and Angela Watson Education Foundation at a glance

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The Kirk and Angela Watson Education 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.

$19k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$19kReligion$7kArts & Culture$5kHealth$5kEducation$5kInternational$5kEnvironment$4kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$300k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNT CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH$2,496
DONORSCHOOSE$2,000
HARMONY PROGRAM$1,250
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA$1,000
DEMENTIA SOCIETY$1,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$1,000
QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE$1,000
CPNYCORG$750
CITY HARVEST INC$750
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$750
BARD COLLEGE$750
KIVA$600
NETWORK FOR GOOD INC$500
POCONO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER$500
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$500
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1k → 13%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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26k · 16 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$26k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+11%

Still filing today

63%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’23’24
EducationAnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TH
    THE HARMONY PROGRAM INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +14%
  • BARD COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +206%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • CO
    CHILDREN OF PROMISE
    one grant, 2020 · $19k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • PP
    POOR PEOPLES CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2023 · $500
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
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
7
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
8
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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9
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
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
12
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Pike County Humane Society Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN OF PROMISE: $18,887 · OtherCHILDREN OF PROMISEMOUNT CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH: $5,838 · OtherMOUNT CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCHCPNYCORG: $1,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,500 · OtherDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $1,500 · Other+16 more: $11,310 · Other+16 moreDONORSCHOOSEORG: $2,000 · EducationBARD COLLEGE: $1,750 · EducationPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $250 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $250 · EducationKIVA MICROFUNDS: $4,030 · InternationalTHE HARMONY PROGRAM INC: $2,250 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePOCONO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 · EnvironmentCITY HARVEST INC: $1,750 · Food & NutritionBrooklyn Animal Action Inc: $750 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $500 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $150 · AnimalsPIKE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $150 · Animals
Other$42,285Education$4,250International$4,030Arts & Culture$3,250Environment$2,500Food & Nutrition$1,750Animals$1,550

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 budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $4,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARMONY PROGRAM INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOCONO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Animal Action Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIKE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Kirk and Angela Watson Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kirk and Angela Watson Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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.
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    How do I get to The Kirk and Angela Watson Education Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Kirk and Angela Watson Education 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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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