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The Kleo Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Human Services$517kAnimals$110kArts & Culture$14kHealth$10kScience & Tech$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kInternational$5kFood & Nutrition$2k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPELINK$25,000
CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE CENTER$10,000
CHILD HAVEN$10,000
WASHINGTON STATE ANIMAL RESPONSE TE$5,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGY DIVERSITY$2,500
CORGIAID$1,000
LIFEWIRE$1,000
SEATTLE TIMES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNAL$1,000
FERAL CAT SPAYNEUTER PROJECT$1,000
MEOW$1,000
OLD DOG HAVEN$1,000
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $124k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $2k → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $2k → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $1k → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $1k → 10%LIFEWIRE: $53k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $53k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $3k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $1k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $1k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $1k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $1k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $1k → 9%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.

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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$648k · 17 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$648k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+32%

Still filing today

53%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterOther

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

  • H
    HOPELINK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $310k · revenue +74%
  • L
    LifeWire
    8× · 2018–2025 · $113k · revenue +4%
  • C
    CHILDHAVEN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +46%
  • ST
    SUMMIT TO SOUND SEARCH RESCUE
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • SA
    SOLDIERS' ANGELSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +34%

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
Spokane Humane Society

The vision of Spokane Humane Society is to enrich the lives of animals and their companions through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love (SEAL). As the oldest local non-profit in Spokane, we have been serving companion animals in need and…

Animals
2
Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue

Safe rescue saves feline lives by taking in homeless cats, giving them the care they need, finding them loving homes, and supporting their human companions. we do this because we believe each cat has inherent value and that humans and…

Animals
3
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
4
Pets Lifeline Inc

Pets Lifeline is dedicated to protecting and improving the lives of cats and dogs in need in Sonoma Valley through sheltering and adoption, humane education, and community programs.

Animals
5
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Dba Mountain Humane

We are on a mission to change lives by connecting pets and people. We dothis through innovative programs that inspire and have impact beyond ourborders. We envision a compassionate community where all animals arerecognized for their…

Animals
6
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
7
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc

Founded in 1973, dove lewis emergency animal hospital, inc. (dovelewis) is one of the premier veterinary medical service organizations in the us and the only 24/7 not-for-profit animal emergency, critical care, and specialty hospital in…

Animals
8
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
9
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
10
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
11
Pet Network Humane Society

Pet Network rescues adoptable animals from euthanasia, connects abandoned animals with loving families, instills respect for animals through humane education, and enhances lives through animal companionship.

Animals
12
Valley Humane SocietyInc

Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets'…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soldiers' Angels and the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. 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

15 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 25 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HOPELINK — $310,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINKLifeWire — $112,500 · Human ServicesLifeWire+2 more — $11,600 · Human ServicesCHILDHAVEN — $90,000 · OtherCHILDHAVENCORGIAID — $18,999 · OtherCORGIAIDHOMEWARD PETS — $15,206 · OtherHOMEWARD PETSSAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK — $12,500 · OtherSAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARKMEOW — $8,030 · OtherElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc — $7,666 · OtherSEATTLE TIMES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNAL — $7,080 · Other+5 more — $13,539 · Other+5 moreWASHINGTON ST ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM DBA WASART — $27,107 · AnimalsFeral Cat SpayNeuter Project — $9,093 · AnimalsOLD DOG HAVEN — $8,030 · Animals+3 more — $2,500 · AnimalsChristian Health Care Center — $10,000 · HealthGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · InternationalSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $1,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Human Services$434,100Other$173,020Animals$46,730Health$10,000International$5,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,000

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 budgetHOPELINK — $310,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLifeWire — $112,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDHAVEN — $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON ST ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM DBA WASART — $27,107 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetFeral Cat SpayNeuter Project — $9,093 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOLD DOG HAVEN — $8,030 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc — $7,666 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive — $6,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKANDOGS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP — $500 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.

  • Who funds HOPELINK
  • Who funds LifeWire
  • Who funds CHILDHAVEN
  • Who funds WASHINGTON ST ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM DBA WASART
  • Who funds Christian Health Care Center
  • Who funds Feral Cat SpayNeuter Project
  • Who funds OLD DOG HAVEN
  • Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc
  • Who funds Internet Archive
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds SOLDIERS' ANGELS
  • Who funds OKANDOGS
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY
  • Who funds NORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP

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.

Seattle FoundationWA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Kleo 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.

2023
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your 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, FY2025

    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.

    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 25 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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