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The Kline Family Foundation at a glance

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The Kline Family 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.

$506k
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$854kReligion$442kArts & Culture$290kPublic Benefit$90kPublic Safety & Disaster$69kEducation$66kRecreation & Sports$62kAnimals$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $351k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100,000
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH$45,000
JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$41,000
SOUTHEAST ARTS & SCIENCE CENTER$37,100
Individual grant recipient$35,000
ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION$25,000
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$24,000
HOME AGAIN FOUNDATION$20,000
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$20,000
SHRINER'S HOSPITAL$17,500
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN HOSPITAL$15,000
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR$11,655
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$10,000
ST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$10,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, 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%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 12%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 12%BOYS TOWN: $200 → 12%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $12k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $10k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $5k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $5k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $4k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $2k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $2k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $1k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $200 → 22%ARKANSAS HOSPICE: $100 → 22%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 50 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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Total granted

$2.1M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+16%

Still filing today

40%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AC
    ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $621k · revenue +55%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $67k · revenue +65%
  • AG
    ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • PB
    PINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -2%
  • WH
    WHITE HALL UNITED SOCCER CLUB
    one grant, 2020 · $11k
  • NS
    NFIB SAFE TRUST
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing quality services that are comprehensive and affordable. we expect services to be delivered compassionately, appropriately, responsibly, safely and efficiently.

Health
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
6
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
9
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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10
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
11
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

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12
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

27 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. 27 of the 79 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHEAST ARTS & SCIENCE CENTER: $277,900 · OtherSOUTHEAST ARTS & SCIENCE CENTERST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH: $252,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCHDIOCESE OF LITTLE ROCK: $87,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF LITTLE ROCKST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $55,000 · OtherUNION CEMETERY: $39,000 · Other+58 more: $413,159 · Other+58 moreARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $620,800 · HealthARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALJefferson Regional Medical Center Foundation: $167,000 · HealthJefferson Regional Medical Center Foundatio…+4 more: $66,000 · Health+4 moreTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $67,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $20,000 · Public BenefitARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $40,928 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $7,500 · Human Services+2 more: $1,300 · Human ServicesSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationPINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,124,059Health$853,800Public Benefit$87,000Animals$61,000Human Services$49,728Education$25,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $620,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJefferson Regional Medical Center Foundation: $167,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $67,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $40,928 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE INC: $19,450 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FORT SMITH AREA INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ANTHONY SCHOOL: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $3,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGFPB Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOTTON BELT RAIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL STATE COUNCIL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS HOSPICE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Jefferson Regional Medical Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds PINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Home Again Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FORT SMITH AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTHONY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Arkansas Community Fo…Trotter FoundationHarold S Seabrook TrVogel Schwartz Founda…George H Dunklin Jr C…Riggs Benevolent FundNabholz Charitable Fo…Roy and Christine Stu…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR30.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Trotter Foundation · Harold S Seabrook Tr · Vogel Schwartz Foundation Inc · George H Dunklin Jr Charitable Foundation · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Nabholz Charitable Foundation · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 79 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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