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The Klungness Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Klungness Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.5M
Granted FY2023
93
Grants FY2023
24
States reached
$521k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$3.6MEducation$1.1MHealth$863kAnimals$744kCivil Rights$375kHuman Services$359kInternational$245kArts & Culture$200kOther$0
02FY2023 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$30,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SCIENCES FO$521,000
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST$350,450
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$300,000
VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC$250,000
WILDERNESS WATCH INC$220,950
THE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION INC$180,000
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY$172,500
U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$150,000
NEW POWER TOUR INC$150,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$150,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$150,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$115,000
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST$103,050
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH$100,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $347k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC: $100k → 13%NO ONE LEFT BEHIND INC: $3k → 6%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $4k → 17%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC: $50k → 13%CARING HOUSE INC: $50k → 13%CARING HOUSE INC: $4k → 13%CARING HOUSE INC: $4k → 13%CARING HOUSE INC: $3k → 13%CARING HOUSE INC: $3k → 13%CARING HOUSE INC: $3k → 13%MARTHAS VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $30k → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS-FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $1k → 14%OMEGA HOUSE INC: $30k → 14%BARBARA KETTLE GUNDLACH SHELTER HOME FOR ABUSED WO: $50k → 14%OMEGA HOUSE INC: $3k → 14%BARBARA KETTLE GUNDLACH SHELTER HOME FOR ABUSED WO: $4k → 14%BARBARA KETTLE GUNDLACH SHELTER HOME FOR ABUSED WO: $4k → 14%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

ME
VT
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of The Klungness Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Klungness Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 59 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
14

Total granted

$5.5M
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
0%

Still filing today

86%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • EH
    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST
    4× · 2020–2023 · $497k · revenue +44% · 63% of their budget
  • WW
    WILDERNESS WATCH INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $432k · revenue +34% · 26% of their budget
  • NP
    NEW POWER TOUR INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $225k · revenue +140% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • AH
    ALMOST HOME ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +23%
  • CF
    CITIZENS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
4
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
5
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
8
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
9
NatureServe

NatureServe's mission is to leverage the power of science, data, and technology to guide biodiversity conservation and stewardship. We activate our mission by working with a network of 60+ partners located in states and provinces across…

Environment
10
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
11
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
12
Endangered Species International

Endangered Species International is strongly committed to reversing the trend of human-induced species extinction, saving endangered animals, and preserving wild places.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mercy Ems Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

95 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. 95 of the 109 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
92/95
Grantees still filing
65/95
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SCIENCES FO: $521,000 · OtherASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SCIENCES…MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · OtherMICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $351,326 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTHE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION INC: $180,000 · OtherVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $375,000 · OtherVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC+42 more: $1,461,539 · Other+42 moreWILDERNESS WATCH INC: $431,950 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS WATCH INCNEW POWER TOUR INC: $225,000 · EnvironmentNEW POWER TOUR INCPUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INC: $207,300 · EnvironmentPUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR E…North American Wilderness Recovery: $74,000 · EnvironmentKEWEENAW LAND TRUST INC: $73,000 · EnvironmentNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $72,500 · EnvironmentECOLOGICAL OPTIONS NETWORK: $67,500 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $66,000 · EnvironmentSWAN VIEW COALITION INC: $64,400 · EnvironmentGRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC: $59,500 · Environment+9 more: $253,000 · Environment+9 moreALBION COLLEGE: $400,000 · EducationALBION COL…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $220,000 · EducationUC SAN DIE…Electromagnetic Safety Alliance Inc: $50,000 · EducationElectromag…University of Arizona Foundation: $45,000 · EducationUniversity…CELLULAR PHONE TASK FORCE INC: $31,500 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCOPPER SHORES COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $155,000 · HealthCOPPER SHO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $145,000 · HealthST JUDE CH…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $121,000 · HealthTHE MICHAE…SCIENTIFIC ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION: $103,050 · HealthSCIENTIFIC…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $84,500 · HealthPLANNED PA…MAYO CLINIC: $75,000 · HealthMAYO CLINI…+4 more: $55,000 · Health+4 moreENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST: $496,500 · PhilanthropyENVIRONMEN…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $125,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES …KEWEENAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $108,000 · PhilanthropyKEWEENAW C…REID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $140,000 · AnimalsCOPPER COUNTRY HUMANE SOCIETY: $58,000 · AnimalsFriends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter: $52,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $50,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $50,000 · AnimalsFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $47,500 · AnimalsDICKINSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $42,800 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $40,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $30,000 · AnimalsCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE: $20,000 · Animals+4 more: $43,300 · AnimalsNORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCARING HOUSE INC: $67,600 · Human ServicesBARBARA KETTLE GUNDLACH SHELTER HOME FOR ABUSED WOMEN INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesOMEGA HOUSE INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human Services+3 more: $8,000 · Human Services
Other$3,388,865Environment$1,594,150Education$751,500Health$738,550Philanthropy$729,500Animals$573,600Human Services$391,600

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 budgetENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST: $496,500 over 4y, 63% of budgetWILDERNESS WATCH INC: $431,950 over 5y, 26% of budgetALBION COLLEGE: $400,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $375,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $351,326 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW POWER TOUR INC: $225,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INC: $207,300 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION INC: $180,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCOPPER SHORES COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetNORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC: $150,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $140,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $121,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKEWEENAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $108,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSCIENTIFIC ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION: $103,050 over 2y, 61% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $84,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOPPER HARBOR TRAILS SOCIETY INC: $83,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $80,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth American Wilderness Recovery: $74,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetHANCOCK TRAILS CLUB: $73,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetKEWEENAW LAND TRUST INC: $73,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $72,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $70,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFINLANDIA UNIVERSITY: $68,289 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCARING HOUSE INC: $67,600 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetECOLOGICAL OPTIONS NETWORK: $67,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetBAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP: $67,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $66,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSWAN VIEW COALITION INC: $64,400 over 5y, 43% of budgetSUPERIOR BIO-CONSERVANCY INC: $60,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetGRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC: $59,500 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetCOPPER COUNTRY HUMANE SOCIETY: $58,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetBARBARA KETTLE GUNDLACH SHELTER HOME FOR ABUSED WOMEN INC: $58,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetMenominee Range Historical Foundation: $55,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetPINE MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL: $54,500 over 4y, 31% of budgetFriends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter: $52,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElectromagnetic Safety Alliance Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CLEARWATER INC: $49,500 over 3y, 30% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $47,500 over 4y, 1.0% 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.

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.

Copper Shores Communi…James a Ruppe Foundat…Keweenaw Community Fo…Community Foundation …Resources Legacy FundThe Martin Family Fou…Maine Community Found…The Joyce and Warren …Dickinson Area Commun…Baxter International …Superior Health Found…Incrediblebank Founda…
Copper Shores Community Health FoundationMI40.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Copper Shores Community Health Foundation · James a Ruppe Foundation · Keweenaw Community Foundation · Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula · Resources Legacy Fund · The Martin Family Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Joyce and Warren Brule Foundation · Dickinson Area Community Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Superior Health Foundation · Incrediblebank Foundation 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 Klungness Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Klungness Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lomakatsi Restoration Project: 100% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 109 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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