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The Kontulis Fund at a glance

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The Kontulis Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$115k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$128kHealth$72kArts & Culture$43kPhilanthropy$29kReligion$18kHuman Services$16kFood & Nutrition$6kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $59k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN$29,244
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$10,000
THE HENRY FORD$10,000
HENRY FORD HEALTH$10,000
THE HENRY FORD - CARSON CARVER$5,000
NORWALK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
NEW CANAAN YMCA$5,000
CHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTE$5,000
STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
FOOD RESCUE US$5,000
MCLEAN HOSPITAL$5,000
HOTCHKISS SCHOOL$2,500
WAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY$2,000
CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH$1,000
SILVER HILL HOSPITAL$1,000
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 (FY23–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SQUASH HAVEN: $1k → 12%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN: $500 → 9%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$249k · 13 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
2

Total granted

$249k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+16%

Still filing today

54%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman 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

  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +33%
  • TN
    THE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +2%
  • NH
    Norwalk Hospital Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • SP
    STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +16%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct Inc

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

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4
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc

The mission of the new canaan land trust is to foster a connection between the new canaan community and its natural resources through the conservation and sustainable stewardship of our open space.

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8
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Western Connecticut Health Network Affiliates Inc

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

—
11
Northeast Medical Group Inc

To render medical treatment to patients without regard to ability to pay for such treatment, and to promote a high quality of medical care and other services for the benefit of all persons in the communities it serves.

—
12
Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New Canaan Country School Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Getabout 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $102,000 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INCThe Trustees of Princeton University: $10,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton UniversityTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $3,000 · EducationTHE HENRY FORD: $35,000 · OtherTHE HENRY FORDTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRI…Stamford Hospital Foundation: $15,000 · OtherStamford Hospital FoundationCHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTE: $15,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTEMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDST LUKE SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $5,000 · OtherTHE HENRY FORD - CARSON CARVER: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $9,500 · Other+8 moreHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $20,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEAL…Norwalk Hospital Foundation: $15,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospita…SILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthSILVER HILL HOS…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $29,244 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY …FOOD RESCUE US INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionWAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentGREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING: $500 · Arts & Culture
Education$120,000Other$115,500Health$42,000Philanthropy$29,244Food & Nutrition$5,000Environment$3,000Arts & Culture$2,500

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 budgetTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $102,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $29,244 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD RESCUE US INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSQUASH HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGETABOUT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING: $500 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.

New Canaan Community …Hobbs Family Charitab…Fairfield County's Co…Half Moon FoundationThe Queenan Fdn AcctSyd & Jan M Silverman…Jim and Dede Bartlett…O'Connor Family Found…The Morris Family Fou…The Melville Foundati…The John and Ethel Ka…MLE Foundation Inc
New Canaan Community Foundation IncCT24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Half Moon Foundation · The Queenan Fdn Acct · Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · O'Connor Family Foundation · The Morris Family Foundation · The Melville Foundation · The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation · MLE 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 Kontulis Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kontulis Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Squash Haven Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report 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 Kontulis Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Kontulis Fund 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 32 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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