· Private foundation
The Krone Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $96k
- $250k+1 grant · $333k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCOUTING AMERICA FOUNDATION | $333,333 |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | $25,000 |
| MONTREAT CONFERENCE CENTER | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,000 |
| CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON | $10,000 |
| RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| START THE ADVENTURE IN READING ANNAPOLIS | $5,000 |
| LIGHT HOUSE | $5,000 |
| DC SCORES | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $394k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION2× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +2%- CACAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue -3%
- DSDC SCORES4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +78%
Funded once
- TCTransatlantic Council Boy Scouts of Americaone grant, 2024 · $10k
- GWGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +6%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $10k
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.
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.
The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…
The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…
The brookings institution (brookings) is a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts in-depth, independent research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global level.…
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;…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…
Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
The mission of the alliance for sustainable energy llc (alliance) is to operate the u.s. department of energy's national renewable energy laboratory to advance the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation,…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds DC SCORES ↗
- Who funds THE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HAITI REFORESTATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Krone Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Krone Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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