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The Robert H Kemper Jr and Norma E Kemper Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Robert H Kemper Jr and Norma E Kemper Charitable Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$117k
Granted FY2019
23
Grants FY2019
9
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Human Services$85kPhilanthropy$50kHealth$35kEducation$16kReligion$15kFood & Nutrition$10kYouth Development$8kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2019 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k21 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $76k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CNY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$46,114
LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$30,000
ST ANNE MOTHER OF MARY$5,000
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION$4,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$4,000
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$4,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA$3,000
CHRIST THE KING RETREAT HOUSE$3,000
FOOD BANK OF CNY$2,000
MAKE A WHISH CENTRAL NY$2,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,000
MARCH OF DIMES$2,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES CENTRAL NEW YORK$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$1,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $30k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $5k → 13%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $5k → 13%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%FRANCIS HOUSE: $3k → 14%FRANCIS HOUSE: $1k → 14%FRANCIS HOUSE: $1k → 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

WA
MN
NY
NV
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
TN
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 18 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
3

Total granted

$170k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+63%

Still filing today

72%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LC
    Los Cabos Children's Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +108%
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +50%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • CR
    CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • IM
    INSPIRE MEXICO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +63%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Stony Brook Childrens Services 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
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
6
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
7
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
8
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
9
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
10
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
11
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Los Cabos Children's Foundation: $60,000 · Human ServicesLos Cabos Children's FoundationFRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF CASA HOGARFRANCIS HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFRANCIS HOUSE INCWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $46,114 · PhilanthropyCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNI…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOU…CHRIST THE KING RETREAT HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherCHRIST THE KING RETREA…FOOD BANK OF CNY: $7,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF CNYMAKE A WHISH CENTRAL NY: $5,500 · OtherMAKE A WHISH CENTRAL N…CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESST ANNE MOTHER OF MARY: $5,000 · OtherST ANNE MOTHER OF MARYAURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $4,000 · OtherAURORA OF CENTRAL NEW …MEALS ON WHEELS: $3,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $2,000 · Other+4 more: $3,300 · Other+4 moreAmerican Diabetes Association: $11,000 · HealthAmerican Diabe…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER U…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDR…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES…VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $3,460 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentINSPIRE MEXICO FOUNDATION: $1,000 · InternationalBAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300 · International
Human Services$78,000Philanthropy$50,114Other$44,800Health$30,000Education$15,460Youth Development$8,000International$1,300

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 budgetLos Cabos Children's Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $46,114 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCIS HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $3,460 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral New York Ronald McDonald House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Price Chopper's Golub…Equitable Foundation …Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Price Chopper's Golub FoundationNY13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Robert H Kemper Jr and Norma E Kemper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert H Kemper Jr and Norma E Kemper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 27 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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