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The Robert J & Bernadette Kane Foundation at a glance

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The Robert J & Bernadette Kane 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.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0171% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$36kReligion$32kEducation$26kHuman Services$23kHealth$14kCivil Rights$6kInternational$1kArts & Culture$850Other$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$450k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NDCL$20,000
Individual grant recipient$8,325
PADUA HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
LEGATUS$2,900
JL CARES$2,040
CLAIRE'S CRUSADE$2,000
TAPS$1,200
HONDURAN CHILDRENS RESCUE FUND$1,000
ST BONAVENTURE$500
STACHE STRONG$500
ST IGNATIUS$500
LIFEWORKS$500
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$250
THE NEW STUDIO FOR THE VISUAL ARTS$200
ST CHRISTOPHER$130
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 (FY20–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%ROSE-MARY CENTER: $1k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%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

WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CO
VA
AZ
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$280k · 25 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
34

Total granted

$280k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+3%

Still filing today

40%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 ServicesReligionInternationalEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • L
    Legatus
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +25%
  • HC
    HONDURAN CHILDRENS RESCUE FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +33%
  • HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +183%

Funded once

  • SI
    ST IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL OF CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • SC
    SPITZER CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • AA
    ARCHBISHOP ALTER HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
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
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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2
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
3
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
4
Chs Physician Partners Pc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
5
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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6
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
7
The Christ Hospital Foundation

The mission of the christ hospital foundation ('tch fdn') is to support the mission of the christ hospital ('tch'). tch's mission is to improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the…

Health
8
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
10
Catholic Health System of Long Island

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

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11
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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12
Catholic Community Connection

Catholic Community Connection, an organization of Catholic sponsored education, healthcare, human services and senior living ministries, fosters collaboration to respond to the needs of all people within the Diocese of Cleveland.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The New Studio for the Visual Arts of Jupiter 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

18 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. 18 of the 64 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NDCL: $71,000 · OtherNDCLIndividual grant recipient: $57,440 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,525 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONST IGNATIUS: $10,900 · Other+45 more: $99,428 · Other+45 moreLegatus: $9,696 · ReligionCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $2,500 · ReligionHONDURAN CHILDRENS RESCUE FUND: $7,500 · InternationalHands Together Inc: $1,000 · InternationalTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $4,452 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesROSE-MARY THE JOHANNA GRASSELLI REHABILITATION&EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSTACHESTRONG INC: $2,150 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $510 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $200 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $200 · HealthAVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW: $2,308 · EducationThe New Studio for the Visual Arts of Jupiter Inc: $450 · Arts & CultureThe Culture Project International: $100 · Youth Development
Other$319,293Religion$12,196International$8,500Human Services$8,452Health$3,060Education$2,308Arts & Culture$450Youth Development$100

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 budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,525 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLegatus: $9,696 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHONDURAN CHILDRENS RESCUE FUND: $7,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $4,452 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW: $2,308 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTACHESTRONG INC: $2,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND RIGHT TO LIFE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHands Together Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSE-MARY THE JOHANNA GRASSELLI REHABILITATION&EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $510 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Studio for the Visual Arts of Jupiter Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Culture Project International: $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 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Legatus ↗
  • Who funds HONDURAN CHILDRENS RESCUE FUND ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW ↗
  • Who funds STACHESTRONG INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND RIGHT TO LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds Hands Together Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROSE-MARY THE JOHANNA GRASSELLI REHABILITATION&EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Baird Foundation IncAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 J & Bernadette Kane Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert J & Bernadette Kane Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 64 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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