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The Theodore a Kienstra 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.

$435k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
36 to 44
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving48$435k25%
FY202341$304k32%
FY202236$407k33%
FY202144$387k30%
FY202043$554kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$372kHousing & Shelter$241kEducation$212kReligion$198kHuman Services$171kPhilanthropy$62kEmployment$50kRecreation & Sports$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc$125,00041%
Queen of Peace Center$105,00040%
St Patrick Center$100,10040%
Incarnate Word Academy$57,00050%
Lee Hopp Save Foundation$50,000514%
Father Bobs Outreach$45,0005n/a
Providence House Inc$41,00030%
Lynne F Solon Foundation$40,000418%
Community Hope Center Inc$40,00040%
St Vincent Depaul Society Naples$30,00030%
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All grantees of The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc$125,00041%
Queen of Peace Center$105,00040%
St Patrick Center$100,10040%
Incarnate Word Academy$57,00050%
Lee Hopp Save Foundation$50,000514%
Father Bobs Outreach$45,0005n/a
Providence House Inc$41,00030%
Lynne F Solon Foundation$40,000418%
Community Hope Center Inc$40,00040%
St Vincent Depaul Society Naples$30,00030%
Our Little Haven$30,00050%
St Vincent de Paul Society$20,0002n/a
St George Catholic Church$18,0005n/a
Sodality of St Peter Claver for the African Missions$15,0002n/a
United Services for Children$15,00020%
Harris House Foundation$15,00020%
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc$14,00040%
The Herren Project$12,00011%
Hilljack House Inc$11,50042%
Lets Start Inc$10,0002n/a
St Charles County Fair$10,00011%
St Louis University$10,00010%
The Snow Foundation$10,00041%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$10,0001n/a
Ssm Health Foundation - St Louis$10,00010%
Hope Happens Inc$10,00023%
St Louis Childrens Hospital$10,0001n/a
American Diabetes Association$10,00010%
St Louis Police Foundation$9,15020%
Child Center-Marygrove$8,50030%
The Little Bit Foundation$7,50020%
Faith in Practice$6,00020%
Travis Manion Foundation$6,00020%
Rolla Pregnancy Resource Center$5,00010%
The Next Step$5,00021%
Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph$5,0002n/a
Good Shepherd Corporation$5,000140%
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod$5,0001n/a
One Classroom$5,00013%
Africa Youth-Now Foundation$5,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$4,83010%
The Home Builders Charitable Foundation$3,70031%
Gwendolyn's Gifts$3,50021%
Sweet Celebrations$3,0003n/a
St Louis Catholic Academy$3,0002n/a
Humane Society of Missouri$2,60030%
Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation$2,5001n/a
Independence Center$2,50010%
Special Education Foundation$2,20030%
Rockhurst University$2,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,50020%
Salvation Army$1,2501n/a
Dubuque County Right to Life Inc$1,00010%
Three Nails Outdoors$1,0001n/a
Friends of Kids With Cancer$1,00010%
Atlanta Lab rescue Inc$1,00010%
Our House of Hope Inc$1,00011%
First Step Back Home Inc$1,00011%
Clayco Foundation$1,00010%
Immacolata Catholic Church$1,0001n/a
Youth in Need$1,00010%
Joseph & Elsie McBride Charitable Foundation Inc$20011%
Care Stl Corp$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPeter & Paul Community Services Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetQueen of Peace Center: $105,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $100,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIncarnate Word Academy: $57,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLee Hopp Save Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $41,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLynne F Solon Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetCommunity Hope Center Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSt Vincent Depaul Society Naples: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOur Little Haven: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Services for Children: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHarris House Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDravet Syndrome Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Herren Project: $12,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHilljack House Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSt Charles County Fair: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSt Louis University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Snow Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSsm Health Foundation - St Louis: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Happens Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $9,150 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChild Center-Marygrove: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFaith in Practice: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRolla Pregnancy Resource Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Next Step: $5,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGood Shepherd Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetOne Classroom: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $4,830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Home Builders Charitable Foundation: $3,700 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGwendolyn's Gifts: $3,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndependence Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Education Foundation: $2,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRockhurst University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDubuque County Right to Life Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Kids With Cancer: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Lab rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur House of Hope Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFirst Step Back Home Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetClayco Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth in Need: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoseph & Elsie McBride Charitable Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO32.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri · Vincent E and Mary Judith Shaw Family Foundation · Tsf · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Ravarino Family 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.

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About The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation

How much does The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation give?
The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $434,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 44 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Housing & Shelter (12%), Education (10%).
Who are The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Peter & Paul Community Services Inc ($125k), Queen of Peace Center ($105k), St Patrick Center ($100k).
Does The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Moneta Group Charitable Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
Where is The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation based?
The Theodore a Kienstra Foundation is based in MO.

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 93 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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