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The Vernon K Krieble Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Vernon K Krieble Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$135k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.2MEducation$391kArts & Culture$350kScience & Tech$113kCommunity Improvement$75kYouth Development$75kCivil Rights$40kAnimals$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $120k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPKINS SCHOOL$45,000
KINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC$40,000
MISFIT ISLAND INC$25,000
SMILES FOREVER ANIMAL RESCUE$10,000
SAM & ELIZABETH COLT MUSEUM$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TRUSTEES$5,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$2,500
LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL$2,500
EAGLE WEST CAP STRATEGIC OPERATOR ACCESS FUND LP K-1$19
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 (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DIGNITY GROWS: $3k → 11%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
NY
MA
PA
CT
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 19 repeat orgs$525k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
18

Total granted

$1.8M
$525k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+22%

Still filing today

74%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • LP
    Leadership Program of the Rockies
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +3%
  • KO
    KINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $137k · revenue +29%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $35k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • FG
    FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +15%
  • AN
    ATLAS NETWORK
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • EF
    ENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue +224%
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
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
2
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
3
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
4
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
7
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
8
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
11
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
12
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Angelo S Carrabba Md Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Leadership Program of the Rockies: $1,010,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Program of the RockiesUNLEASH PROSPERITY INC: $55,000 · Public Benefit+2 more: $42,500 · Public BenefitSAM & ELIZABETH COLT MUSEUM: $105,000 · OtherSAM & ELIZABETH COLT MUSEUMTCI EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherTCI EDUCATION FOUNDATIONATLAS NETWORK: $100,000 · OtherATLAS NETWORKYANKEE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $87,500 · OtherYANKEE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLI…MISFIT ISLAND INC: $75,000 · OtherMISFIT ISLAND INCBill of Rights Institute: $40,000 · OtherBill of Rights InstituteIndividual grant recipient: $36,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE COLT HERITAGE CENTER: $25,000 · OtherTHE NEPTUNE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $78,556 · Other+9 moreKINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC: $137,000 · EducationKINGSWOOD OX…HOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $80,000 · EducationHOPKINS SCHO…THE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL: $13,500 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $12,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationFLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFLORENCE G…ENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureENCOUNTER …THE SAM & ELIZABETH COLT HERITAGE CENTER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SAM & …GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSMILES FOREVER ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUA: $30,000 · AnimalsCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $16,000 · HealthANGELO S CARRABBA MD FOUNDATION: $12,500 · HealthIncarnation Center Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCONNECTICUT FOREST & PARK ASSOCIATION: $8,500 · Recreation & SportsSQUASHSMARTS INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCapitol Squash Inc: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Public Benefit$1,107,500Other$672,556Education$258,000Arts & Culture$220,000Animals$30,000Health$28,500Recreation & Sports$24,500

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 budgetLeadership Program of the Rockies: $1,010,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetKINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC: $137,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetYANKEE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $87,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $60,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNLEASH PROSPERITY INC: $55,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SAM & ELIZABETH COLT HERITAGE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILES FOREVER ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUA: $30,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANGELO S CARRABBA MD FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 85% of budgetWOODSON CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIncarnation Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOREST & PARK ASSOCIATION: $8,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBEACON CENTER OF TENNESSEE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSQUASHSMARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIGNITY GROWS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCapitol Squash Inc: $1,000 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.

The Lynde and Harry B…Donors Trust IncHartford Foundation f…Ibm International Fou…Aetna Foundation IncThe Vincent Dowling F…The John G Martin Fou…Thomas W Smith Founda…Adolph Coors Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation IncWI17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Ibm International Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Vincent Dowling Family Foundation Inc · The John G Martin Foundation · Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Vernon K Krieble Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vernon K Krieble Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Farmington River Watershed Association Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Connecticut Forest & Park Association: 16% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center: 5% of income from government
  • Florence Griswold Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Incarnation Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kingswood Oxford School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 39 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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