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Thomas Kinkade Museum Dba Kinkade Family Foundation

The objective of the thomas kinkade museum is to conserve and archive the art and artifacts of thomas kinkade, to educate the public about the art and life of thomas kinkade by exhibiting the art of thomas kinkade within educational organizations and museums around the world, and to provide grants to other charitable organizations in…

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$83kInternational$26kHuman Services$13kReligion$8kHealth$8kCommunity Improvement$7kYouth Development$6kSocial Science$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets

Largely a single collection: about 97% of reported assets are Art Collection.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS$1,500
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, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $3k → 8%ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1k → 9%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $3k → 8%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$178k · 10 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$178k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

90%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • NA
    NEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $41k · revenue +527%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CASA GENERACION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $32k · revenue +71% · 62% of their budget
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • United States Artists Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -24%
  • BB
    BRIDGE BUILDERS NFP INC
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · 75% of their budget
  • YB
    YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -28%
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
California Arts Advocates

California Arts Advocates is a comprehensive lobbying organization for the arts, culture and creative industries and workforce.

Arts & Culture
2
Marin Open Studios

Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
4
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
5
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
6
Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development

NIAD promotes creative expression, independence, dignity and community integration for people with disabilities.

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7
California Film Institute

The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…

Arts & Culture
8
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
9
Californians for the Arts

Our mission at Californians for the Arts is to ensure that the arts are accessible to all Californians; are an ongoing part of the public dialogue and to encourage Californians to care about the arts as a critical component of their own…

Arts & Culture
10
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

—
11
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
12
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Initiatives; the most unlike its peers is Bridge Builders International. 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

22 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. 22 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $60,046 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBRIDGE BUILDERS NFP INC: $7,000 · OtherBRIDGE BUILDERS NFP INCSAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS: $5,500 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERSTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $4,047 · Other+7 more: $13,500 · Other+7 moreNEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE INC: $41,441 · Community ImprovementNEW ART DEALERS ALLIA…+1 more: $271 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF CASA GENERACION: $32,071 · InternationalFRIENDS OF CASA …MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (MOAD): $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AF…United States Artists Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureUnited States Ar…YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureYERBA BUENA CENT…MONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $1,800 · Arts & CultureMONTALVO ASSOCIA…BRIDGE BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL: $8,000 · ReligionHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $4,000 · HealthCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC: $2,618 · HealthCHAC FKA COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS COUNCIL: $1,000 · HealthNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $2,500 · Human ServicesPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$95,093Community Improvement$41,712International$32,071Arts & Culture$31,800Religion$8,000Health$7,618Human Services$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE INC: $41,441 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA GENERACION: $32,071 over 3y, 62% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (MOAD): $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL: $8,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS NFP INC: $7,000 over 1y, 75% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $4,047 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC: $2,618 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE & SOUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FARMWORKER FAMILIES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAC FKA COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLocal Color: $271 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…McNabb FoundationThe David and Lucile …Kaiser Foundation Hos…The San Francisco Fou…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Kenneth Rainin Founda…United Way of the Bay…The Yelp FoundationMarin Community Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA22.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · The Yelp Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Thomas Kinkade Museum Dba Kinkade Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Kinkade Museum Dba Kinkade Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Thomas Kinkade Museum Dba Kinkade Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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