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TKCares at a glance

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TKCares

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$20k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$542kEmployment$123kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kRecreation & Sports$52kHuman Services$50kHealth$47kEducation$44kCivil Rights$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$77k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,031
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$600
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$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 (FY20–23, $373k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Charitable Founda: $5k → 9%Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation: $1k → 16%Friends of Kids With Cancer Inc: $600 → 11%Corecivic Foundation: $80k → 4%Georgia Sheriffs Youth Homes: $2k → 8%Bridges From School To Work Inc: $30k → 8%Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Charitable Founda: $5k → 9%Corecivic Foundation: $80k → 4%Bridges From School To Work Inc: $30k → 8%Corecivic Foundation: $80k → 4%Bridges From School To Work Inc: $30k → 8%Bridges From School To Work Inc: $30k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
SC
MS
AL
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of TKCares’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

TKCareslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$747k · 18 repeat orgs$211k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
41

Total granted

$747k
$191k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

61%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterMembership BenefitYouth 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

  • AO
    ASSOC OF WOMEN EXECUTIVES IN CORRECTIONS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $61k · revenue +108%
  • SO
    Special Olympics Virginia Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $49k · revenue +69%
  • SL
    St Louis Police Foundation
    4× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $33k · revenue -54%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +15%
  • OR
    OPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -25%
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
Osceola County Sheriff Foundation Inc

To provided financial assistance to first responders during their time of need

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Orleans Sheriff's Office Foundation
Crime & Legal
3
Adams County Sheriffs Foundation
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4
Seminole County Sheriff Foundation

To bring together charitable donors, community leaders and non profit organizations in support of, and to encourage, non-tax based philanthropic efforts for the benefit of seminole county sheriff's office deputies, employees and their…

Philanthropy
5
Pasco Police Foundation
Crime & Legal
6
Police and Kids Foundation Inc

The police and kids foundation was created to support families of florida 1st responders who die in the line of duty, provide equipment grants t o1st responders and to support children of tampa bay.

Crime & Legal
7
Police Foundation of Colorado Springs

To build effective partnerships that support the cs police dept and local community

Philanthropy
8
Smarr & Smith Foundation Inc

support local law enforcement

Crime & Legal
9
Maricopa County Sheriff's Advisory Posse Inc

Oversee the organization --maricopa county sheriffs office memorial fund- which provides financial assistance to families of officers injured or killed in the line of duty. also provides assistance to the maricopa county sheriffs office.

Crime & Legal
10
Sheriffs' Relief Foundation

The foundation supports (1)the peace officers' museum & memorial dedicated to educating the public about the public service & sacrifices made by law enforcement personnel, (2)drug education programs & (3)olympic style athletic events put…

Unclassified
11
National Police Defense Foundation Inc

Protects and supports law enforcement and public safety officers, as well as administers law enforcement initiatives, such as the operation kids, project pedophile, and safe cop programs.

Philanthropy
12
Louisiana Sheriffs Honorary Membership

Louisiana sheriffs' honorary membership program was established to build better bonds between concerned citizens, businesses, elected sheriffs, and the communities they serve.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is 21 & Change Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 72 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORECIVIC FOUNDATION THE: $240,000 · Human ServicesCORECIVIC FOUNDATION THEBridges from School to Work Inc: $120,000 · Human ServicesBridges from School to Work Inc+4 more: $13,100 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL A: $91,000 · OtherASSOCIATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL ANational Association of Blacks In Criminal Justice: $81,250 · OtherNational Association of Blacks In Crim…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $37,825 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONOPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherOPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATIONPINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · Other+46 more: $77,482 · Other+46 moreASSOC OF WOMEN EXECUTIVES IN CORRECTIONS: $61,000 · Crime & LegalASSOC OF W…THE SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE SHERIF…AMERICAN JAIL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN J…LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $4,000 · Crime & Legal+4 more: $6,700 · Crime & Legal+4 moreST JUDE HOSPITAL: $25,000 · HealthV FOR VICTORY OF FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · HealthPasco Sheriff's Charities Inc: $5,000 · HealthSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $49,140 · Recreation & SportsSt Louis Police Foundation: $35,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPAULDING PUBLIC SAFETY APPRECIATION: $2,850 · Public Safety & DisasterNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $33,420 · Civil Rights
Human Services$373,100Other$328,557Crime & Legal$86,700Health$50,000Recreation & Sports$49,140Public Safety & Disaster$37,850Civil Rights$33,420

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 budgetCORECIVIC FOUNDATION THE: $240,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetBridges from School to Work Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL A: $91,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetASSOC OF WOMEN EXECUTIVES IN CORRECTIONS: $61,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $49,140 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $33,420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE HOSPITAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetSARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetSHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetAMERICAN JAIL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPasco Sheriff's Charities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNCSO CHARITIES INC: $4,250 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetGWR SCHOLARSHIPS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $4,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $2,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Coast Crime Stoppers Inc: $2,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA SHERIFFS' YOUTH HOMES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN DELLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENVISION DALLAS LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORRECTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAITLIN A KAZANJIAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $500 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…Silicon Valley Commun…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO9.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 TKCares funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from TKCares. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • First Coast Crime Stoppers Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc: 33% of income from government
  • American Jail Association: 3% of income from government
  • V for Victory of Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get 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 · 0–90%
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 72 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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