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William and Lesley King Foundation at a glance

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William and Lesley King 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.

$129k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$678kHealth$405kFood & Nutrition$245kReligion$161kEducation$68kEnvironment$8kCrime & Legal$5kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$9,750
Median grant
3
States reached
$307k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$100,000
HUMANS RIGHTS WATCH$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY$9,750
STONE BARNS CENTER$9,270
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN NEW YORK$250
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 (FY17–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HARTFORD RESUCE MISSION: $750 → 11%GREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL: $100 → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $1k → 9%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

VT
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
AL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 11 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
30

Total granted

$1.7M
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-37%
+49%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
InternationalEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $661k · revenue +120%
  • VH
    VILLAGE HEALTH WORKS
    5× · 2017–2021 · $395k · revenue +10%
  • CS
    CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $15k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +77%
  • MC
    MENLO CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • MH
    MERCY HIGH SCHOOL CORP
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
2
World Hunger Relief Institute

World hunger relief institute equips people to alleviate hunger through education, research, and sustainable agriculture.

International
3
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
Gardens for Health International

Gardens for Health International works to provide lasting agricultural solutions to chronic childhood malnutrition

International
6
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
7
Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc

Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc. SLS empowers low-income people in Connecticut to obtain justice by providing tools to address their civil legal needs. SLS provides its clients with high volume brief or in-depth legal advice…

Crime & Legal
8
Women Empowerment Coalition of Nyc

Wecnyc builds unity and power among communities of diverse immigrant women through education, collective support, direct services and practicing civic engagement.

Human Services
9
Ywca Greenwich Connecticut Inc

To empower women and girls and promote inclusion and dignity for all in our community. through leadership, innovative programs, services and educational opportunities, ywca greenwich is a driving force for a healthier, safer and more…

Human Services
10
Asylee Women Enterprise Inc

Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE), journeys with asylum seekers and other forced migrants as they navigate the immigration legal process, begin to heal from past trauma, and rebuild their lives in Baltimore.

International
11
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc

Worker Justice Center of New York, Inc. (WJCNY) pusues juistice for those denied hian rights, with a focus on agricultural and other low-wage workers, through legal representation, community empowerment and advocacy for institutional…

Crime & Legal
12
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Justice Mission; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 44 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $661,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATIO…+1 more: $100 · HealthVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $395,200 · InternationalVILLAGE HEALTH WORKSHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $15,250 · International+3 more: $1,750 · InternationalIndividual grant recipient: $202,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRINITY CHURCH: $150,000 · OtherTRINITY CHURCH+25 more: $60,200 · Other+25 moreStone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri: $229,270 · Arts & CultureStone Barns Re…The New York City Leadership Center Inc: $27,500 · EducationCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationReady For Reading Inc: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,500 · EducationTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentWHOLESOME WAVE INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentLAKE WARAMAUG TASK FORCE INC: $500 · EnvironmentEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Health$661,100International$412,200Other$412,700Arts & Culture$229,270Education$59,000Environment$9,500Civil Rights$5,000

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 budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $661,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $395,200 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetStone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri: $229,270 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe New York City Leadership Center Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $15,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReady For Reading Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLESOME WAVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Rescue Mission Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE WARAMAUG TASK FORCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStill Harbor Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN NEW YORK SECTION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S HOME CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON COMMUNITY FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $100 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Fairfield County's Co…National Philanthropi…ImpactassetsincThe Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…Jewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY19.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Impactassetsinc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 William and Lesley King Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Lesley King Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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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How do I get to William and Lesley King Foundation?

Find your warmest path to William and Lesley King 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 44 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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