Delaware · Nonprofit
KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION
KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION (Delaware) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,580,445 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($1,060,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Kind to Kids Foundation does
Mission
Kind to Kids Foundation provides life-changing education and essential support services to children and youth in foster care during some of the most difficult times in their lives. Through our signature programs--including ugrad academy, lifeskills, and my blue duffel--we offer trauma-informed academic advocacy, emergency resources, and consistent, caring relationships that help children heal, grow, and succeed in school and beyond. Based in delaware, kind to kids serves children from kindergarten through college with compassion, dignity, and proven results. We are committed to becoming a statewide and national leader in foster care education and support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programsKind to Kids Foundation delivers transformative educational programs for children and youth in foster care, low-income households, and other high-risk situations. Our signature services--ugrad academy and lifeskills--provide individualized academic support, real-world skill-building, and caring guidance to help students overcome significant challenges and thrive in school and beyond.ugrad academyugrad academy is a comprehensive educational case management program that supports foster children and youth from kindergarten through college. The program helps students improve academic achievement, advance to the next grade level, graduate from high school, and successfully transition to college, trade school, or career. Each student receives one-on-one support through school visits, advocacy, tutoring coordination, and planning for life after high school.a cornell university research study found that ugrad academy achieves a 97% high school graduation rate--one of the highest in the nation for foster youth--compared to 53% in delaware and 56% nationally (kidscountde, 2024). Ugrad academy is the only program of its kind in delaware designed to walk alongside youth…
$761,786 spent96% of program spendingHelp-a-kid programsKind to Kids Foundation provides trauma-informed support services to children and youth in foster care across delaware through its help-a-kid programs. These services reach over 600 children annually, addressing urgent needs and creating moments of comfort, dignity, and care during times of crisis. Programs include:my blue duffelthe my blue duffel program provides emergency care kits to children entering foster care due to abuse, neglect, or other traumatic experiences. Each duffel includes a teddy bear, fleece blanket, cozy socks, therapeutic book, journal, coloring book and crayons, writing supplies, and toiletries--items selected to bring comfort and compassion to a child in crisis. These duffels are distributed in partnership with division of family services (dfs) social workers and first responders, ensuring delaware's most vulnerable children are supported during a difficult transition. Over 500 children receive a my blue duffel each year.holiday and birthday kindnessholidays and birthdays can be especially difficult for children separated from their families. This program ensures that children in foster care feel remembered and celebrated during these…
$30,961 spent4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $792,747.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $1.9M (+76%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Paula Swain
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $49k → $842k.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 48% · 2019 29% · 2020 60% · 2021 21% · 2022 28% · 2023 71% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $487k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- GRANTS IN AID$1.3M
- FED GRANT SUB RECIPIENT$1.0M
- OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE$254k
- STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES$200k
- PURCHASED FOSTER CARE$200k
- INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES$15k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION?
- KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION (Delaware) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,580,445 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($1,060,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,580,445 in grants to KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION?
- LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,060,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIND TO KIDS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing