Grants for kidney disease organizations

36 kidney disease nonprofits received at least $5.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 156 grants made from 120 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $500. Of these 120 foundations, 92% made just a single grant to kidney disease orgs, and 5% made grants to four or more kidney disease orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$5,354,828
Total grant dollars given to kidney disease organizations
156
Number of grants made annually to kidney disease organizations
120
Number of grantmakers funding kidney disease organizations
$500
Median grant size to kidney disease organizations

Foundations that support kidney disease nonprofits

Out of all grants made to kidney disease organizations, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to kidney disease orgs. Foundations funding kidney disease orgs also made grants to food banks, animal shelters, multiservice human service organizations, colleges, and cancer organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation sizeNumber of grantmakers
Small
 
93
Medium
 
11
Large
 
16
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation typeNumber of grantmakers
Community
 
2
Private
 
88
Corporate
 
18
Other
 
12

Grants made

Grants made to kidney disease orgsNumber of grantmakers
1
 
111
2-3
 
3
4-10
 
5
11+
 
1

Top 10 foundations supporting kidney disease nonprofits

GrantmakerStateGeographic focusPercent of grant dollars to kidney disease orgsNumber of grants made to kidney disease orgsMedian grant size
Westrock FoundationGANational0.0%12$10
BaxterILNational0.0%7$100
JP Morgan Chase FoundationNYNational0.0%6$203
Seattle FoundationWAState0.0%4$1,000
Baird FoundationWINational0.1%4$491
Abbvie FoundationILNational0.0%4$325
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)TNMetro0.0%3$250
Carmax FoundationVANational0.0%3$500
Shell Oil Company FoundationTXNational0.0%2$1,788
Dialysis ClinicTNNational32.9%1$5,187,651

Kidney disease nonprofits grantees

Kidney disease organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 75% of all kidney disease orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grantNumber of grants
<$10k
 
155
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
1

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenueMedian grant size
<$100k
 
n/a
$100k-$500k
 
n/a
$500k-$1M
 
n/a
$1M-$5M
 
n/a
>$5M
 
n/a

Grantee states

State of granteeNumber of grants
New York
 
63
Maryland
 
45
Tennessee
 
6
Washington
 
5
Other
 
37

Grantee metros

Metro area of granteeNumber of grants
New York City
 
63
Washington DC
 
45
Seattle
 
5
Nashville
 
5
Other
 
38

Top 25 grants made to kidney disease organizations

GranteeGrant sizePurposeGrantmaker
American Kidney Fund (AKF)$5,187,651Donation for General SupportDialysis Clinic
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$5,000Gift of Life GalaMethodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$5,000Operational SupportUniversity of Louisville Hospital
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$5,000Funding To Support National Health OrganizationDelta Dental of Colorado / Colorado Dental Service Inc
Kidney and Urology Foundation of America$5,000Medical ResearchThe Feil Family Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Mi$5,000GeneralCedar Street Charitable Foundation
American Kidney Fund (AKF)$5,000General OperationsKissinger Family Foundation
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$5,000Program SupportVeterans United Foundation
Alabama Kidney Foundation$5,000Operating SupportCrampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee
Bridge of Life$5,000UnrestrictedGale Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona$5,000Camp Program for Children With Kidney DiseaseDr. Scholl Foundation
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$5,000Educational MaterialsThe Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
Living Kidney Donors Network$5,000Support General OperationsDaniel R and Karen Kales Lee Family Foundation
Tennessee Kidney Foundation$5,000NaTrustmark Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Florida$4,042General OperatingCole M Chester Ta
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$4,000General ContributionShethar Foundation Incorporated
National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana$3,300Social ServicesMystic Krewe for the Preservation of Lagniappe in Louisiana
American Kidney Fund (AKF)$3,176MGShell Oil Company Foundation
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$3,100Medical ResearchThe Joseph and Bernice Tanenbaum Foundation
American Kidney Fund (AKF)$3,000To Support Financial-Assistance Programs for Dialysis and Transplant Patients.The Phase Foundation
American Kidney Fund (AKF)$3,000Operating ExpensesThe BGR Foundation
Mississippi Kidney Foundation$3,000General FundElmer and Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust
American Kidney Fund (AKF)$2,500General Charitable PurposeThe Carroll and Percy Klingenstein Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Florida$2,500Contribution To Assist Organization To Accomplish Their Exempt Purpose.Schmid Foundation
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)$2,500Unrestricted Grant To Further the Donee's Exempt Purpose.Pat Covelli Foundation
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Kidney disease organizations" category for this page is determined by the "G44: Kidney Disease" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.