Illinois · Private foundation
Brian M and Erin T Kelly 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.
- $272k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $272k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $222k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $178k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $289k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $261k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $172k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $188k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $156k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augustine Institute Inc | $545,426 | 8 | 1% |
| The Vine Foundation | $230,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Church of Holy Apostles | $212,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Real Life Catholic | $160,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy | $110,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wyoming Catholic College | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Annunciation Heights | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Marian Central Catholic High School | $20,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miles Christi | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augustine Institute Inc | $545,426 | 8 | 1% |
| The Vine Foundation | $230,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Church of Holy Apostles | $212,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Real Life Catholic | $160,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy | $110,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wyoming Catholic College | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Annunciation Heights | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Marian Central Catholic High School | $20,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miles Christi | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
| His Way at Work | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Capuchin Franciscan Mission Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McHenry County Catholic Prayer Breakfast | $5,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Madonna Renewal Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| My Catholic Doctor Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Family Institute | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Casa of McHenry County Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Paradisus Dei Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 40 Days for Life | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation with peer funders
About Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation
- How much does Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation give?
- Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $272,279 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (82%), Education (7%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Augustine Institute Inc ($545k), The Vine Foundation ($230k), Church of Holy Apostles ($212k).
- Does Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catholic Foundation No Colorado, Verizon Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation based?
- Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation is based in IL.
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