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Charles F Kettering 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.

$350k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
5
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2020
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$469M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$275kEducation$275kCivil Rights$25k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Howard University$250,00010%
National Issues Forums Institute$225,000150%
Ohio Democracy Project$25,0001n/a
Equality Ohio Education Fund$25,00011%
Ohio Voice$25,00011%
Campus Compact$25,00010%

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About Charles F Kettering Foundation

How much does Charles F Kettering Foundation give?
Charles F Kettering Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $350,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Charles F Kettering Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (48%), Education (48%), Civil Rights (4%).
Who are Charles F Kettering Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Howard University ($250k), National Issues Forums Institute ($225k), Ohio Democracy Project ($25k).
Does Charles F Kettering 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.
Where is Charles F Kettering Foundation based?
Charles F Kettering Foundation is based in OH.

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 6 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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