New York · Private foundation
Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,540
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $78k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $115k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $86k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $53,748 | 6 | n/a |
| Beth El Synagogue of New Rochelle Center | $38,677 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $25,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | $12,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Zamir Choral Foundation Inc | $6,400 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Advocacy Inc | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $53,748 | 6 | n/a |
| Beth El Synagogue of New Rochelle Center | $38,677 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $25,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | $12,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Zamir Choral Foundation Inc | $6,400 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Advocacy Inc | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Childrens Academy | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty Science Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dana and Joseph Kekst Family 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
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About Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation
- How much does Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation give?
- Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $63,580 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (16%).
- Who are Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association ($95k), The Jewish Museum ($55k), Park Avenue Synagogue Inc ($54k).
- Does Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dana and Joseph Kekst Family 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 Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation based?
- Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation is based in NY.
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