North Carolina · Private foundation
David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc
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.
- $414k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 18 | $379k | 28% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $271k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $224k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $262k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $265k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $239k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $196k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $285k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $217,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $216,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $202,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $166,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $162,500 | 8 | n/a |
| The Anti-Fraud Coalition | $160,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $145,025 | 7 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $127,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $97,500 | 7 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($270k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc 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 David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc
- How much does David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc give?
- David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $413,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (31%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%).
- Who are David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($218k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($217k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($203k).
- Does David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc 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 David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc based?
- David and Terri Kester Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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