California · Private foundation
Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 7 | $31k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $12k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $13k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $19k | 90% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springtime of Faith Foundation | $34,549 | 7 | 100% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Diocese of Oakland Ca Department of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Homes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Perpetua Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $2,200 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springtime of Faith Foundation | $34,549 | 7 | 100% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Diocese of Oakland Ca Department of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Homes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Perpetua Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $2,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic World Mission Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Rose of Lima | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation
- How much does Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation give?
- Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $30,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Religion (9%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Springtime of Faith Foundation ($35k), Samaritan's Purse ($15k), Eternal Word Television Network Inc ($12k).
- Does Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable 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 Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation based?
- Dennis & Karen O'Keefe Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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