Illinois · Private foundation
Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $173k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,157
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $48,529
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | $173k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $81k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $106k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $212k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shoulders Fund | $233,679 | 4 | 0% |
| Noblesville Schools Education Foundation Inc | $50,292 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $30,157 | 3 | 0% |
| Iroquois Memorial Hospital & Resident Home | $26,168 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Xavier University | $25,157 | 3 | 0% |
| St Matthias School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leo High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shoulders Fund | $233,679 | 4 | 0% |
| Noblesville Schools Education Foundation Inc | $50,292 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $30,157 | 3 | 0% |
| Iroquois Memorial Hospital & Resident Home | $26,168 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Xavier University | $25,157 | 3 | 0% |
| St Matthias School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leo High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Central Foundation | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Almost Home Kids | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joliet Catholic Academy | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| 4 Paws for Ability Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald P and Byrd M 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 Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation with peer funders
About Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation
- How much does Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation give?
- Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $172,731 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Human Services (2%), Health (2%).
- Who are Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Big Shoulders Fund ($234k), Noblesville Schools Education Foundation Inc ($50k), Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc ($50k).
- Does Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation based?
- Donald P and Byrd M Kelly Foundation is based in IL.
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