California · Private foundation
Dscw Kennedy 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $475,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Dscw Kennedy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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 | 8 | $603k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $723k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.2M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles | $1,101,695 | 3 | 14% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Bird Rescue | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colorado Horse Rescue | $100,000 | 3 | 2% |
| SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates | $50,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Horse Haven of Tennessee Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Reins of Hope | $40,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Jackson Hole Therapeutic Riding | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pawparent Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles | $1,101,695 | 3 | 14% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Bird Rescue | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colorado Horse Rescue | $100,000 | 3 | 2% |
| SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates | $50,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Horse Haven of Tennessee Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Reins of Hope | $40,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Jackson Hole Therapeutic Riding | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pawparent Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Cloud Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Catalina Island Humane Society Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 15% |
| The Gentle Barn Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Haven | $15,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Freedom Ride Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($829k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dscw Kennedy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Greater Good Charities · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dscw Kennedy Foundation
- How much does Dscw Kennedy Foundation give?
- Dscw Kennedy Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $1,077,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Dscw Kennedy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (96%), Health (3%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Dscw Kennedy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles ($1.1M), The Wild Animal Sanctuary ($175k), International Bird Rescue ($100k).
- Does Dscw Kennedy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dscw Kennedy 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 Dscw Kennedy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Good Charities, Network for Good, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Dscw Kennedy Foundation based?
- Dscw Kennedy Foundation is based in CA.
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