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Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$338k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$102,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$4.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’23
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$288k17%
FY20236$36k33%
FY202211$417k27%
FY202118$272k28%
FY202017$304k29%
FY201839$307k90%
FY201720$250kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$651kHealth$537kArts & Culture$193kEnvironment$167kInternational$86kReligion$84kCivil Rights$75kRecreation & Sports$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
MD
TN
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$115,00050%
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc$60,00020%
Palm Beach Opera Inc$60,00030%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$55,00040%
The Benjamin Private School Inc$51,00020%
Washington & Jefferson College$50,00010%
The George Washington University$50,00010%
Diocese of Palm Beach$37,5005n/a
Friends of Manatee Lagoon Inc$35,000213%
St Paul of the Cross Parish$30,0003n/a
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All grantees of Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$115,00050%
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc$60,00020%
Palm Beach Opera Inc$60,00030%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$55,00040%
The Benjamin Private School Inc$51,00020%
Washington & Jefferson College$50,00010%
The George Washington University$50,00010%
Diocese of Palm Beach$37,5005n/a
Friends of Manatee Lagoon Inc$35,000213%
St Paul of the Cross Parish$30,0003n/a
Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope Inc$28,25022%
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc$21,00050%
Hanley Foundation$20,00040%
Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts Inc$15,00022%
Quantum House Inc$10,00010%
International Society of Palm$10,00021%
Ballet Palm Beach Inc$10,00012%
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Inc$5,00010%
Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc$5,00010%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$5,00010%
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Inc$4,00020%
Max Planck Florida Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Vinceremos Riding Center Inc$3,0001n/a
Palm Beach County Bar Association Inc$2,50010%
University of Washington$2,5001n/a
Heckscher Museum$2,50010%
Alzheimer's Community Care Inc$2,5001n/a
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$2,50010%
Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper Inc$2,00010%
Stop Children's Cancer Inc$1,50010%
Palm Beach Island Cats Inc$1,50011%
Hanley Center Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Community Foundation Inc$1,1001n/a
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$1,10010%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Ballenisles Charities Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Kappa Delta Foundation Incorporated$1,00010%
Kijana Educational Empowerment Initiative Inc$50012%
Tri County Humane Society$50010%
Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller$2501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach Opera Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Benjamin Private School Inc: $51,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWashington & Jefferson College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Manatee Lagoon Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetCancer Alliance of Help and Hope Inc: $28,250 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHanley Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBenzaiten Center for Creative Arts Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetQuantum House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Society of Palm: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBallet Palm Beach Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach Dramaworks Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Scouts of Southeast Florida Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMax Planck Florida Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach County Bar Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeckscher Museum: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStop Children's Cancer Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPalm Beach Island Cats Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHanley Center Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBallenisles Charities Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKappa Delta Foundation Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKijana Educational Empowerment Initiative Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTri County Humane Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Errol N Harding and Gerald Clavet Private Foundation · The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Sherman N and Rita F Siegel Foundation · Jm Rubin Foundation Inc · Children's Healthcare Charity Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation

How much does Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation give?
Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $338,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (28%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Heart Association Inc ($115k), Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ($60k), Palm Beach Opera Inc ($60k).
Does Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, Errol N Harding and Gerald Clavet Private Foundation, The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation.
Where is Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation based?
Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable Foundation is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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