South Carolina · Private foundation
Edward & Dorothy Kendall 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.
- $218k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $105,911
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% 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 | 12 | $218k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $195k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $252k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $222k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $227k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $214k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edisto Island Open Land Trust | $607,528 | 6 | 10% |
| Congaree Land Trust | $274,124 | 3 | 11% |
| Broad River Arts Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Sc Habitat for Humanity | $14,258 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Davis & Elkins College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Francis Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Candyman Homeless Outreach | $8,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Red Door Community Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edisto Island Open Land Trust | $607,528 | 6 | 10% |
| Congaree Land Trust | $274,124 | 3 | 11% |
| Broad River Arts Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Sc Habitat for Humanity | $14,258 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Davis & Elkins College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Francis Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Candyman Homeless Outreach | $8,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Red Door Community Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeless No More Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia Film Society | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Word Ministries of Russia | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Palmetto Opera | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($344k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward & Dorothy Kendall 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
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About Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation
- How much does Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation give?
- Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $217,911 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (66%), Arts & Culture (10%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Edisto Island Open Land Trust ($608k), Congaree Land Trust ($274k), Broad River Arts Center Inc ($20k).
- Does Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward & Dorothy Kendall 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 Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation based?
- Edward & Dorothy Kendall Foundation is based in SC.
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