How much does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc give?

Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc reported 56 grants totaling $421,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.

Who are Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cape Cod Community College ($100k), Homeless Prevention Council Inc ($65k), Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc ($35k).

Does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

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Massachusetts · Private foundation

Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$421k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 56
Grants FY2025: 1
Organizations funded FY2024: 100%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $7,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $25,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 28; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $12M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $328k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	55	$421k	84%
FY2024	1	$328k	100%
FY2023	28	$296k	86%
FY2022	28	$472k	68%
FY2021	26	$566k	92%
FY2020	26	$204k	n/a

95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$692kArts & Culture$249kEducation$202kHuman Services$162kHousing & Shelter$161kEnvironment$102kYouth Development$100kFood & Nutrition$47kOther$0

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
Cape Cod Community College	$100,000	2	n/a
Homeless Prevention Council Inc	$65,000	3	2%
Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc	$35,000	2	1%
Belonging to Each Other Inc	$30,000	1	9%
Hyannis Public Library	$25,000	1	1%
Pause a While Inc	$25,000	1	65%
Falmouth Housing Trust	$25,000	2	3%
Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc	$25,000	2	1%
Outer Cape Health Services Inc	$25,000	1	0%
National Marine Life Center Inc	$20,000	2	2%

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All grantees of Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Cape Cod Community College	$100,000	2	n/a
Homeless Prevention Council Inc	$65,000	3	2%
Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc	$35,000	2	1%
Belonging to Each Other Inc	$30,000	1	9%
Hyannis Public Library	$25,000	1	1%
Pause a While Inc	$25,000	1	65%
Falmouth Housing Trust	$25,000	2	3%
Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc	$25,000	2	1%
Outer Cape Health Services Inc	$25,000	1	0%
National Marine Life Center Inc	$20,000	2	2%
Harbor Health Services Inc	$17,500	1	0%
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc	$17,500	2	0%
Cape Cod Council of Churches Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Health Imperatives Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Friends of Bass River Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Cape Cod Times Neighbors Fund Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Truro Community Kitchen Inc	$15,000	2	8%
Provincetown Art Association and Museum Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Farming Falmouth Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc	$14,000	2	1%
South Shore Community Action Council Inc	$13,084	1	0%
Lower Cape Cod Community Develop- Ment Corporation	$12,500	1	0%
Cape Cod Tech Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Sharing Kindness Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Yarmouth New Church Preservation Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Brewster Historical Society Inc	$10,000	1	7%
Cape Abilities Inc	$10,000	1	0%
The Samaritans on Cape Cod	$10,000	1	1%
Provincetown Commons Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Center for Coastal Studies Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Orleans Historical Society Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Community Systems Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Boys Town New England Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Massachusetts Oyster Project Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Reach Out and Read Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Heroes in Transition Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Catholic Social Services Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Cape Wellness Collaborative Inc	$10,000	1	2%
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod	$10,000	1	1%
Lower Cape Communications Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Colorful Kidz Inc	$10,000	1	24%
Mass Appeal	$10,000	2	9%
Cape Cod Village Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Children's Discovery Museum of Cape Cod Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The College Light Opera Company Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Philanthropy Partners of Cape and Islands Inc	$10,000	2	9%
Outermost Performing Arts Center Inc	$10,000	2	n/a
AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Sail Cape Cod Inc	$9,805	1	7%
Penikese Island School Inc	$9,800	1	6%
Cape Cod Literacy Council Inc	$9,412	1	11%
Homeless Not Hopeless Inc	$8,670	1	3%
Cultural Center of Cape Cod	$7,500	1	1%
Eastham Historical Society	$7,500	1	n/a
Historical Society of Old Yarmouth Inc	$7,500	1	6%
Latham Centers Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Provincetown Jazz Festival Inc	$6,650	3	5%
Beyond The Bounds Inc	$5,000	1	7%
Friends of Bourne Council on Aging	$5,000	1	1%
Narrowland Music	$5,000	1	n/a
Marstons Mills Historical Society Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Moving Forward Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Cape Cod Toy Library Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Fitmoney Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Falmouth Volunteers in Public Schools Inc	$5,000	1	3%
20 Summers Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children	$5,000	1	0%
The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc	$5,000	1	0%
The Provincetown Theater Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Neighborhood Falmouth Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Wild Careinc	$5,000	1	n/a
Hockey Shot Inc	$5,000	1	12%
Sight Loss Services Inc	$5,000	1	6%
The Chatham Orpheum Theater Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Orleans Conservation Trust	$5,000	1	0%
Hopeful Outreach of Cape Cod Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Cape Cod Christian Academy Inc	$4,000	1	1%
Cape Cod Speaker Series Inc	$3,000	1	3%
Second Summer Cycle Inc	$3,000	1	2%
Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Inc	$2,500	1	1%
Bourne Community Boating Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Real Eyes Truth Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Cape Cod Maritime Museuminc	$2,500	1	n/a
Buzzards Bay Coalition	$2,500	1	n/a
Native Land Conservancy Inc	$2,000	1	n/a
Calmer Choice Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Falmouth Service Center Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Jr Tech Inc	$2,000	1	4%
Falmouth Bike Lab	$2,000	1	n/a
Chatham Historical Society Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Harwich Fire Association Inc	$1,000	1	0%
The Makayla Fund Inc	$1,000	1	4%
Movement Alchemy Inc	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 77.

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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.

Cape Cod Foundation IncMA134.9× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Lyndon Paul Lorusso Charitable Foundatio · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Cape & Coast Bank Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cape Cod Healthcare Inc & Affiliates · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Seamens Long Point Charitable Foundation Inc · Cape and Islands United Way Inc · Palmer and Jane D Davenport 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 Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc

How much does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc give?: Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc reported 56 grants totaling $421,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Arts & Culture (11%), Education (9%).
Who are Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cape Cod Community College ($100k), Homeless Prevention Council Inc ($65k), Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc ($35k).
Does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust.
Where is Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc based?: Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc is based in MA.