New York · Private foundation
Edythe Kenner 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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Edythe Kenner Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $811k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 50% of the organizations Edythe Kenner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 2 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for the Aged Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| American Songbook Association Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Performance Zone Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| James Lenox House Association Inc | $2,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Carnegie East House Housing Development Fund Company Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edythe Kenner 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Edythe Kenner Foundation
- How much does Edythe Kenner Foundation give?
- Edythe Kenner Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Edythe Kenner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (99%), Arts & Culture (0%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Edythe Kenner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2020: Fund for the Aged Inc ($4k), American Songbook Association Inc ($3k), The Performance Zone Inc ($3k).
- Does Edythe Kenner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edythe Kenner 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 Edythe Kenner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Edythe Kenner Foundation based?
- Edythe Kenner Foundation is based in NY.
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