Maryland · Private foundation
Henry B and Jessie W Keiser 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 19 | $135k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $126k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $135k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $140k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $127k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $130k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $127k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $125k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $505,000 | 9 | 23% |
| National Gallery of Art | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Round House Theatre Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The National Presbyterian Church Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Hiram College | $43,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bethesda Community School Inc | $26,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Sar Foundation Inc | $21,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Inscape Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 5% |
| North Carolina Outward Bound School | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chi Psi Educational Trust Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $505,000 | 9 | 23% |
| National Gallery of Art | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Round House Theatre Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The National Presbyterian Church Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Hiram College | $43,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bethesda Community School Inc | $26,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Sar Foundation Inc | $21,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Inscape Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 5% |
| North Carolina Outward Bound School | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chi Psi Educational Trust Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Macarthur Beach State Park Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale of Montgomery County Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethesda Fire Department Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gateway for Cancer Research | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Walt Whitman Music Boosters Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakeshore Legal Aid | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Silver Spring United Methodist Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Community Resources | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethesda Historical Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National String Symphonia | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henry B and Jessie W Keiser 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.
Open a dossier: Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation
- How much does Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation give?
- Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $135,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (15%).
- Who are Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($505k), National Gallery of Art ($80k), Round House Theatre Inc ($65k).
- Does Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry B and Jessie W Keiser 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 Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation based?
- Henry B and Jessie W Keiser Foundation is based in MD.
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