New York · Private foundation
James Keene Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $579k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,101
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $260,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations James Keene Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $579k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $335k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $451k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $360k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $271k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $281k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $328k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad of Washington Heights Inc | $995,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Chabad of Sunset Strip | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc | $104,913 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Inc | $41,380 | 5 | n/a |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad of Prospect Heights Inc | $11,520 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohel Nosson | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Avner Institute Inc | $5,750 | 2 | 3% |
| Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights | $2,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Yad Ezra | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad of Washington Heights Inc | $995,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Chabad of Sunset Strip | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc | $104,913 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Inc | $41,380 | 5 | n/a |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad of Prospect Heights Inc | $11,520 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohel Nosson | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Avner Institute Inc | $5,750 | 2 | 3% |
| Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights | $2,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Yad Ezra | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lubavitch Youth Organization | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education and Affilliates | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Hamilton Heights Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| West Side Hatzoloh | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Shavei Hevron Institutions Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Maimon and Ruth Kirschenbaum Foundation Inc · The Ojc Fund · Maon Noam Inc · Saul Schottenstein Foundation C · Nash Charity Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Fjc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About James Keene Foundation
- How much does James Keene Foundation give?
- James Keene Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $579,295 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James Keene Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (100%), Human Services (0%), Food & Nutrition (0%).
- Who are James Keene Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chabad of Washington Heights Inc ($996k), Chabad of Sunset Strip ($260k), Chabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc ($105k).
- Does James Keene Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James Keene 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 James Keene Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Maimon and Ruth Kirschenbaum Foundation Inc, The Ojc Fund.
- Where is James Keene Foundation based?
- James Keene Foundation is based in NY.
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