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Jerry and Judy Kent Family 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 30
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving31$1.5M32%
FY202330$1.2M40%
FY202227$977k33%
FY202122$1.4M59%
FY202024$1.0Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.1MArts & Culture$974kCommunity Improvement$740kAnimals$565kHuman Services$525kInternational$379kHealth$269kYouth Development$205kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CA
CO
MO
TN
SC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Magic House$692,60053%
St Louis University$600,00020%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association$565,00051%
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation$475,00045%
Water Missions International$360,00050%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc$200,00040%
Dream Builders 4 Equity$155,000124%
Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation$150,00030%
Town and Country Historical Society$125,0001n/a
The College School Association$125,00012%
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All grantees of Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Magic House$692,60053%
St Louis University$600,00020%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association$565,00051%
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation$475,00045%
Water Missions International$360,00050%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc$200,00040%
Dream Builders 4 Equity$155,000124%
Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation$150,00030%
Town and Country Historical Society$125,0001n/a
The College School Association$125,00012%
Greater St Louis Inc Foundation$100,00021%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$89,00040%
Easter Seals Midwest$50,00010%
Incarnate Word Catholic Church$35,8862n/a
Great Circle$35,00010%
A Bed 4 Me Foundation Inc$25,00045%
Access Academies$25,00011%
Whitfield School Inc$25,00010%
Washington University$17,50040%
Kids Win Missouri$16,80021%
Bishop Dubourg High School$15,0003n/a
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis$15,00010%
Fathers Support Center St Louis$15,00030%
Covenant House Missouri$14,00030%
St Louis Crisis Nursery$10,00020%
Tabernacle Community Development Corporation$10,00011%
St Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness$10,00021%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10,00020%
The Cable Center$10,00010%
St Louis Police Foundation$10,00010%
March of Dimes Inc$10,00010%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$7,50020%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$6,50020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,00010%
The Women's Safe House$6,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas$5,00010%
You Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc$5,00010%
Breakthrough T1d$5,00010%
Duo Dogs Inc$5,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Bergen Family Center$5,00010%
Good Shepherd Children & Family Services$5,00010%
The Rooted Sisters$5,00012%
Rural Parish Clinic$5,00011%
The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation$5,00011%
Alight$3,40010%
Dwight-Englewood School$3,00030%
St Louis Area Diaper Bank$2,00010%
New Jersey Scholars Program Inc$1,00011%
Mightiest Mamas Inc$1,0001n/a
My Brother Rocks the Spectrum Foundation$1,0001n/a
Sweet Babies$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Magic House: $692,600 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetSt Louis University: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Louis Zoo Association: $565,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetEntrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation: $475,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetWater Missions International: $360,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDream Builders 4 Equity: $155,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCardinal Glennon Children's Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe College School Association: $125,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGreater St Louis Inc Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $89,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEaster Seals Midwest: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Circle: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Bed 4 Me Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetAccess Academies: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWhitfield School Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWashington University: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKids Win Missouri: $16,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFathers Support Center St Louis: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCovenant House Missouri: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Crisis Nursery: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTabernacle Community Development Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cable Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of the College of the Holy Cross: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Safe House: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYou Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDuo Dogs Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBergen Family Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGood Shepherd Children & Family Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rooted Sisters: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRural Parish Clinic: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAlight: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDwight-Englewood School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Area Diaper Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Jersey Scholars Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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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 49.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO37.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Centene Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Berges Family Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable

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 Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation

How much does Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation give?
Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $1,524,286 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (16%), Community Improvement (12%).
Who are Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Magic House ($693k), St Louis University ($600k), The Saint Louis Zoo Association ($565k).
Does Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jerry and Judy Kent Family 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 Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc.
Where is Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation based?
Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation is based in MO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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