New York · Private foundation
John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,202,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $32M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21 | $2.7M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $821k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $1.8M | 62% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $660k | 72% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $176k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $712k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stony Brook School | $2,659,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Long Island University | $985,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Raynor Country Day School | $600,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Family Service League Inc | $305,000 | 5 | 0% |
| East End Hospice Inc | $192,500 | 6 | 0% |
| City on a Hill Community Church Inc | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moriches Bay Historical Society | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Beginnings Community Center Inc | $28,600 | 6 | 4% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bridge to a Cure Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation
- How much does John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation give?
- John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $2,655,750 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (54%), Health (33%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Stony Brook School ($2.7M), Long Island University ($985k), Raynor Country Day School ($600k).
- Does John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Elaine Kanas 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 John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Knapp-Swezey Foundation Inc, The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation based?
- John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation is based in NY.
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