· Private foundation
John and Ilene Kennedy 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF ALABAMA | $12,000 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| ADVENT EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| HORSESHOE FARM CHARITABLE | $5,000 |
| THE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY | $3,000 |
| CITY YEAR INC CHARITABLE | $2,500 |
| POINT WASHINGTON MEDICAL CLINIC INC | $2,500 |
| CHRIST THE KING EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $2,000 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST | $2,000 |
| FOOD FOR THOUGHT CHARITABLE | $2,000 |
| GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $2,000 |
| EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +124%- TBTHE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS5× · 2017–2021 · $17k · revenue +141%
CITY YEAR INC5× · 2017–2021 · $13k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- KFKENNEDY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2022 · $64k · revenue -90%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +21%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
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How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds KENNEDY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds THE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THOUGHT OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ↗
- Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
- Who funds Point Washington Medical Clinic Inc ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds CITIZEN SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds Yellowhammer Fund ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Ilene Kennedy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Ilene Kennedy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
- Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
How this is measured
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