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John G Kennedy Foundation Inc

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.

$119k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
66
Grants FY2025
43
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,500
Organizations funded a year
36 to 50
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations John G Kennedy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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
FY2025still arriving56$119k70%
FY202443$95k26%
FY202337$107k19%
FY202236$121k22%
FY202141$111k20%
FY202043$98k16%
FY201944$113k39%
FY201850$119k38%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$263kArts & Culture$180kHealth$126kEducation$119kEnvironment$94kInternational$46kRecreation & Sports$45kYouth Development$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of John G Kennedy Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hospice Savannah Inc$100,32580%
One Hundred Miles Inc$53,96091%
Telfair Museum of Art Inc$31,54480%
Historic Savannah Foundation Inc$29,00071%
Savannah Country Day School Inc$28,10080%
Congaree Foundation$26,00070%
St John's School$16,50060%
Savannah Music Festivalinc$15,50060%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$14,00440%
Union Mission Inc$14,00080%
Deep Center Incorporated$12,09190%
Trustees' Garden Club Inc$11,00032%
Menil Foundation Inc$9,00030%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$8,50050%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$8,10020%
Unique Projects Inc$7,50021%
Wayne and Alicia Gregory Family Foundation Fka River Oaks Foundation$7,50041%
Equal Justice Initiative$6,00030%
Keepers of Historic Green-Meldrim House Inc$6,00021%
The Women's Board of Bethesda Inc$4,75062%
Every Mother Counts$3,50010%
Onegoal$3,50020%
Savannah Tree Foundation Inc$3,50051%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,11020%
Hope Media Group$3,00020%
Family Legacy Missions International$3,00010%
450 Bull Street Foundation Inc$2,50010%
River Oaks Foundation$2,5001n/a
N Street Village Inc$2,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,25030%
24 Foundation Inc$2,00040%
The Old Savannah City Mission Inc$2,00020%
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ga$2,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,00010%
South Carolina Waterfowl Association$2,00020%
Senior Citizens Inc$1,96540%
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence$1,75010%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$1,50010%
Morris Museum of Art$1,50010%
St Paul's School$1,15750%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$1,00010%
Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation$1,00011%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,00010%
Washington and Lee University$1,00010%
Food Bank for New York City$1,00010%
The Savannah Book Festival Inc$1,00020%
The Aquila Music Foundation$1,0001n/a
The Brookwood Community Inc$1,00010%
Savannah Bicycle Campaign Inc$1,0001n/a
John and Matthew Gaudreau Foundation$1,00010%
Star of Hope Mission$1,00010%
The Generals Redoubt$1,0001n/a
Savannah Philharmonic Corporation$1,00010%
Ogeechee Riverkeeper Inc$74220%
Grey Matters Project Inc$51510%
Savannah Children's Choir Inc$50010%
Brother Charlies Rescue Center Inc$50010%
Red Mountain Park Foundation$50010%
Families First Inc$50010%
Edna Lewis Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Center for Sustainable Coast$5001n/a
Georgia Legal Services Program Inc$50010%
The Savannah Benevolent Association$50011%
Forsyth Farmers Market Inc$30010%
Coastal Children's Advocacy Center Inc$25010%
Amigos de las Americas$25010%
Tanzania Education Fund Inc$25010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25010%
Elevate Savannah$25010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15010%
City Parks Foundation Inc$1401n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 94 recipients with no EIN on record ($496k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John G Kennedy Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHospice Savannah Inc: $100,325 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOne Hundred Miles Inc: $53,960 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTelfair Museum of Art Inc: $31,544 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Savannah Foundation Inc: $29,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSavannah Country Day School Inc: $28,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCongaree Foundation: $26,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSt John's School: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah Music Festivalinc: $15,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $14,004 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Mission Inc: $14,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDeep Center Incorporated: $12,091 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees' Garden Club Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $8,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnique Projects Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWayne and Alicia Gregory Family Foundation Fka River Oaks Foundation: $7,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKeepers of Historic Green-Meldrim House Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Women's Board of Bethesda Inc: $4,750 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetEvery Mother Counts: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOnegoal: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah Tree Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Media Group: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget450 Bull Street Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetN Street Village Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budget24 Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Old Savannah City Mission Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ga: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Waterfowl Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSenior Citizens Inc: $1,965 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorris Museum of Art: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul's School: $1,157 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArtcouncil Inc Dba Artadia: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLive Oak Public Libraries Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Savannah Book Festival Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn and Matthew Gaudreau Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStar of Hope Mission: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 64.

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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.

The Savannah Community Foundation IncGA48.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Hodge Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · The Adler Family Foundation Inc · Mary Lane Morrison Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · Jolly Foundation Inc · Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation · The Brenneman Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Rosalie S Morris Foundation

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 John G Kennedy Foundation Inc

How much does John G Kennedy Foundation Inc give?
John G Kennedy Foundation Inc reported 66 grants totaling $118,904 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John G Kennedy Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (13%).
Who are John G Kennedy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hospice Savannah Inc ($100k), One Hundred Miles Inc ($54k), Telfair Museum of Art Inc ($32k).
Does John G Kennedy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John G Kennedy Foundation Inc 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 G Kennedy Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Savannah Community Foundation Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Hodge Foundation Inc.
Where is John G Kennedy Foundation Inc based?
John G Kennedy Foundation Inc is based in GA.

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 166 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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