Vermont · Private foundation
Kane Family Foundation
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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1000k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Kane Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 44 | $41k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $41k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $64k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $57k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $38k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $36k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $36k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $33k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americares Foundation Inc | $29,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Wyoming Outdoor Council | $25,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Chelsea's Fund | $16,000 | 6 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $10,950 | 4 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 63 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kane Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About Kane Family Foundation
- How much does Kane Family Foundation give?
- Kane Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $41,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kane Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (19%), International (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are Kane Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Americares Foundation Inc ($29k), Wyoming Outdoor Council ($26k), Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ($17k).
- Does Kane Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kane 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 Kane Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Kane Family Foundation based?
- Kane Family Foundation is based in VT.
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