Illinois · Private foundation
Kathleen and David Kennedy 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.
- $320k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $373k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 21 | $320k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $239k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $264k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $251k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $322k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $175k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $184k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Academy | $275,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $110,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $23,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Hope Ignites Chicago | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Sonoran Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Academy | $275,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $110,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $23,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Hope Ignites Chicago | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Sonoran Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lumen Christi Institute | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Angel Charity for Children Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodlands Academy | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bravo Waukegan | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Pink Agenda Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Psoriasis Foundation | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $1,506 | 1 | 0% |
| Clearbrook | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Job Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scarritt Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($850k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kathleen and David Kennedy 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · WP & HB White Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
Compare Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation with peer funders
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About Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation
- How much does Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation give?
- Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $319,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Human Services (14%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Loyola Academy ($275k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($155k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($115k).
- Does Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kathleen and David Kennedy 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 Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, WP & HB White Foundation.
- Where is Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation based?
- Kathleen and David Kennedy Foundation is based in IL.
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