Texas · Private foundation
Kean 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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,375,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Kean Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 2 | $2.4M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.9M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.8M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $2.3M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $2.7M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2.5M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $2.6M | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Saint Constantine School | $15,664,464 | 7 | 61% |
| College of Saint Mary | $846,000 | 3 | 2% |
| KIPP Texas Future Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 13% |
| KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collaborative for Children | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Genesys Works | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Compass Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Macrina Orthodox Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Neighborhood Schools Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kean Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kean Foundation Inc
- How much does Kean Foundation Inc give?
- Kean Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $2,385,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kean Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (92%), Religion (8%), Employment (0%).
- Who are Kean Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Saint Constantine School ($16M), College of Saint Mary ($846k), KIPP Texas Future Fund ($500k).
- Does Kean Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kean 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 Kean Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kean Foundation Inc based?
- Kean Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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