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Keane Family 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
64%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$29,300
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 28
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$33M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 64% of the organizations Keane Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $926k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving29$1.7M31%
FY202328$1.6M64%
FY202218$767k67%
FY202111$905k18%
FY202011$650kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.2MRecreation & Sports$2.1MHealth$1.3MYouth Development$764kEnvironment$208kPhilanthropy$201kCommunity Improvement$100kSocial Science$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
RI
CA
UT
CO
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Keane Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$600,00020%
Vail Mountain School$485,20051%
Ski and Snowboard Club Vail$455,00052%
Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc$300,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$245,00051%
Children's Hospital Corporation$240,00030%
Wake Forest University$201,00030%
Land's Sake Inc$165,00043%
United States Ski Team Foundation$150,00020%
Uaspire Inc$125,00021%
Compass Working Capital Inc$100,00021%
Onegoal$100,00020%
Windmark Sailing Foundation Inc$85,00033%
Braven Inc$75,00020%
Last Mile Education Fund$65,00020%
Silver Lining Mentoring Inc$51,50021%
The Cycle Effect$50,00022%
The Sailing Foundation of New York Inc$35,00013%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$33,00030%
The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc$25,00011%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$25,00010%
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc$16,00020%
Chicago Yacht Club$15,00010%
Museum of Science$10,00020%
Louisville High School$10,0001n/a
Youthpower365$10,00010%
The Trustees of Reservations$10,00010%
Massachusetts Golf Association Inc$5,00010%
The Full Frame Initiative Inc$5,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$5,00010%
One Plympton Preservation Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
The Marion Institute Inc$5,00010%
Unique Projects Inc$5,00010%
Harvard Varsity Club Inc$5,00010%
Steppingstone Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Year Up Inc$2,50010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$2,50010%
Artists Association of Nantucket Inc$2,30010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,00010%
NextGen Talent Inc$1,5001n/a
Nantucket Historical Association$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Keane Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVail Mountain School: $485,200 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSki and Snowboard Club Vail: $455,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBeth Israel Lahey Health Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: $245,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $240,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWake Forest University: $201,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLand's Sake Inc: $165,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUaspire Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCompass Working Capital Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOnegoal: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWindmark Sailing Foundation Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetBraven Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLast Mile Education Fund: $65,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSilver Lining Mentoring Inc: $51,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Cycle Effect: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe Sailing Foundation of New York Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Yacht Club: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of Science: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouthpower365: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Golf Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Full Frame Initiative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marion Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnique Projects Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHarvard Varsity Club Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSteppingstone Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYear Up Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtists Association of Nantucket Inc: $2,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Historical Association: $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 38.

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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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA16.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Borgen Family Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment 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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Find your warmest path to Keane Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Keane Family Foundation

How much does Keane Family Foundation give?
Keane Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $1,968,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Keane Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Recreation & Sports (30%), Health (18%).
Who are Keane Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc ($600k), Vail Mountain School ($485k), Ski and Snowboard Club Vail ($455k).
Does Keane Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Keane 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 Keane Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is Keane Family Foundation based?
Keane Family Foundation is based in MA.

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 55 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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