Wisconsin · Private foundation
Keefe Foundation Inc
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2021
- 35
- Grants FY2021
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $437
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 9% of the organizations Keefe Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 35 | $98k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $76k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $80k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $74k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $72k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vip Services Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Open Arms Free Clinic Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
| New Beginnings Apfv Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Walworth County Food Pantry Inc | $15,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Sharing Center Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Side by Side Inc | $14,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Elkhorn Food Pantry Inc | $14,250 | 5 | 6% |
| Lake Geneva Food Pantry | $14,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Geneva Lakes Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Burlington Transitional Living | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vip Services Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Open Arms Free Clinic Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
| New Beginnings Apfv Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Walworth County Food Pantry Inc | $15,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Sharing Center Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Side by Side Inc | $14,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Elkhorn Food Pantry Inc | $14,250 | 5 | 6% |
| Lake Geneva Food Pantry | $14,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Geneva Lakes Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Burlington Transitional Living | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Turning Point Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Walworth County Emergency Homeless Shelter Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Family Health Partnership Clinic | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Twin Lakes Area Food Pantry Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gavers Community Cancer Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Studio 84 Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Janesville Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Walworth County Literacy Council | $2,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Epilepsy Families Southeast Wi Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($196k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Keefe Foundation Inc 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: Kunes Family Foundation · United Way of Walworth County · Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · Ulla & Bertil Brunk Foundation Inc · The Kara Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Tom & Donna Neshek Family Foundation · Sbk Stearns Family Foundation · The Simms Family Foundation · Shodeen Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Keefe Foundation Inc
- How much does Keefe Foundation Inc give?
- Keefe Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $97,664 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Keefe Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (23%), Human Services (20%), Health (13%).
- Who are Keefe Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Vip Services Inc ($23k), Open Arms Free Clinic Inc ($19k), New Beginnings Apfv Inc ($19k).
- Does Keefe Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Keefe 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 Keefe Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kunes Family Foundation, United Way of Walworth County, Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc.
- Where is Keefe Foundation Inc based?
- Keefe Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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