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Keely 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$34kAnimals$14kReligion$2kHuman Services$2kArts & Culture$775Health$578Public Benefit$250Youth Development$166Other$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
7
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,000
ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY$950
BEST FRIEND'S ANIMAL SANCTUARY$631
THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL$514
HOWARD UNIVERSITY$500
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION$250
FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBS$250
ST BARNABUS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$250
LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE OF FLORIDA$200
PBS NEWS HOUR$200
AMERICAN BRAIN TUMOR ASSOCIATION$200
Individual grant recipient$180
KKJZ$120
OPERATION WHITE STORK$119
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $550) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA: $50 → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
OR
CT
CA
UT
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46k · 9 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
19

Total granted

$46k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+38%

Still filing today

44%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PC
    PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +49%
  • AH
    Arizona Humane Society
    4× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $525 · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • MI
    MERCY INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • LO
    LEGACYCOM - OLD FRIEND'S HORSE SANCTUARY
    one grant, 2023 · $500
  • FS
    FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +93%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
The Arizona Animal Welfare League

The mission of aawl/spca is to provide excellent care, protection, and loving compassion for the life of the animals entrusted to us and to take a leadership role in promoting humane values for the benefit of all animals and people. aawl…

Animals
4
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
5
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
Arizona Educational Foundation Inc

To celebrate excellence and cultivate opportunity in pk-12th grade arizona public education.

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8
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
The Arizona Pet Project

The arizona pet project creates systemic change and provides resources, so no families are forced to balance their own basic needs of food, shelter, and safety and the needs of their companion animals, often the only meaningful connection…

Animals
11
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
12
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arizona Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Phoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $30,350 · EducationPHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL+3 more: $1,125 · EducationArizona Humane Society: $10,308 · AnimalsArizona Humane SocietyBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,628 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIET…+3 more: $550 · AnimalsTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FUND: $1,050 · OtherTHE GEORGE WASHI…MERCY INCORPORATED: $1,039 · OtherMERCY INCORPORAT…THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,000 · OtherTHE GEORGE WASHI…PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $894 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISC…Individual grant recipient: $525 · OtherIndividual grant…LEGACYCOM - OLD FRIEND'S HORSE SANCTUARY: $500 · OtherLEGACYCOM - OLD …ST BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $500 · OtherST BARNABAS EPIS…MARICOPA ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL: $500 · OtherMARICOPA ANIMAL …+14 more: $1,528 · Other+14 moreFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $500 · Human ServicesWELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO INC: $50 · Human ServicesTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $250 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $50 · Arts & CultureST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $100 · Food & Nutrition
Education$31,475Animals$12,486Other$7,536Human Services$550Arts & Culture$500Food & Nutrition$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $30,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $10,308 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,628 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $525 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SECOND CHANCE PUPPIES AND KITTENS RESCUE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO INC: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Keely Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Keely Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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