Missouri · Public charity
Keep Climbing Foundation
Keep Climbing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that services children and US Veterans by hosting fundraising mountain climbs for various charities year round. Our mission is to help both our climbers and our beneficiaries reach their personal summits by supporting them as they overcome life's obstacles.
- $147k
- Granted FY2022
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $133k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $27,882
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $88,278
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 4
- Total assets, FY2022
- $4k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 75% of the organizations Keep Climbing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 4 | $133k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $71k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Hospital | $88,278 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $39,562 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of St Louis | $21,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas Inc | $10,805 | 1 | 0% |
| Dell Children's Medical Group | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girls on the Run of the Rockies | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Kids With Cancer | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run of St Louis | $6,554 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Keep Climbing 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: Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Keep Climbing Foundation
- How much does Keep Climbing Foundation give?
- Keep Climbing Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $132,714, out of $146,853 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
- What does Keep Climbing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (57%), Human Services (35%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Keep Climbing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2022: St Jude Hospital ($88k), Fisher House Foundation Inc ($40k), Ronald McDonald House Charities of St Louis ($22k).
- Does Keep Climbing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Keep Climbing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward Jones Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Keep Climbing Foundation based?
- Keep Climbing Foundation is based in MO.
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