Illinois · Private foundation
Kehe Cares Foundation Inc
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE KEHE CARES FOUNDATION, INC. IS THE RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING. TO THAT END, SPECIFIC AREAS OF SUPPORT BY THE FOUNDATION INCLUDE HUNGER RELIEF, DISASTER RELIEF, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, VICTIM ADVOCACY,REHABILITATION SUPPORT, EDUCATION/SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ORPHAN/REFUGEE SUPPORT. Its FY2024 filing reports that it…
- $5.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 94
- Grants FY2024
- 85
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $23,065
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,076,785
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 85
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 25
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Kehe Cares Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $843k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 93 | $5.4M | 34% |
| FY2023 | 85 | $5.2M | 32% |
| FY2022 | 81 | $4.3M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 58 | $3.7M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $2.2M | 51% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $1.6M | 32% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $768k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $349k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Vision Community Church Inc | $2,212,054 | 8 | n/a |
| Mission Lazarus Inc | $2,099,416 | 8 | 18% |
| Restoring Hope Nepal | $1,785,417 | 8 | 72% |
| Ceo Forum Inc | $1,017,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $925,216 | 8 | 0% |
| Eight Days of Hope Inc | $917,186 | 6 | 4% |
| Restoration61 | $612,035 | 7 | 77% |
| Partners in Mission USA | $598,136 | 7 | 36% |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $580,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Male Mogul Initiative Inc Nfp | $520,210 | 5 | 71% |
Show all 122 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kehe Cares Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 101 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: The Dupage Community Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Hallene Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · Tyndale House Ministries · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Servant Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Barnabas Foundation
How this is measured
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About Kehe Cares Foundation Inc
- How much does Kehe Cares Foundation Inc give?
- Kehe Cares Foundation Inc reported 94 grants totaling $5,776,601 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 85 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kehe Cares Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (25%), International (23%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Kehe Cares Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Vision Community Church Inc ($2.2M), Mission Lazarus Inc ($2.1M), Restoring Hope Nepal ($1.8M).
- Does Kehe Cares Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kehe Cares 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 Kehe Cares Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dupage Community Foundation, Northern Illinois Food Bank, Hallene Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kehe Cares Foundation Inc based?
- Kehe Cares Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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