Connecticut · Private foundation
Kelly 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.
- $500k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Kelly Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $500k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $368k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $350k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $276k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $243k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $226k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $710k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $132k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Stand With Christ Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | $165,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Foundation of South Carolina | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Off the Streets Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | $45,000 | 2 | 48% |
| The Case Fund Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nuvance Health Medical Practice CT Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Stand With Christ Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | $165,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Foundation of South Carolina | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Off the Streets Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | $45,000 | 2 | 48% |
| The Case Fund Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nuvance Health Medical Practice CT Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unbound | $22,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Dallas Academic Center | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| St Joseph High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Food Pantry | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Society of the Holy Child Jesus | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Food Pantry | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Villa Angela St Joseph High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis Catholic School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School of the Holy Child | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kelly Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Kelly Family Foundation
- How much does Kelly Family Foundation give?
- Kelly Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kelly Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Philanthropy (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are Kelly Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: We Stand With Christ Inc ($500k), Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc ($190k), Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc ($165k).
- Does Kelly Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kelly 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 Kelly Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Synchrony Foundation, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Kelly Family Foundation based?
- Kelly Family Foundation is based in CT.
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