Wisconsin · Private foundation
Kelly Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Kelly Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 6 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $59k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $61k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $26k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $188k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $28k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $39k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Porchlight Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nuclear Age Peace Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayforward Resources Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wi Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Porchlight Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nuclear Age Peace Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayforward Resources Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wi Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Specialty Care Free Clinic Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kids Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Highland Community Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children International | $600 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kelly Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Kelly Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Kelly Family Foundation Inc give?
- Kelly Family Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $64,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kelly Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Arts & Culture (13%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Kelly Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($250k), United Way of Dane County Inc ($48k), Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc ($39k).
- Does Kelly Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kelly Family 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 Kelly Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Evjue Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation.
- Where is Kelly Family Foundation Inc based?
- Kelly Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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