North Carolina · Private foundation
Kelly 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $26,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $564k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Kelly Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $386k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $242k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $195k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $189k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Peace University | $221,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy | $72,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stepup Ministry | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
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: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kelly Foundation Inc
- How much does Kelly Foundation Inc give?
- Kelly Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $26,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kelly Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (74%), Education (18%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Kelly Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: William Peace University ($221k), Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy ($72k), Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc ($1k).
- Does Kelly Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kelly 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 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Kelly Foundation Inc based?
- Kelly Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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