Illinois · Private foundation
Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $662k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2024
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 50 | $662k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $566k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $540k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $584k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $580k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $556k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $529k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Youth Centers | $411,515 | 7 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Chicago | $400,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $327,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Revolution Workshop | $247,635 | 7 | 8% |
| Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep | $245,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Winnetka Community House Inc | $221,015 | 6 | 2% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $220,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $170,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | $170,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $109,530 | 7 | 3% |
Show all 105 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($511k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund 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: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Tinberg Foundation · Frank Family Foundation · Sheila Reynolds Berner Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Helen V Brach Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Berlin Family Fund
How this is measured
Compare Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund with peer funders
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About Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund
- How much does Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund give?
- Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund reported 50 grants totaling $661,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Youth Development (18%), Employment (11%).
- Who are Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Youth Centers ($412k), Communities in Schools of Chicago ($400k), Holy Family Ministries ($327k).
- Does Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund 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 Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Dr Scholl Foundation.
- Where is Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund based?
- Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund is based in IL.
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