Washington · Private foundation
Kemper Freeman 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,503
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,003
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Kemper Freeman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 23 | $40k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $41k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $41k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $44k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $48k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Christian School | $27,518 | 6 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $19,892 | 5 | n/a |
| Kindering Center | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $14,120 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington Policy Center | $13,013 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $10,698 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Life | $9,019 | 6 | 0% |
| Eastside Catholic School | $8,455 | 4 | n/a |
| Bellevue Art Museum | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Parish | $7,328 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kemper Freeman Foundation 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: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · Lucky Seven Foundation · Sos Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Orcas Bay Foundation · Glasser Family Fund · Thanksgiving Foundation Bessemer Trust Company Na · Ash Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Kemper Freeman Foundation
- How much does Kemper Freeman Foundation give?
- Kemper Freeman Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $43,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Kemper Freeman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (21%), Religion (14%), Health (13%).
- Who are Kemper Freeman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bellevue Christian School ($28k), First Presbyterian Church ($20k), Kindering Center ($15k).
- Does Kemper Freeman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kemper Freeman 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 Kemper Freeman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, United Way of King County.
- Where is Kemper Freeman Foundation based?
- Kemper Freeman Foundation is based in WA.
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