Washington · Private foundation
Ken & Dean Kirn 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.
- $310k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $186,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 21 | $310k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $183k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $255k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $189k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $125k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $92k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $14k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Maritime Museum | $116,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Vancouver Symphony Orchestra | $111,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Daybreak Youth Services | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Open House Ministries | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Clark County Food Bank | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Freedom Fund | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Maritime Museum | $116,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Vancouver Symphony Orchestra | $111,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Daybreak Youth Services | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Open House Ministries | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Clark County Food Bank | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Freedom Fund | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Portland Rescue Mission | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cascade Policy Institute | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Forestry Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Accuracy in Media Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($657k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ken & Dean Kirn 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: M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation
- How much does Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation give?
- Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $310,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Health (20%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Columbia River Maritime Museum ($117k), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ($112k), Daybreak Youth Services ($70k).
- Does Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ken & Dean Kirn 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 Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include M J Murdock Charitable Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation based?
- Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation is based in WA.
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