Florida · Public charity
Ken Duke and Friends Inc
Support well-deserving local and national organizations, through an annual celebrity pro-am golf tournament.
- $276k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $210k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $156k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Ken Duke and Friends Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 7 | $210k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $301k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $374k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $115k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $155k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Golf Foundation Inc | $231,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of a Lion | $81,330 | 3 | 3% |
| Els for Autism Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Lift Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities Inc | $42,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Golf Foundation Inc | $231,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of a Lion | $81,330 | 3 | 3% |
| Els for Autism Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Lift Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities Inc | $42,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michelle McGann Fund Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Aim Inc Dba Aim for the Handicapped | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Martin County North Little League Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| South Florida Professional Golf Association Charitable Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation 300 Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ken Duke and Friends 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ken Duke and Friends Inc
- How much does Ken Duke and Friends Inc give?
- Ken Duke and Friends Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $210,000, out of $276,221 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ken Duke and Friends Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Youth Development (24%), Health (23%).
- Who are Ken Duke and Friends Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Children's Golf Foundation Inc ($231k), Folds of Honor Foundation ($170k), University of Arkansas Foundation Inc ($140k).
- Does Ken Duke and Friends Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ken Duke and Friends Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Ken Duke and Friends Inc based?
- Ken Duke and Friends Inc is based in FL.
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