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Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation

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.

$678k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$115,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 19
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
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, 25% of the organizations Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$678k32%
FY202316$888k25%
FY202219$545k26%
FY202114$373k36%
FY202013$518k38%
FY20196$580k33%
FY20182$410k100%
FY201711$135kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.2MEducation$1.1MArts & Culture$475kHousing & Shelter$320kHealth$250kInternational$248kReligion$180kPhilanthropy$180kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
PA
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jubilee Women's Center$550,000415%
5th Avenue Theatre Association$420,00051%
Chief Seattle Club$350,00042%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$310,00060%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council O$250,00050%
Recovery Cafe$200,00041%
Agros International$135,00061%
USA West Province Society of Jesus$125,0005n/a
Water First International$110,00042%
Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School$100,0001n/a
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jubilee Women's Center$550,000415%
5th Avenue Theatre Association$420,00051%
Chief Seattle Club$350,00042%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$310,00060%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council O$250,00050%
Recovery Cafe$200,00041%
Agros International$135,00061%
USA West Province Society of Jesus$125,0005n/a
Water First International$110,00042%
Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School$100,0001n/a
Shirts Across America$100,00044%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$85,00070%
Ventures$70,00061%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$40,00030%
Common Power Future$25,00011%
The American Independent Foundation$25,00010%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$25,00010%
State Leadership Project$25,00010%
One Equal Heart Foundation$20,00024%
Earl Palmer Ministries$20,000213%
Wild Earth Allies Inc$15,00030%
Seattle Art Museum$10,00010%
Children of the Setting Sun Product$10,00010%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$10,00010%
Rainier Scholars$10,00010%
Coyote Central$10,00011%
Healthy Lifestars$5,00021%
Path With Art$5,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Fortissimo$5,00010%
Navos$5,00010%
Treehouse$2,50010%
Global Partnerships$2,50010%
Northwest Literacy Foundation$2,500110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJubilee Women's Center: $550,000 over 4y, 15% of budget5th Avenue Theatre Association: $420,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetChief Seattle Club: $350,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $310,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Council O: $250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRecovery Cafe: $200,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAgros International: $135,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWater First International: $110,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetShirts Across America: $100,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetNorthwest Immigrant Rights Project: $85,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVentures: $70,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Power Future: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Community Services of Western Washington: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetState Leadership Project: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOne Equal Heart Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetEarl Palmer Ministries: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetWild Earth Allies Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of the Setting Sun Product: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSeattle Public Library Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRainier Scholars: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCoyote Central: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHealthy Lifestars: $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPath With Art: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFortissimo: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavos: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTreehouse: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Partnerships: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Literacy Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 10% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Seattle FoundationMoccasin Lake Foundat…The Satterberg Founda…The Norcliffe Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Ellison FoundationMedina FoundationLucky Seven FoundationUnited Way of King Co…M J Murdock Charitabl…Whatley FoundationArtsfund
Seattle FoundationWA39.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ellison Foundation · Medina Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Whatley Foundation · Artsfund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation

How much does Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation give?
Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $677,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Education (26%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jubilee Women's Center ($550k), 5th Avenue Theatre Association ($420k), Chief Seattle Club ($350k).
Does Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kennedy-Ries Family 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 Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Moccasin Lake Foundation, The Satterberg Foundation Inc.
Where is Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation based?
Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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