Illinois · Private foundation
Kenneth & Harle Montgomery 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.
- $798k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,104
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 29
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 | 24 | $773k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $874k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $583k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $650k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Law School | $1,045,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Yerkes Future Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 4% |
| African Grove Institute for the Arts Inc | $350,000 | 5 | 75% |
| Northwestern University | $315,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $285,000 | 3 | 0% |
| People's Resource Center | $232,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $220,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Spirit of Charity Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The National Cheers Foundation | $75,000 | 4 | 35% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($497k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 G Harold & Leila y Mathers Charitable Foundation · Montgomery Family Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation with peer funders
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About Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation
- How much does Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation give?
- Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $797,604 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Arts & Culture (18%), Science & Tech (9%).
- Who are Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Southwestern Law School ($1.0M), Yerkes Future Foundation Inc ($400k), African Grove Institute for the Arts Inc ($350k).
- Does Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kenneth & Harle Montgomery 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 Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The G Harold & Leila y Mathers Charitable Foundation, Montgomery Family Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation based?
- Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation is based in IL.
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