New York · Private foundation
Kenneth Cole Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $105k
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Kenneth Cole Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $195k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $72k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $86k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $504k | 68% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Coalition Inc | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cole Family Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 100% |
| University of Rochester | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Student Leadership Network Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Yard Inc | $16,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| John Jay College Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Synagogue | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($236k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kenneth Cole Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 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.
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How this is measured
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About Kenneth Cole Foundation
- How much does Kenneth Cole Foundation give?
- Kenneth Cole Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Kenneth Cole Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (36%), Philanthropy (18%), Education (16%).
- Who are Kenneth Cole Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Mental Health Coalition Inc ($375k), Cole Family Foundation ($200k), University of Rochester ($75k).
- Does Kenneth Cole Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kenneth Cole 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 Cole Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kenneth Cole Foundation based?
- Kenneth Cole Foundation is based in NY.
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