Minnesota · Private foundation
Kenneth L Kellar 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Kenneth L Kellar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $14k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $17k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $28k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $22k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $43k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $32k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $58k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $47k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin Steam Baseball | $31,100 | 5 | n/a |
| St James Church | $16,539 | 4 | n/a |
| Aitkin County Fair Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Wild and Free Wildlife Rehab Program | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Aitkin Quarterbacks Club | $2,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Scoobys Animal Mission | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethesda Lutheran Church of Rossburg | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aitkin County Care Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aitkin County Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Minnesota Deer Hunters Association | $1,350 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin Steam Baseball | $31,100 | 5 | n/a |
| St James Church | $16,539 | 4 | n/a |
| Aitkin County Fair Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Wild and Free Wildlife Rehab Program | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Aitkin Quarterbacks Club | $2,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Scoobys Animal Mission | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethesda Lutheran Church of Rossburg | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aitkin County Care Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aitkin County Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Minnesota Deer Hunters Association | $1,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Church of the Holy Family | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wreaths for the Fallen | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stop Soldier Suicide Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kenneth L Kellar 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Kenneth L Kellar Foundation
- How much does Kenneth L Kellar Foundation give?
- Kenneth L Kellar Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $13,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kenneth L Kellar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Religion (30%), Recreation & Sports (16%).
- Who are Kenneth L Kellar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Aitkin Steam Baseball ($31k), St James Church ($17k), Aitkin County Fair Foundation ($5k).
- Does Kenneth L Kellar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kenneth L Kellar 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 L Kellar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Kenneth L Kellar Foundation based?
- Kenneth L Kellar Foundation is based in MN.
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