Arizona · Private foundation
Kenny's Kids
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $18M
- Granted FY2022
- 22
- Grants FY2022
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $11,115,979
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 8
- 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 Kenny's Kids funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M 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 | 18 | $18M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $398k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $742k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $841k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $870k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $912k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennys Kids | $11,115,979 | 1 | 98% |
| Pontikes Family Foundation | $5,769,497 | 1 | n/a |
| The Taylor Family Foundation | $730,450 | 6 | 8% |
| Alexian Brothers Health System | $705,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | $700,000 | 4 | 0% |
| We Care Services For Children | $242,255 | 6 | 3% |
| Mariposa DR Foundation | $185,000 | 5 | 7% |
| University of Chicago | $175,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Station Foundation | $175,000 | 3 | 3% |
| High Jump | $150,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kenny's Kids supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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: Kennys Kids · Arizona Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Kenny's Kids
- How much does Kenny's Kids give?
- Kenny's Kids reported 22 grants totaling $17,655,476 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Kenny's Kids fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (80%), Health (11%), Education (3%).
- Who are Kenny's Kids's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Kennys Kids ($11M), Pontikes Family Foundation ($5.8M), The Taylor Family Foundation ($730k).
- Does Kenny's Kids fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kenny's Kids 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 Kenny's Kids?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kennys Kids, Arizona Community Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Kenny's Kids based?
- Kenny's Kids is based in AZ.
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