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Kerr Family 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.

$156k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 45
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Kerr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsArts & CultureHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving48$156k8%
FY202445$124k13%
FY202341$118k10%
FY202239$124k5%
FY202144$105k36%
FY201937$69k38%
FY201825$66k0%
FY201727$63kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$173kArts & Culture$139kHuman Services$91kEnvironment$81kFood & Nutrition$65kHousing & Shelter$51kPublic Safety & Disaster$37kCivil Rights$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
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NY
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IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of Kerr Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends$96,0508n/a
New Hope Arts Inc$62,50082%
Fishermans Mark$37,50081%
Riverside Symphonia Inc$37,50083%
Feed And Instruct The Hungry Neighborhood Center$34,00052%
Project Home$30,00060%
The Free Library of New Hope & Solebury$29,00083%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$15,00020%
Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance & Rescue Squad Inc$12,00080%
Earthjustice$12,00050%
Get Bent Friends$10,0003n/a
Concordia Chamber Players$10,00089%
Philabundance$10,00060%
Light the Minds Inc$10,00024%
International Rescue Committee INC$9,00030%
A Better Chance in Lower Merion Inc$8,50051%
A Better Chance Strath Haven Inc$8,50052%
Habitat For Humanity of Bucks County Inc$8,00080%
American Friends Service Committee$8,0008n/a
The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center$8,00040%
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project$7,50050%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$7,00050%
Equal Justice Initiative$7,00060%
Americares Foundation Inc$5,50060%
Beloved Asheville$5,0001n/a
Mercy Chefs Inc$5,0001n/a
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania Inc$5,00050%
Community Health Clinic Inc$4,50080%
Homeboy Industries$4,50050%
Socks for the Streets$4,0002n/a
A Woman's Place$4,00080%
Compassion & Choices$4,00080%
Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc$3,50070%
Delaware Valley Food Pantry Inc$3,00050%
Pathways to Housing - Pa$3,00050%
Play on Philly$3,00050%
Affect Real Change Inc$3,00010%
Razom Inc$3,00010%
Prevention Point Philadelphia Inc$2,50020%
Find Feed & Restore Inc$2,50011%
The Clear Fund$2,50010%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$2,00020%
Isles Inc$2,00020%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$2,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,50030%
Philadelphia Bail Fund Inc$1,50010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,50030%
Partners Aligned Toward Health$1,0001n/a
Music Theatre Philly Inc$1,00010%
Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger$1,0001n/a
After School Activities Partnerships$1,00010%
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc$50010%
Jewish Relief Agency$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Hope Arts Inc: $62,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetFishermans Mark: $37,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetRiverside Symphonia Inc: $37,500 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetFeed And Instruct The Hungry Neighborhood Center: $34,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetProject Home: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Free Library of New Hope & Solebury: $29,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLambertville-New Hope Ambulance & Rescue Squad Inc: $12,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEarthjustice: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetConcordia Chamber Players: $10,000 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetPhilabundance: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLight the Minds Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Better Chance in Lower Merion Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetA Better Chance Strath Haven Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHabitat For Humanity of Bucks County Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Innocence Project: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetElla Baker Center for Human Rights: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Clinic Inc: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetA Woman's Place: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Delaware Canal Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetDelaware Valley Food Pantry Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPathways to Housing - Pa: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlay on Philly: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAffect Real Change Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRazom Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrevention Point Philadelphia Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFind Feed & Restore Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsles Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Bail Fund Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Theatre Philly Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfter School Activities Partnerships: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpportunities Industrialization Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Relief Agency: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 45.

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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.

Bbla Foundation IncPA34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bbla Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · The Pearl Family Foundation Inc · Union Benevolent Association · Independence Foundation · Claneil Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc

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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How do I get to Kerr Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kerr Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Kerr Family Foundation

How much does Kerr Family Foundation give?
Kerr Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $156,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Kerr Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (21%), Arts & Culture (17%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Kerr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends ($96k), New Hope Arts Inc ($63k), Fishermans Mark ($38k).
Does Kerr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kerr 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 Kerr Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bbla Foundation Inc, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Cigna Group Foundation.
Where is Kerr Family Foundation based?
Kerr Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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