North Carolina · Private foundation
Ketner Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $53k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $880k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 23% of the organizations Ketner Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 14 | $53k | 43% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $43k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $33k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $51k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $50k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $49k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $48k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba College | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bell Tower Green Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Care Clinic of Rowan County Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Livingstone College | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Rowan Arts Council Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Nc Transportation Museum Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Three Rivers Land Trust Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Providence Day School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pops at the Post Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba College | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bell Tower Green Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Care Clinic of Rowan County Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Livingstone College | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Rowan Arts Council Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Nc Transportation Museum Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Three Rivers Land Trust Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Providence Day School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pops at the Post Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Lee Street Theatre | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Salisbury Community Development Corporation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sole Hope Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Young Men's Christian Association | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($279k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ketner Foundation Inc 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Hurley-Trammell Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Bernheim Foundation Inc · Brady Foundation · Rowan Regional Medical Center Inc · The Wallace Family Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Ketner Foundation Inc
- How much does Ketner Foundation Inc give?
- Ketner Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $53,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ketner Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Education (16%), Health (10%).
- Who are Ketner Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Catawba College ($45k), Rowan Helping Ministries ($20k), Bell Tower Green Inc ($15k).
- Does Ketner Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ketner Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ketner Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is Ketner Foundation Inc based?
- Ketner Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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