Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Key Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $321k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 53
- Grants FY2024
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Key Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 48 | $276k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $264k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $260k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $166k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $141k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $28k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $243k | 97% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $162,500 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $156,670 | 7 | 0% |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | $110,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $83,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hamilton Health Center Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($134k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Key Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: United Way of the Capital Region · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals · Lois Lehrman Grass Foundation · Upmc Pinnacle · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Key Foundation
- How much does Key Foundation give?
- Key Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $321,210 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Key Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (54%), Environment (14%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Key Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($163k), International Rescue Committee INC ($157k), Central Pennsylvania Food Bank ($110k).
- Does Key Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Key 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 Key Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Capital Region, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation.
- Where is Key Foundation based?
- Key Foundation is based in PA.
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