New York · Public charity
Kfk Foundation Inc
Provide grants to various organizations that primarily benefit children by improving the quality of their life.
- $257k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $135k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Kfk Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 5 | $135k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $218k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $176k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $140k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $153k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $153k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter's Hope Foundation Inc | $912,625 | 7 | 16% |
| Cradle Beach Inc | $72,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Chestnut Ridge Conservancy | $35,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Danceability Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Chasing Ms Foundation Inc | $10,003 | 1 | 0% |
| People Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thurman Thomas Family Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Explore & More a Children's Museum | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings Flights of Hope | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Suburban Adult Services Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter's Hope Foundation Inc | $912,625 | 7 | 16% |
| Cradle Beach Inc | $72,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Chestnut Ridge Conservancy | $35,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Danceability Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Chasing Ms Foundation Inc | $10,003 | 1 | 0% |
| People Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thurman Thomas Family Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Explore & More a Children's Museum | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings Flights of Hope | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Suburban Adult Services Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of East Aurora Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kfk 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.
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How this is measured
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About Kfk Foundation Inc
- How much does Kfk Foundation Inc give?
- Kfk Foundation Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $135,000, out of $256,895 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kfk Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (84%), Recreation & Sports (7%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Kfk Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hunter's Hope Foundation Inc ($913k), Cradle Beach Inc ($73k), Chestnut Ridge Conservancy ($35k).
- Does Kfk Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kfk Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, Nfada Charitable Foundation, The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation.
- Where is Kfk Foundation Inc based?
- Kfk Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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