Virginia · Private foundation
Kip Kephart 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $865k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Kip Kephart Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $21k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $29k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $33k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $25k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $14k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $42k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $37k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $37k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Historical Society | $39,539 | 8 | 0% |
| The Valentine Museum | $21,950 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Richmond | $21,250 | 9 | 0% |
| The Richmond Ballet | $18,505 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation | $3,348 | 1 | 0% |
| New Kent Middle School | $3,122 | 5 | n/a |
| New Kent Humane Society Inc | $2,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethel United Methodist Church | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Morattico Waterfront Museum | $1,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Side by Side Va Inc | $1,014 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Historical Society | $39,539 | 8 | 0% |
| The Valentine Museum | $21,950 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Richmond | $21,250 | 9 | 0% |
| The Richmond Ballet | $18,505 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation | $3,348 | 1 | 0% |
| New Kent Middle School | $3,122 | 5 | n/a |
| New Kent Humane Society Inc | $2,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethel United Methodist Church | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Morattico Waterfront Museum | $1,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Side by Side Va Inc | $1,014 | 1 | 0% |
| Salem Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Taste of Heaven Sanctuary | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hope for Kids Inc | $627 | 1 | n/a |
| Homes Fur Hounds Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| The McShin Foundation | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| River City Bulldog Rescue Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Dementia Society Inc | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice House Inc | $64 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($155k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kip Kephart Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Kip Kephart Foundation
- How much does Kip Kephart Foundation give?
- Kip Kephart Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $20,645 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kip Kephart Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Arts & Culture (35%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Kip Kephart Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Virginia Historical Society ($40k), The Valentine Museum ($22k), University of Richmond ($21k).
- Does Kip Kephart Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kip Kephart 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 Kip Kephart Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carmax Foundation, The Community Foundation Inc, McKesson Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kip Kephart Foundation based?
- Kip Kephart Foundation is based in VA.
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