· Private foundation
Malcolm E Kenney 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k10 grants · $235k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $229k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $70,000 |
| OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE | $58,625 |
| GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER | $50,000 |
| HOLDEN ARBORETUM | $50,000 |
| THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION | $40,000 |
| CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| MINDS MATTER CLEVELAND | $25,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CLEVELAND | $25,000 |
| OPEN DOORS ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $20,000 |
| YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND | $20,000 |
| ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $20,000 |
| DAILY DOSE OF READING | $20,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY3× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +76%
- DDDAILY DOSE OF READING3× · 2023–2025 · $85k · revenue +35% · 55% of their budget
- CMCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART3× · 2020–2022 · $66k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- PAPARALLAX ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue +44%
- HFHOLDEN FORESTS & GARDENSone grant, 2023 · $25k
- GLGREAT LAKES MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -2%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
Born from the collision of rhythm & blues, country, and gospel, rock & roll is a spirit that is inclusive and ever-changing. the rock & roll hall of fame celebrates the sound of youth culture and honors the artists whose music connects us…
Lake erie nature & science center educates and inspires each of us to understand, appreciate, and take responsibility for our natural world. serving more than 100,000 people each year with animal exhibits and programs, planetarium shows,…
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
Moca's mission- art now, in progress - embodies our nature as a living, adaptive platform for artistic experimentation, public exchange, and civic connection. our vision - artists & art lead us to the unfamiliar, where we open and connect…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
To enrich lives through modern and contemporary art.
The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds DAILY DOSE OF READING ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds OPEN DOORS INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds PARALLAX ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds MINDS MATTER OF CLEVELAND OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT LAKES MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds ARGONAUT ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
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: The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · The Abington Foundation · Martha Holden Jennings Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Malcolm E Kenney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Malcolm E Kenney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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