New York · Private foundation
Marina Kellen French 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2018
- 14
- Grants FY2018
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Marina Kellen French Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Marina Kellen French Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $1,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 2
- Total assets, FY2018
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 62% of the organizations Marina Kellen French Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 13 | $2.1M | 62% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $1.3M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $9,787,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $4,000,000 | 4 | 3% |
| American Friends of the Salzburg Easter Festival | $20,000 | 4 | 8% |
| World Monuments Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Frick Collection | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Performance Zone Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Havanese Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elysium Between Two Continents Inc | $265 | 1 | n/a |
| New Amsterdam Singers Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $9,787,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $4,000,000 | 4 | 3% |
| American Friends of the Salzburg Easter Festival | $20,000 | 4 | 8% |
| World Monuments Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Frick Collection | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Performance Zone Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Havanese Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elysium Between Two Continents Inc | $265 | 1 | n/a |
| New Amsterdam Singers Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Botanical Garden | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marina Kellen French Foundation 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Marina Kellen French Foundation
- How much does Marina Kellen French Foundation give?
- Marina Kellen French Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $2,258,350 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Marina Kellen French Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Education (20%), Philanthropy (19%).
- Who are Marina Kellen French Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Metropolitan Museum of Art ($9.8M), The Brearley School ($4.0M), American Friends of the Salzburg Easter Festival ($20k).
- Does Marina Kellen French Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marina Kellen French 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 Marina Kellen French Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Marina Kellen French Foundation based?
- Marina Kellen French Foundation is based in NY.
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