Indiana · Private foundation
Peter C and Charlene J Kesling 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.
- $80k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $145k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $76k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $77k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $73k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $45k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $77k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laporte Co Historical Society Inc | $407,460 | 8 | 53% |
| Greater Laporte Economic Development Corporation | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| La Porte Little Theatre Club Inc | $36,000 | 3 | 39% |
| Cass County Historical Society Inc | $22,400 | 5 | 37% |
| The Barker Welfare Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rumely Allis Chalmers la Porte Heritage Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan City Historical Socie | $10,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Michigan City Zoological Socie | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Laporte Urban Enterprise Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $1,050 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laporte Co Historical Society Inc | $407,460 | 8 | 53% |
| Greater Laporte Economic Development Corporation | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| La Porte Little Theatre Club Inc | $36,000 | 3 | 39% |
| Cass County Historical Society Inc | $22,400 | 5 | 37% |
| The Barker Welfare Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rumely Allis Chalmers la Porte Heritage Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan City Historical Socie | $10,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Michigan City Zoological Socie | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Laporte Urban Enterprise Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $1,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Art Barn School of Art Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Scipio Geneva Township Fire Department Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana Barn Foundation Incorporated | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation
- How much does Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation give?
- Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $80,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (81%), Community Improvement (8%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Laporte Co Historical Society Inc ($407k), Greater Laporte Economic Development Corporation ($45k), La Porte Little Theatre Club Inc ($36k).
- Does Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Peter C and Charlene J Kesling 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 Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation based?
- Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation is based in IN.
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