Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
Robert f. Kennedy boldly faced tough problems and challenged the comfortable and complacent. He believed that individual action could overcome injustice and oppression. He awakened unknown strengths and inspired a generation to change the world. Established in 1968 by friends and family of robert kennedy, the robert f. Kennedy center for…
- $354k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $8k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $8,202
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $8,202
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $95k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $310k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $552k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $101k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $168k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uptrust Inc | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Haitian Bridge Alliance | $169,970 | 2 | 5% |
| Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Just City Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge | $68,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Community Bond Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation Restoration | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Freedom Fund Network Inc | $53,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Thomson Reuters Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 20% |
| New Orleans Freedom Fund | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 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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About Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
- How much does Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights give?
- Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights reported 1 itemized grants totaling $8,202, out of $354,163 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (58%), Human Services (20%), Civil Rights (9%).
- Who are Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Uptrust Inc ($200k), Haitian Bridge Alliance ($170k), Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc ($75k).
- Does Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Center, Actblue Charities Inc, NEO Philanthropy Inc.
- Where is Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights based?
- Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is based in DC.
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