Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $151k
- Granted FY2023
- 24
- Grants FY2023
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $46,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 24 | $151k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $170k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $127k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $152k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $135k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $111k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Institute | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Cent | $99,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Glass Center Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation | $21,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Make the Road New York | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Art21 Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Day School | $5,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Persad Center Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($518k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler 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.
Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Fine Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Benter Foundation · Giant Eagle Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · McKinney Charitable Foundation · Arts Equity & Education Fund
How this is measured
Compare The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler with peer funders
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About The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler
- How much does The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler give?
- The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler reported 24 grants totaling $151,200 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Philanthropy (26%), Education (20%).
- Who are The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Carnegie Institute ($105k), Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Cent ($100k), Pittsburgh Glass Center Inc ($28k).
- Does The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler 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 The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, The Fine Foundation, The Grable Foundation.
- Where is The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler based?
- The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family Foundation C/O Jj Kessler is based in PA.
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