Maryland · Private foundation
The Ina Kay Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2023
- 35
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $48,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 70
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 13
- Total assets, FY2023
- $12M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Ina Kay Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 | 35 | $1.0M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.3M | 3% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $945k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 58 | $964k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 70 | $889k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $235,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | $147,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $144,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $139,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Child Find of America Inc | $134,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $129,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $128,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $106,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $98,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ina Kay Foundation Inc 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: The Kay Family Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Charles and Margaret Levin Family Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ina Kay Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ina Kay Foundation Inc give?
- The Ina Kay Foundation Inc reported 35 itemized grants totaling $1,023,500, out of $1,200,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ina Kay Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (12%), Food & Nutrition (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are The Ina Kay Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($235k), Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($170k), Children's Hospital Foundation ($147k).
- Does The Ina Kay Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ina Kay Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ina Kay Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kay Family Foundation Inc, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
- Where is The Ina Kay Foundation Inc based?
- The Ina Kay Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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