New York · Private foundation
The Kandell Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $143k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 79
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $270k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations The Kandell Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $141k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $140k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $151k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $166k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $155k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $106k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 68 | $208k | 1% |
| FY2018 | 79 | $208k | 10% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York City Police Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $135,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $130,000 | 8 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $88,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Athena Music Foundation Incorporated | $47,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Bryn Mawr College | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $25,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 65 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($471k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kandell Fund 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 New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Kandell Fund
- How much does The Kandell Fund give?
- The Kandell Fund reported 33 grants totaling $143,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 79 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kandell Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Education (10%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are The Kandell Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New York City Police Foundation Inc ($140k), Metropolitan Museum of Art ($135k), Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc ($130k).
- Does The Kandell Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kandell Fund 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 Kandell Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Kandell Fund based?
- The Kandell Fund is based in NY.
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