Colorado · Private foundation
The Kbk Foundation
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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,076,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $89k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Kbk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $825k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $845k | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts Inc | $6,688,802 | 9 | 42% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $850,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $575,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc | $245,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New England Aquarium Corporation | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Kent Denver Country Day School | $110,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pine Manor College | $95,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc | $70,000 | 9 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kbk Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
About The Kbk Foundation
- How much does The Kbk Foundation give?
- The Kbk Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,721,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kbk Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are The Kbk Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts Inc ($6.7M), Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($850k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($575k).
- Does The Kbk Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kbk 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.
- Where is The Kbk Foundation based?
- The Kbk Foundation is based in CO.
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