New York · Private foundation
The KCF Fund Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $815k
- Granted FY2022
- 79
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $691k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 63
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 10
- Total assets, FY2022
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 56% of the organizations The KCF Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 61 | $626k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 59 | $871k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $640k | 49% |
| FY2019 | 56 | $591k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $851,812 | 4 | 0% |
| B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization | $126,698 | 4 | 0% |
| Board of Jewish Education Inc | $125,354 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | $123,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth El Synagogue of New Rochelle Center | $110,294 | 4 | n/a |
| Top Honors Incorporated | $60,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ethical Culture Fieldston School | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sefaria Inc | $45,180 | 4 | 1% |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Leffell School | $29,286 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 75 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($906k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The KCF Fund 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Fjc · Weintraub Family Foundation · The Shapiro Pogrebin Foundation · Tina & Steven Price Charitable Foundation · Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation · The Kaye Family Foundation · The Gottesman Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation
How this is measured
About The KCF Fund Inc
- How much does The KCF Fund Inc give?
- The KCF Fund Inc reported 79 itemized grants totaling $690,711, out of $815,412 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 63 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does The KCF Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (18%), Education (15%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The KCF Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($852k), B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization ($127k), Board of Jewish Education Inc ($125k).
- Does The KCF Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The KCF Fund Inc 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 KCF Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc.
- Where is The KCF Fund Inc based?
- The KCF Fund Inc is based in NY.
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