New York · Private foundation
The Keenan Foundation Inc
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.
- $345k
- Granted FY2023
- 11
- Grants FY2023
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of The Keenan Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Keenan Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $345k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- 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, 45% of the organizations The Keenan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k 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 | 11 | $345k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $389k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $320k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $291k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $255k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $95k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $79k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising | $715,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Rye Youth Athletic Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Good Shephard Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 12% |
| US Lacrosse Inc | $76,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $75,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Part of the Solution | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Iona Preparatory School | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvard Varsity Club Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Heights Youth Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($988k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Keenan Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Heffernan Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Keenan Foundation Inc
- How much does The Keenan Foundation Inc give?
- The Keenan Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $345,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Keenan Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (30%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are The Keenan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising ($715k), Rye Youth Athletic Foundation ($125k), The Good Shephard Inc ($110k).
- Does The Keenan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Keenan Foundation 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 Keenan Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, The Heffernan Family Foundation.
- Where is The Keenan Foundation Inc based?
- The Keenan Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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