Texas · Private foundation
The Kellam 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.
- $182k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $105,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Kellam Foundation Inc 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; $525 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 | 51 | $181k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $225k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $212k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $181k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $171k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $132k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $159k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $118k | 8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderbirds Charities | $840,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Sun Health Foundation | $185,800 | 9 | 1% |
| Dysart Community Center | $62,700 | 8 | 5% |
| Sun City Area Interfaith Services Inc Dba Benevilla | $36,150 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwest Valley Connect | $16,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeless Youth Connection Inc | $8,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Surprise Youth Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Therapeutic Harp Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($331k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kellam 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: Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Kellam Foundation Inc
- How much does The Kellam Foundation Inc give?
- The Kellam Foundation Inc reported 52 grants totaling $181,540 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kellam Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Health (13%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Kellam Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thunderbirds Charities ($840k), Sun Health Foundation ($186k), Dysart Community Center ($63k).
- Does The Kellam Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kellam 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 Kellam Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Arizona Community Foundation, Thunderbirds Charities.
- Where is The Kellam Foundation Inc based?
- The Kellam Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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