Illinois · Private foundation
The Kemper Foundation
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 145
- Grants FY2024
- 103
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 103
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 18
- Total assets, FY2024
- $49M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 62% of the organizations The Kemper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 143 | $1.8M | 76% |
| FY2023 | 103 | $1.8M | 62% |
| FY2022 | 90 | $1.9M | 72% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $937k | 93% |
| FY2019 | 74 | $655k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $558,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $551,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $550,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $379,780 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $318,738 | 4 | 0% |
| Unidosus | $290,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Urban League Inc | $259,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Miles College Inc | $255,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clark Atlanta University Inc | $215,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California State University Los Angeles Foundation | $185,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 85 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 266 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kemper Foundation 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Kemper Foundation
- How much does The Kemper Foundation give?
- The Kemper Foundation reported 145 grants totaling $2,000,506 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 103 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Kemper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (58%), Health (15%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are The Kemper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of Chicago ($558k), Northwestern University ($551k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($550k).
- Does The Kemper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kemper 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kemper Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Kemper Foundation based?
- The Kemper Foundation is based in IL.
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