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The Kennedy 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 54
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 34
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Kennedy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 49 | $1.4M | 41% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $924k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Associates | $353,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | $255,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange | $217,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | $200,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for Arts Education | $193,340 | 3 | 5% |
| South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc | $190,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc | $168,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle | $145,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kennedy 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: California Community Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Swig Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Liberty Hill Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Annenberg Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Kennedy Foundation
- How much does The Kennedy Foundation give?
- The Kennedy Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $1,471,820 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 34 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Kennedy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Arts & Culture (22%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Kennedy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Museum Associates ($353k), Crystal Cove Conservancy ($255k), St Joseph Hospital of Orange ($217k).
- Does The Kennedy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kennedy 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 Kennedy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Swig Foundation.
- Where is The Kennedy Foundation based?
- The Kennedy Foundation is based in DE.
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