South Carolina · Private foundation
The Kilrea 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.
- $258k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Kilrea Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 18 | $258k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $171k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $151k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $229k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $216k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $235,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $140,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Heritage Classic Foundation | $78,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congaree Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Nora Project | $10,500 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $235,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $140,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Heritage Classic Foundation | $78,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congaree Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Nora Project | $10,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leap Learning Systems | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Francis by the Sea Catholic Church | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pope John Paul II Catholic School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fuller Center for Housing of McCormick Sc Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sea Pines Forest Preserve Foundation | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| America's Charities | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Helpings Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($271k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kilrea 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: Heritage Classic Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Marshall Miller Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Kilrea Foundation
- How much does The Kilrea Foundation give?
- The Kilrea Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $257,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Kilrea Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Recreation & Sports (26%), Public Benefit (11%).
- Who are The Kilrea Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Marquette University ($235k), Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund ($140k), Heritage Classic Foundation ($78k).
- Does The Kilrea Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kilrea 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 Kilrea Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Heritage Classic Foundation, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, The Marshall Miller Foundation.
- Where is The Kilrea Foundation based?
- The Kilrea Foundation is based in SC.
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