· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $93k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $85,000 |
| WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $25,000 |
| HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION | $18,400 |
| THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CONGAREE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $10,000 |
| THE NORA PROJECT | $10,000 |
| CATO INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,000 |
| SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC | $5,000 |
| POPE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| BLUFFTON SELF HELP | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University4× · 2020–2024 · $235k · revenue +24%
- DMDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND5× · 2020–2024 · $140k · revenue +89%
- HCHERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $78k · revenue +212%
Funded once
- ESEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $30k
- WEWGA EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $30k
Northwestern Universitygraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +33%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Congaree Foundation ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds THE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame ↗
- Who funds THE NORA PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Leap Learning Systems ↗
- Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC ↗
- Who funds BLUFFTON SELF HELP INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds SEA PINES FOREST PRESERVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HELPINGS INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kilrea Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kilrea Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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