New York · Private foundation
The Leona and Ralph W Kern 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.
- $777k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $166,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 7 | $777k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $577k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $592k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $642k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $502k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $996k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $693k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $377k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $1,400,000 | 8 | 7% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $1,200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hampshire College Trustees | $485,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $450,000 | 5 | 0% |
| International Living Future Institute | $315,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc | $145,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of First Parish in Portland | $65,000 | 1 | 33% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thornton Donovan School Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $1,400,000 | 8 | 7% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $1,200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hampshire College Trustees | $485,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $450,000 | 5 | 0% |
| International Living Future Institute | $315,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc | $145,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of First Parish in Portland | $65,000 | 1 | 33% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thornton Donovan School Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Educational Alliance Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Holmdel Theatre Company Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 27% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($848k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation
- How much does The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation give?
- The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $776,667 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (78%), Education (11%), Environment (9%).
- Who are The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Yiddish Book Center Inc ($1.4M), New York City Ballet Inc ($1.2M), Hampshire College Trustees ($485k).
- Does The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Leona and Ralph W Kern 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 Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation based?
- The Leona and Ralph W Kern Foundation is based in NY.
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