Who are The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($29M), The Greathearts Foundation Inc ($24M), Mtf Fund ($23M).

Does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc 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 Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.

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Wisconsin · Private foundation

The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc

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.

$67M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 108
Grants FY2024: 134
Organizations funded FY2023: 18%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $47,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $14,400,000
Organizations funded a year: 118 to 134; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 33
Total assets, FY2024: $837M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $966k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationReligionSocial ScienceCivil RightsPublic BenefitInternationalOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	106	$65M	17%
FY2023	134	$53M	18%
FY2022	122	$34M	25%
FY2021	121	$65M	36%
FY2020	118	$53M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$201MHuman Services$23MArts & Culture$13MCivil Rights$9.3MSocial Science$7.6MScience & Tech$7.2MReligion$4.8MCrime & Legal$4.4MOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund	$29,400,000	3	6%
The Greathearts Foundation Inc	$23,570,662	5	68%
Mtf Fund	$22,594,447	5	76%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc	$22,025,000	5	1%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$14,623,732	5	2%
Milwaukee School of Engineering	$8,676,000	5	3%
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty	$7,767,000	4	24%
Wake Forest University	$7,471,338	5	0%
Pbs Foundation	$7,007,036	4	14%
British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc	$4,959,070	5	12%

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All grantees of The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund	$29,400,000	3	6%
The Greathearts Foundation Inc	$23,570,662	5	68%
Mtf Fund	$22,594,447	5	76%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc	$22,025,000	5	1%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$14,623,732	5	2%
Milwaukee School of Engineering	$8,676,000	5	3%
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty	$7,767,000	4	24%
Wake Forest University	$7,471,338	5	0%
Pbs Foundation	$7,007,036	4	14%
British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc	$4,959,070	5	12%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research	$4,826,800	3	4%
Grand Canyon University	$3,452,250	5	0%
In Medias Res	$3,316,080	4	48%
WGU Advancement	$3,246,205	3	27%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	$3,232,500	4	1%
Belmont University	$3,152,250	4	0%
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty	$2,890,000	5	24%
Project Lead the Way Inc	$2,800,000	1	4%
New Schools for Alabama	$2,715,000	4	11%
Duke University	$2,559,800	5	0%
Teach for America Inc	$2,500,000	5	0%
Center for Urban Teaching Inc	$2,397,000	5	39%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation	$2,173,940	4	2%
The George Washington University	$2,103,319	3	0%
Board of the University of Alabama	$2,103,145	4	n/a
Southeastern University Inc	$2,102,250	3	1%
Ohio State University Foundation	$2,061,075	5	0%
The Character Lab Inc	$2,020,694	5	10%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$1,990,600	3	n/a
Lipscomb University	$1,968,470	5	0%
North Central College	$1,929,523	3	0%
Parent Choice Inc	$1,907,676	5	91%
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching	$1,846,989	2	6%
American Association of Colleges and Universities	$1,800,000	3	4%
University of West Alabama Foundation	$1,774,000	2	20%
Concordia University Irvine	$1,692,000	4	1%
Institute for Justice	$1,500,000	5	1%
Rowan University Foundation Inc	$1,450,891	5	1%
Trustees of Boston College	$1,400,000	3	0%
St Marys University of Minnesota	$1,344,143	3	1%
Windrider Institute Inc	$1,285,000	4	29%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$1,260,965	5	n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc	$1,220,200	3	0%
The Uw-Platteville Foundation and Alumni Association Inc	$1,107,000	4	3%
Uplift Education	$1,059,000	3	0%
Yerkes Future Foundation Inc	$1,000,000	2	28%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation	$1,000,000	4	0%
Lawrence Technological University	$842,000	5	0%
Ohio Northern University	$832,500	5	0%
American Society for Engineering Education	$800,000	3	2%
University of Dayton	$780,000	5	0%
Trinity International University	$750,000	2	1%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc	$750,000	3	1%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$728,000	3	n/a
Foundation for Economic Education Inc	$725,000	2	5%
Azusa Pacific University	$721,671	3	0%
Rochester Institute of Technology	$710,000	5	0%
Michigan Tech Fund	$703,500	4	1%
Indiana Wesleyan University	$699,250	4	0%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	$680,420	5	0%
Biola University Inc	$674,776	5	0%
The Hope Institute	$660,000	4	35%
Relay Graduate School of Education	$624,082	1	1%
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary	$595,000	4	n/a
Gordon College	$573,000	5	0%
Fresno Pacific University	$551,000	4	0%
James Madison University Foundation Inc	$530,212	5	1%
Welch College	$492,000	2	3%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc	$490,877	3	0%
St Louis University	$487,226	5	0%
Yes Every Kid Foundation	$484,500	2	11%
California Baptist University	$484,000	4	0%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc	$444,000	4	0%
Drexel University	$440,000	4	0%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc	$438,336	5	0%
The Gospel Coalition Inc	$428,866	2	n/a
George Fox University	$417,250	5	0%
Northwest Nazarene University Inc	$402,000	4	0%
Common Sense Media	$400,000	1	2%
Redeemer City To City	$350,000	1	1%
Cedarville University	$338,000	3	0%
Doral College Inc	$334,500	1	10%
John Jay Institute for Faith Society and Law Inc	$332,000	3	23%
University of Portland	$327,375	5	0%
North American Baptist Seminary	$323,650	3	n/a
Union University	$323,000	3	0%
Grace Schools	$312,000	4	0%
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary	$306,500	3	n/a
William Jessup University	$304,406	4	0%
Crown College	$302,250	4	0%
Marquette University	$300,000	3	0%
Indiana University School of Medicine	$300,000	1	n/a
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc	$300,000	2	1%
Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc	$300,000	2	1%
Wartburg College	$299,502	3	0%
Valor Collegiate Academies	$280,000	1	1%
St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc	$275,000	5	0%
Array Education Inc	$261,200	1	1%
The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America	$251,942	3	n/a
Latin American Bible Institute College	$249,000	2	n/a
Trustees of Boston University	$236,270	1	0%
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary	$230,234	3	n/a
Artists in Christian Testimony Inc	$229,500	2	2%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc	$229,000	1	0%
Hyde Park Institute	$200,000	1	57%
Georgetown University	$200,000	2	0%
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Inc	$200,000	3	n/a
Wesleyan Church Corporation	$199,100	2	n/a
Erskine College and Theological Seminary	$195,200	2	0%
Augsburg University	$180,000	2	0%
The Philanthropy Roundtable	$175,000	2	2%
University of St Thomas	$174,000	5	0%
The Danielson Group Inc	$168,000	1	6%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary	$164,874	2	n/a
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	$156,000	1	n/a
Editorial Projects in Education Inc	$150,000	1	1%
Rocketship Education	$150,000	1	0%
Voices College-Bound Language Academies	$150,000	1	1%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc	$150,000	1	1%
The Abigail Adams Institute Inc	$150,000	1	12%
Samford University	$150,000	1	0%
Gps Education Partners Inc	$150,000	5	1%
Libertas School of Memphis	$150,000	1	n/a
The Forest School	$150,000	1	15%
Vertex Partnership Academies Inc	$150,000	1	9%
Western New England University	$150,000	5	0%
Montrose Foundation Inc	$150,000	1	2%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia	$150,000	1	n/a
National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc	$146,500	2	1%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc	$133,000	4	0%
Uncommon Schools Inc	$130,000	1	0%
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc	$128,400	1	0%
Catholic Memorial High School of Waukesha Inc	$125,000	5	n/a
Johns Hopkins University	$122,389	1	0%
Great Public Schools for Iowa	$120,000	1	92%
Campbell University	$110,000	5	0%
Bucknell University	$106,875	5	0%
University of New Haven	$105,000	4	0%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	$105,000	4	0%
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School	$104,500	2	1%
Bethel University	$101,471	2	0%
Utah State University	$101,000	1	n/a
The Lutheran University Association Inc	$95,000	4	0%
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities	$90,000	1	1%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$85,000	4	0%
Association of Theological Schools	$77,500	1	3%
Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School Inc	$75,000	2	n/a
Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee	$75,000	2	n/a
University of Denver	$75,000	3	0%
Clarkson University	$75,000	3	0%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College	$75,000	3	0%
Great Mn Schools	$70,000	1	2%
Concordia College	$62,454	1	0%
Villanova University	$60,000	3	0%
University of San Diego	$60,000	3	0%
Elizabethtown College	$60,000	2	0%
New York Institute of Technology	$60,000	2	0%
Carnegie Mellon University	$60,000	2	0%
Bradley University	$60,000	2	0%
Vanderbilt University	$55,000	3	0%
Regents of the University of Michigan	$50,000	2	n/a
Christian History Institute Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church	$50,000	1	n/a
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc	$50,000	2	0%
Chalmers Center for Economic Development	$50,000	1	2%
Florida Gulf Coast University	$50,000	2	n/a
Marian University	$50,000	2	0%
Church Planting Network Inc	$50,000	1	4%
Baylor University	$48,000	3	0%
Pennsylvania State University	$45,000	1	n/a
Urban Outreach Foundation	$40,000	1	11%
University of Washington	$28,375	1	n/a
Emmanuel Academies Inc	$28,000	2	15%
University of the Pacific	$25,000	1	0%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Lehigh University	$25,000	1	0%
Hmong American Peace Academy Ltd	$25,000	1	0%
George Mason University Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	0%
The Citadel Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Colorado School of Mines Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Oregon Tech Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	0%
The Community Warehouse Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission	$25,000	1	n/a
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc	$25,000	1	0%
University of Detroit Mercy	$25,000	1	0%
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Miami University Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte	$25,000	1	n/a
Miami University	$25,000	1	n/a
Green Bay Area Catholic Education	$24,400	1	n/a
Seattle Pacific University	$21,614	1	0%
Thomas B Fordham Institute	$20,000	1	0%
Grove City College	$15,000	1	0%
York College of Pennsylvania	$10,000	1	0%
University of Mount Union	$10,000	1	0%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Arkansas Tech University Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Elon University	$10,000	1	0%
Carthage College	$10,000	1	0%
William Marsh Rice University	$10,000	1	0%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Inc	$8,750	1	n/a
North Central University	$2,250	1	0%
University of Northwestern - St Paul	$2,250	1	0%
Houston Christian University	$2,250	1	0%
LeTourneau University	$2,250	1	0%
Asbury Theological Seminary	$2,250	1	0%
Life Pacific University	$1,310	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.6M), not named here.

The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 175 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 175.

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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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN40× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · Louis Calder Foundation · Gates Foundation · City Fund

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc give?: The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc reported 108 grants totaling $66,528,519 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 118 and 134 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (73%), Human Services (8%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($29M), The Greathearts Foundation Inc ($24M), Mtf Fund ($23M).
Does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc 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 Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
Where is The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc based?: The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.