New York · Private foundation
Thomas L Kempner Jr 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.
- $12M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,235,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $326M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 | 16 | $8.1M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $14M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $12M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $13M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $8.4M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $10M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $25,499,999 | 6 | 8% |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | $10,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $3,250,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $3,050,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Juilliard School | $2,786,491 | 4 | 1% |
| Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc | $2,642,655 | 4 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $2,500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $2,050,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $1,700,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Transportation Alternatives Inc | $1,200,000 | 3 | 9% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $25,499,999 | 6 | 8% |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | $10,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $3,250,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $3,050,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Juilliard School | $2,786,491 | 4 | 1% |
| Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc | $2,642,655 | 4 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $2,500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $2,050,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $1,700,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Transportation Alternatives Inc | $1,200,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $519,660 | 1 | 8% |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc | $475,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Yale University | $330,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Rare | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yale University | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas L Kempner Jr 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation
- How much does Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation give?
- Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $11,575,752 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (29%), Philanthropy (23%), Health (16%).
- Who are Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Central Park Conservancy Inc ($25M), The Mount Sinai Hospital ($10M), American Museum of Natural History ($3.3M).
- Does Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas L Kempner Jr 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 Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation based?
- Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation is based in NY.
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