Louisiana · Private foundation
W Elton Kennedy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $125k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations W Elton Kennedy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $64k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $60k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $169k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-America Christian University Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill Church of God | $47,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($173k), not named here.
About W Elton Kennedy Foundation
- How much does W Elton Kennedy Foundation give?
- W Elton Kennedy Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does W Elton Kennedy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Religion (23%), Health (9%).
- Who are W Elton Kennedy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mid-America Christian University Inc ($225k), Goodwill Church of God ($47k), Ochsner Clinic Foundation ($25k).
- Does W Elton Kennedy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W Elton Kennedy 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.
- Where is W Elton Kennedy Foundation based?
- W Elton Kennedy Foundation is based in LA.
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