New York · Private foundation
William H Kearns 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.
- $314k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations William H Kearns Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 15 | $311k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $445k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $504k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $271k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $155k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | $355,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sansum Clinic | $167,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $77,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $45,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Vna Health | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $37,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William H Kearns 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: Santa Barbara Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Manitou Fund · The John C Mithun Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
How this is measured
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About William H Kearns Foundation
- How much does William H Kearns Foundation give?
- William H Kearns Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $313,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does William H Kearns Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (30%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are William H Kearns Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Uc Santa Barbara Foundation ($355k), Metropolitan Museum of Art ($225k), Sansum Clinic ($168k).
- Does William H Kearns Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William H Kearns 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 William H Kearns Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, James S Bower Foundation, Manitou Fund.
- Where is William H Kearns Foundation based?
- William H Kearns Foundation is based in NY.
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