Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
The Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,000 to it, the largest being RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $105k
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Kennan Institute does
Mission
To produce high-quality, non partisan analysis and convene meetings and conversations aimed at contributing to policy debates and to policy formation
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Produce high-quality non-partisan analysis of the former Soviet Union, convene meetings and conversations aimed at contributing to policy debates and to policy formation, cultivate new generations of strategic thinkers and engage in extensive public outreach.
$128,678 spent$11,022,667 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $128,678.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Kennan Institute’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
The Kennan Institute leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
95% of The Kennan Institute's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
The Kennan Institute receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $105k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Kennan Institute: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Kennan Institute?
- The Kennan Institute (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,000 to it, the largest being RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Kennan Institute have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $105,000 in grants to The Kennan Institute.
- Who is the largest funder of The Kennan Institute?
- RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Kennan Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing