Funding search · EIN 133173593 · New York, NY

Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation

Name: Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

706
grants reported: $245.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $58,150
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

exampt exempts

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Transatlantic German-American academic exchange, chiefly the American Academy in Berlin
Major NYC arts institutions: Met Museum, NY Philharmonic, Guggenheim, Met Opera
Cancer and biomedical research: melanoma, immunotherapy, stem cells, ophthalmology
Hudson Valley land conservation and open space (Winnakee, Scenic Hudson)
Ridgefield and Danbury, Connecticut community, arts, and hospital institutions
NYC hunger, housing, and women's services: City Harvest, Women In Need, Project Renewal

Typical grant

Median grant is $58,150, with the middle half between $25,000 and $200,000, so a first-time ask in the $50,000 to $150,000 band matches the pattern. Seven-figure checks go to a short list of anchor institutions the family is structurally tied to: the American Academy in Berlin, Winnakee Land Trust, Columbia Business School, the Met, Nuvance Health, Melanoma Research Alliance. With 706 grants spread across only 300 recipients over four years, most grantees are funded repeatedly, and the annual renewal is the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“"GENERAL TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES"”
“"AMERICAN FRIENDS OF"”
“"FRIENDS OF"”
“"CAF AMERICA"”
“"FOUNDATION"”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie biomedical work to their melanoma, skin, immunotherapy, stem cell, or ophthalmology grantees; ask $100,000 to $250,000.
Lead with unrestricted or general operating framing; every grant in the file is coded general tax exempt purposes.
If work is European, route through a US-based friends organization or CAF America, as their Berlin and Iceland grants do.
Emphasize a Manhattan, Hudson Valley, or Ridgefield-Danbury footprint; those three geographies carry nearly all the money.

Worth knowing: This is a family-directed board with no open door: 529 of 706 grants went to New York, and the Connecticut giving clusters tightly around Ridgefield and Danbury where the family has personal ties. A handful of anchor institutions absorb most of the dollars, several grants carry named individuals or family entities in the recipient line, and a $598,633 transfer to Fidelity Charitable suggests some giving is routed outside the 990 record entirely.

1 grant matching “exampt” · $25,000

$25,000
Ann'S Place · Danbury, CT · 2021
General tax exampt purposes

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Hospital for Special Surgery3 grants · $27.4M
Weill Cornell Medical Center4 grants · $21.3M
Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $20.5M
Mayo Clinic3 grants · $17.1M
Rockefeller University4 grants · $12.7M
American Academy in Berlin4 grants · $9.2M
Fidelity Charitable Fund2 grants · $7.7M
Carnegie Hall Society3 grants · $6.3M
Frick Collection4 grants · $6.0M
Winnakee Land Trust4 grants · $5.7M

Giving over time

$69.9M

2021

$76.3M

2022

$74.5M

2023

$25.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 706 grants.

$12.7M
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$10.8M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$10.5M
Weill Cornell Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$9.9M
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$7.8M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$7.1M
Fidelity Charitable Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$6.6M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$6.1M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$5.6M
Weill Cornell Medical Center · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$5.1M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$5.1M
Weill Cornell Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$5.1M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$4.8M
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$4.6M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$3.4M
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$3.2M
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$3.0M
American Academy in Berlin · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$2.6M
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$2.6M
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$2.5M
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$2.5M
Winnakee Land Trust · Rhinebeck, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$2.4M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$2.3M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$2.3M
American Academy in Berlin · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$2.2M
Wnetorg · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$2.1M
American Academy in Berlin · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$2.0M
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$2.0M
Winnakee Land Trust · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$2.0M
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$2.0M
American Academy in Berlin · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$1.8M
Columbia Business School · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$1.7M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$1.6M
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$1.5M
Ras Ai Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$1.4M
Mount Sinai School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$1.4M
Guggenheim Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$1.3M
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$1.2M
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$1.2M
Columbia Business School · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$1.2M
Guggenheim Museum · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$1.1M
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$1.1M
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Nuvance Health · Danbury, CT · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Art21 · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Danbury Hospital · Danbury, CT · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Vassar Brothers Medical Center · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Winnakee Land Trust · Rhinebeck, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$1.0M
Wnetorg · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$950,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$950,000
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$903,550
New York Phillharmonic · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$900,000
Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$833,050
New York Phillharmonic · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$815,000
New York Phillharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$800,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$800,000
New York Phillharmonic · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$755,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$750,000
Mount Sinai School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$700,000
Vassar Brothers Medical Center · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$625,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$600,000
Act of Connecticut · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$600,000
Convent of the Sacred Heart School of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$600,000
Vassar Brothers Medical Center · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$598,633
Fidelity Charitable Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$580,000
Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$560,000
Sculpturecenter · Long Island City, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$550,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$550,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$550,000
Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$525,000
Mount Sinai School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$525,000
Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Act of Connecticut · Ridgefield, CT · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
East Hill Synagogue Chessed Fund · Englewood, NJ · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
East Hill Synagogue Chessed Fund · Englewood, NJ · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Norton Museam of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
US Sciences Po Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Wnetorg · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Food Allergy Research & Education · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$500,000
Sandy Hook Promise · Newtown, CT · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$450,000
Third Street Music School Settlement · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$425,000
Guggenheim Museum · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$425,000
Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$425,000
Columbia Business School · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$425,000
Friends of the Musee Des Arts Decoratifs · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$425,000
Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2021
General tax exempt purposes
$405,000
Kunst-Werke Berlin (King Baudouin Foundation) · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Columbia Universitydept of Ophthalmology · New York, NY · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Eton College American Friends of Eton College · McLean, VA · 2024
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Columbia Universitydept of Ophthalmology · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Guggenheim Museum · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Sing for Hope · New York, NY · 2023
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Columbia Universitydept of Ophthalmology · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes
$400,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2022
General tax exempt purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.